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John Michael McCririck [1] (17 April 1940 – 5 July 2019) was an English horse racing pundit, television personality and journalist. McCririck began his career at The Sporting Life, where he twice won at the British Press Awards for his campaigning journalism, but his role was terminated in 1984. In 1981, he joined ITV Sport 's horse racing ...
Julian Wilson (commentator) Julian David Bonhote Wilson (21 June 1940 – 20 April 2014) was BBC Television 's horse racing correspondent from 1966 until his retirement in 1997. He was succeeded by Clare Balding. [1] Between 1969 and 1992, he was one of the commentators for the Grand National and for a time he had editorial control over the BBC ...
Jim McGrath (British commentator) Jim McGrath (born 22 May 1955 [1]) is an English horse racing pundit and broadcaster. He was associated with Timeform from 1974 until 2009. His nickname is "The Sage of Halifax". [2] He is well known for his onscreen relationship with John Francome on Channel 4 Racing .
His stentorian, almost military tones - which could turn almost instantly from calm Received Pronunciation to a roar of grand excitement - captured the drama and potency of horse racing, and his tireless championing of the sport within the BBC led to a dramatic expansion in the number of races covered - from only 50 a year in the early 1960s to over 250 by the 1980s, although in his later ...
Peter O'Sullevan. Sir Peter O'Sullevan CBE (3 March 1918 – 29 July 2015) was an Irish-British horse racing commentator for the BBC, and a correspondent for the Press Association, the Daily Express, and Today. He was the BBC's leading horse racing commentator from 1947 to 1997, during which time he described some of the greatest moments in the ...
Derek Thompson (born 31 July 1950) is a British presenter and commentator of horse racing on BBC Radio 5 Live and At the Races in Britain. Biography. He was born to Stanley Moorhouse Thompson and Lillian Thompson in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England. He had an older brother, Howard.
Tony O'Hehir, Mary O'Hehir, Mike O'Hehir, Peter O'Hehir, Ann O'Hehir. Michael James Hehir (also known as Michael O'Hehir and Irish: Mícheál Ó hEithir; 2 June 1920 – 24 November 1996) was an Irish hurling, football and horse racing commentator and journalist. Between 1938 and 1985 his enthusiasm and memorable turn of phrase endeared him to ...
Channel 4 Racing is the name given to the horse racing coverage on the British television stations Channel 4 and More4. History [ edit ] The first transmission of racing on the channel was on 22 March 1984 from Doncaster , as it took over midweek coverage that had previously been on ITV .