1981
1982
Racing From Ascot1982
Trade tests were interrupted on this day for an afternoon of racing, and a start-up was required. The latter part of the start-up, including 30 seconds of the BBC2 clock, is featured in this clip.
The Unipart British Professional Darts Championship1982 Peter Purves introduces light-hearted drama from Gaskins in Middlesbrough.
Sportsnight1982 Sportsnight was a mid-week mini Grandstand for insomniacs! Hosted, as in this case, by it's long-time host Harry Carpenter.
Sportsnight1982
Tony Gubba presents this edition of Sportsnight, sitting in for regular presenter Harry Carpenter.
Breakfast With Brisbane1982
Desmond Lynam presents live coverage of the 1982 Commonwealth Games, hosted by Brisbane, Australia.
BBC's Look East previously used the same theme tune.
International Ice Skating1982
Alan Weeks, the voice of BBC ice skating for many years, introduces highlights of the European Championships.1983
Sports Special1983
Once in a while, the BBC broadcast late evening weekend sporting action under the umbrella of Sports Special. This name was rarely used however and was last used in 1987.
International Athletics Trail1983
Previewing the inaugural World Athletics Championships, which were covered extensively by BBC TV, and also by ITV Sport for that matter.
100 Greatest Sporting Moments1980s
In the early 1980s, BBC Sport put together a series featuring a selection of 100 great sporting moments from the television age. This edition, shown as part of a 1973 week, featured the 1973 Grand National, famously won by Red Rum after he had trailed Crisp until the final straight.1984
World Bowls Championships28.7.1984
The 1984 World Bowls Championships were held in Aberdeen and a young Dougie Donnelly introduces highlights of the final day's play.
The Unipart British Professional Darts Championship1984 Toby Gubba is in nearby Redcar for quarter-final Championship Darts,
Embassy World Professional Snooker Championship1984 In what must be almost an unknown, this programme is introduced over a blank screen. I've certainly never seen a blank screen used to introduce a programme.
1985
Sport '851985
Over the 1985 Christmas period, BBC2 broadcast a series of programmes featuring highlights of the major sporting events of 1985. This clip is the first of the series, which focussed on the epic World Snooker final which went to the final black.
Benson and Hedges Masters1985
David Icke spent much of his BBC Sport career presenting snooker coverage and here he presents highlights of the Masters tournament.
Sportsnight1985
Harry Carpenter was the voice of boxing at the BBC until his retirement in 1994 and this edition's top action is from that sport, including news of Barry McGuigan's world title shot being confirmed, a title he was to win that summer.1986
Sports Night1986 At the start of the 1985/86 season, Steve Rider took over from Harry Carpenter as the presenter of Sportsnight. Boxing featured heavily in the programme and on this edition boxing was top of the bill.
Commonwealth Games1986
Edinburgh hosted the 1986 Commonwealth Games and, from what I recall, it rained a lot!
The Horse Of The Year Showc1986
BBC TV presents highlights of the annual event which is seen as one of the showpieces of the equestrian calendar in the UK.1987
CIS Insurance UK Bowls Championship1987
A relaxing end of the BBC1 evening - probably necessary given the shock to the system, whatever it was, from the previous film as eluded to by announcer Cathy Stewart.
Sportsnight1987
A new set of titles was in use for the 1987/88 season. Apologies that we've missed the first few moments of this title sequence.
International Show Jumping1987
Cheggers is waved in to introduce coverage from the pre-Christmas show jumping event at Olympia..
World Cup Rugby1987
A fantastic theme tune introduces the inaugural rugby union World Cup. This is the only time the BBC has covered the event. ITV has held the rights ever since.
1989
Sportsnight1989
Football highlights were a mainstay of Sportsnight. Here Steve Rider dubs this edition as World Cup Sportsnight.
Snooker1989
David Vine was the lead snooker presenter for the BBC during his time with the BBC and here he introduces the latest green baize action from the Rothmans Grand Prix.
International Tennis1989
Barry Davies occasionally popped up as a tennis presenter and here he introduces highlights from the 1989 Queen's tournament.1991
Sportscene1991
Off to BBC Scotland now for the never ending MOTD replacement. Featuring highlights from the Scottish Priemer Division (as it was called then).
1993
Monaco Grand Prix1992
The multi-skilled Murray Walker presents the highlights of the Monaco Grand Prix before taking his place in the commentary box to describe all the action.
International Athletics1993
A familiar sports theme from the summer nights past. This edition is presented by the late Helen Rollason.
Embassy World Professional Darts Championship1993
This was the last tournament when the darts world was united as it was in 1993 that the big split took place. Dougie Donnelly introduces highlights of the semi-finals of that historical tournament.
World Indoor Bowls Championshipsc
Dougie is back to present more highlights, this time from the final of the World Indoor Bowls Championship.1994
Commonwealth Games Grandstand1994
Sue Barker presents the opening ceremony of the 15th Commonwealth Games, held in Victoria, Canada.
Sally Gunnell's Year Of Athletics1994
Sally Gunnell was our leading women athlete in the mid 1990s, winning everything in sight in her chosen discipline of the 400m hurdles. Here she presents a year-end review of the athletics year 1994.
World Snooker1994
The Cruicble theatre in Sheffield is, as ever, the host for the World Snooker Championships.1995
Grand Prix1995
The opening and closing credits for the BBC's coverage of the 1995 Formula One championship.
