EBC1 - Grandstand of Sport
1976
EBC 1's flagship sports programme, Grandstand of Sport
Junior Kick Start
1986
During every Bank Holiday season for years BBC Pebble Mill made this motorcycle series. The contestants had to ride their motors over a host of unusual objects and over dangerous countryside. A few years later the children were allowed to do the same and Peter Purves kept watch.
International Volleyball
1988
Channel 4 broadcast a variety of minor sports during its first years on air. Notice how the Channel 4 blocks get involved in the action!
Trans World Sport
1988
A weekly round-up of international sporting action. 20 years later the programme is still going strong.
The Zenith Cup
1990
Sky One showing football? Correct as this is Sky’s very first football coverage in the days before Sky Sports launched.
Channel Four Cycling
1994
For many years Channel 4 was the cycling channel hosting the Tour De France and City Centre Cycling...
Sky Basketball
1996
After many years on Channel 4, the game for tall people hits BSKYB screens.
Sky Football Special
1997
An early title sequence for SKY's soccer coverage.
A Question of Sport
1997
BBC's long running quiz show returns in 1997 with a brand new host - Sue Barker. This is her first apperance on the show sporting a rather dull grey fleece!
Channel 5 Football
2000
Channel 5 get into the football spirit with this sequence from the late nineties.
On Sport Champions League
2000
ITV's troubled digital chaanel, On Digital has exclusive live footage...