Rugby Special1995
John Inverdale dons his rugby top to present the weekly rugby union round-up Rugby Special.
Match of the 70s1995
Lots of musical and footballing nostalgia in this series which took a season-by-season look at football of the 1970s.1996
Grand Prix1996
This was the final year which BBC TV had the rights for Formula One before ITV took over coverage. It was to be another thirteen years before Formula One returned to the BBC.1997
The Walker Cup1997
Peter Alliss presents highlights of the second day's play of the 1997 Walker Cup, the amateur equivalent of the Ryder Cup.
Cornhill Insurance Test Series1997
Richie Benaud presents highlights of the fifth test between England and Australia.
World Athletics1997
Des Lynam hosts the 1997 championships from Athens. A title sequence featuring those figures from the Royal Bank of Scotland advert!
Match Of The Eighties1997
Danny Baker rewinds the footballing action of the 1980's - "when football wasn't popular" and when "two tribes go, well went to war."
World Professional Darts Championship1997
Dougie is back at the Lakeside for the final of the 1997 BDO World Championship.
1998
World Professional Darts Championship1998
It was out with the old familiar tune and in with a guitar-based theme for the 1998 BDO World Darts Championships as once again we are at Lakeside for the final.
1999
Cricket World Cup1999
The BBC's live cricket swansong was the 1999 World Cup and this clip features highlights of the final. The BBC dropped out of live cricket coverage at this point as Channel 4 took over domestic cricket coverage.
2000
Final Score2000
Until 2001 Final Score was a segment within Grandstand. Before then Final Score was only a programme in its own right on bank holidays.
World Darts2000
The big guys get on the oche for the World Darts Championships every New Year. Since the early eighties this has always been staged from the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green, Camberley, Surrey GU16 !
2001
Final Score2001
At the start of the 2001 football season, Final Score and Football Focus were removed from Grandstand, becoming programmes in their own right. We present the half time (left) and full time (right) titles for the 2001/02 season
World Athletics2001
That familiar music still introduced the World Athletics tourament in the noughties.
World Heavyweight Championship Boxing2001
The BBC got back into the ring for a brief period in the early 2000s and this clip was the first major event which the Corporation showed, sending John Inverdale, who the BBC appointed as its boxing presenter, all the way to South Africa to present all the action.2002
African Cup of Nations2002
Garth Crooks, who else? fronts highlights of ACON as the BBC tries to get as much football as possible on screen.
Final Score2002
A subtle change in the title sequence for Final Score's second season as a fully independent programme.
The Super League Show2002
Damien Johnson introduces Sunday lunchtime rugby league highlights for viewers in the north.
Commonwealth Games - Opening Ceremony2002
2002 Commonwealth Games: Manchester hosted the 2002 Commonwealth Games and Steve and Sue were on hand at the City of Manchester Stadium to introduce the opening ceremony.
Embassy World Darts 25th Championship2002
"We love you Stubbsy" sings the crowd as Ray Stubbs introduces highlights from the 25th BDO World Darts Championship.
Snooker2002
Direct from the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, Hazel Irvine introduces live coverage of the final session of the final.
Wimbledon's Greatest Hits2002
As a companion to the 2002 tournament, BBC Sport put together a series looking back at four recent tournaments. The first programme took a silver anniversary look at the 1977 event which saw Virginia Wade win in front of the Queen. The other tournaments featured were 1985, 1992 and 2001.2003
World Darts Championship 20032003
Ray Stubbs retreats to the relative peace and quiet of the players lounge ahead of the first semi-final of the 2003 tournament.
2006
Commonwealth Games2006 Melbourne was the host city for the 2006 Commonwealth Games and Sue Barker begins BBC TV's coverage of the event with the Opening Ceremony.
Football Focus2006
Manish Bhasin previews the day’s football. This clip is from the first day of the new BBC1 idents.2007
2009
The Football League Show2009
After more than 20 years on ITV, Football League coverage returned to the BBC. BBC Sport decided to launch a separate programme rather than incorporate the highlights into Match of the Day. Manish Bhasin transferred from Football Focus to present the show.
Formula 12009
The BBC got back the rights to Formula One for the 2009 season because ITV wanted to divert money to ensure it retained access to football's Champions League. The BBC decided to retain its famous theme tune, albeit with the now seemingly obligatory sound effects. BBC1 shows live race coverage with the highlights now being shown on digital channel BBC3, as seen in this clip.
Football Focus2009
Football Focus 2009: Dan Walker took over presenting duties when Manish Bhasin was transferred to The Football League Show.
Final Score2009
Ray Stubbs moved to ESPN at the start of the 2009/10 season so a new presenter had to be found for Final Score and Gabby Logan was chosen to host BBC Sport's football results programme.
The Super League Show2009
Harry Gration presents the weekly round-up of action from rugby league's Premier League. The programme's first showing is only broadcast in the north of England with the rest of the UK having to rely on a middle-of-the-night repeat on BBC2 or the BBC's website to get their weekly rugby league fix.2010
RBS 6 Nations2010
A title sequence underlining the sometimes explosive nature of rugby union is used to present BBC Sport's 2010 Six Nations coverage.
Australian Open Tennis2010 Sound effects of a tennis ball being hit run throughout this theme tune as BBC TV presents highlights of the Australian Open which saw Andy Murray getting to his first Grand Slam final.
