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I wasnt a big fan but I went to Tyne Tees for a two week work experience placement when I was younger and he was very welcoming. I had been covering the Champions League for them and they asked if I would consider moving out to Qatar.. Match", about as unimaginative a title as you could come up with, and instead to the glitzy "The Big Match". Live league football started to appear on screens after ITV secured the rights in 1988. Well-known member. Open-collar, strolling around a small studio, stools, clipboard, guests and a general sense of awkwardness. Global Auto France (EURL) 502 Route de Paris, Breuil-le-Vert, hdf 60600 . invariably tells us what we can see for ourselves. When a player slices a shot wide of an open goal, it doesnt add to the sum of human knowledge for the analyst to solemnly tell us ; hell be disappointed with that.. Newcastle, Sunderland and Middlesbrough, the choice of fixture to screen In the East Midlands there used to be Central TV studios in Nottingham, Lincoln and Leicester. production values. although they were handicapped by the fact that they only possessed one local teams in sometimes meaningless matches, there would be networked live Rare is an emotional gathering outside a condemned office block with ex-members of staff parading around the car park to muted applause. My favourite bit of Wolstenholme commentary This departure deserved more, if nothing else to make the move from old to new seem clear and definite. If Hartlepool v Workington at a wintry Victoria Ground seemed a long way being the star attraction were clearly numbered. The monthly rent for a long stay in a double room is 900. Reply. Eight years later, Southamptons victory in the final fixture at Maine Road allowed blue Mancunians to mutter typical City, something you always sensed they enjoyed, in the same way that a dad revels in his son-in-laws failed DIY projects. poppy). One programme devoted its entire length to coverage of a dire goalless draw between Darlington and Barnsley! } Former Tyne Tees star Kathy Secker dies aged 70 Former North East TV personality and model Kathy Secker has died at her home in Jesmond aged 70. In 1981, Spencer became co-presenter (alongside Alistair Pirrie) for the networked children's pop programme, Razzmatazz. Weekly League football coverage came in the form of Match of the Day, BBCs Saturday night fixture, and a variety of Sunday afternoon programmes produced by the various ITV regions, of which LWTs The Big Match was the best known and Shoot was the local product. nostalgic look at the regional football programme, Shoot!. The old TTTV logo and (right) In 2005 at Highfield Roads final bow, Jimmy Hill led an acapella rendition of his own Sky Blue Song while wearing a blazer the colour of a Caramac bar. "Shoot" lasted a further 4 Roger tames tyne tees. Another match in that same programme, Oldham v Leicester, featured a gawky young visiting striker with a cheeky grin and an eye for goal his name, of course, was Gary Lineker. Sportstime was on Friday nights presented by George Taylor accompanied by Roger Tames, David Burton and an invitation to waste your money from Doug Moscrop. Twelve months later, Arsne Wenger counted down Highburys closure on a digital clock. that.". The programme was now presented from the City Road studio, initially by David Burton and subsequently by George Taylor. 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The first game from outside the top flight shown live was the second division top of the table clash with Aston Villa that featured an iconic header from Tony Mowbray. We got a good panning ! Kerr admits he cannot get enough, telling the Chronicle: I watched my first World Cup when I was seven. On May 7th 1982, Shoot covered its last local action. 3-1 at Bury to begin their long climb from the Fourth Division to football's The first place to try would be ITN Source, who hold a lot of ITV non-entertainment footage. More information Films, TV and people Film lists and highlights from BFI Player. You are using an out of date browser. Got his hand stuck up Nookie Bear and hasn't been seen since. Sports time was a great start to a football weekend. second game, a very welcome bonus, especially if the main game was a drab The series, which ran until 1982, is best remembered for an appearance by punk group Public Image Ltd., during which John Lydon walked out. Come Sunday and Shoot normally began at around 2pm or a few minutes after, following Farming Outlook. Cast & Credits Cast host Roger Tames Credits Direction: Director It was a rare treat to see Boro on the box and live games were almost unknown, Get the latest Boro stories straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter. You are using an out of date browser. #1. It was awful. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. "Shoot" covering Kevin Keegan's triumphal arrival on Tyneside, And the familiar face of that cosy coverage was Roger Tames, an old school sports reporter of Alan Partridge golf club casual appearance, all chrome dome, tash, smart slacks and blazer and a commentary dotted with factoids and puns. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. replace the traditional highlights package. Perhaps the emotion of leaving cosy Griffin Park for a sterile leisure complex had disturbed Frank. Occasionally, where a match involving a form of "Match of the Day", BBC's Saturday night fixture, and a ITVs contract with the League to cover football did however require them to broadcast at least two Third or Fourth Division games each season. We used to call him Roger Tyne for his mag bias. Rooms for rent for $500 a month. Instead of parochial coverage of local teams in sometimes meaningless matches, there would be networked live action from the top of the First Division. During that time, she set up a public relations company.[4]. The then Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, who had been MP for nearby Stockton-on-Tees for two decades, was interviewed live on the opening night. Instead of parochial coverage of It is a small world. In fact, tower blocks are the only other structures which merit a goodbye pageant, and that seems to consist of ex-residents gathering to watch their homes and memories being obliterated. I am going to glory, she had said, before her silk scarf became entangled in a car wheel, causing the injuries that would kill her. Lyn's Look In remained on-air until 1979 when Spencer took maternity leave to have her first child. from the 1970 World Cup in sun-kissed Mexico, then he did not show it. Shoot! Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom. have grown up on Sky Sports and endless live matches, in those innocent They key question, on my mind at least anyway, is did the Boro really get a good old pasting from the local sports people or are/were we just watching their broadcasts through rose-tinted glasses? University of Leicester. During the close season which followed, Wolstenholme was allegedly told by Tyne Tees that he was to be relegated to the commentating subs bench, expected to travel up from London every Friday merely to stand by in case Tames was indisposed. Eight years later, Southampton's victory in the final fixture at Maine Road allowed blue Mancunians to mutter "typical . Something went wrong, please try again later. Roger TamesIan Payne Country United Kingdom Year 2003 Type Television Latest from the BFI Latest news, features and opinion. I'm assuming you're referring to the former Tyne Tees presenter. Tyne Tees met this requirement by paying an annual visit to the region's two minnows, with one match from Darlington and one from Hartlepool. On the back of the Roger Tames thread, I think it's a real shame that regionally flavored programming has moreorless gone now. However, the Northumbrian TV presenter now finds himself living a surreal lifestyle in the Middle East as a frontline presenter for beIN Sports and working with Kevin Keegan, Andy Cole and Didier Domi. Extra Time as well. see our cookie policy. We have some of the biggest names in football over here. At the beginning of the 1974-75 season, Mysteriously, When a player slices a ever-present risk that a goal might be scored whilst the film was being Veteran BBC football commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme, famed for his they think its all over it is now! 1966 World Cup commentary, had been signed up as their new commentator. Men who wear jumpers without undergarments and have hair like ornate semi-colons tend to need closure, and his team were about to abandon their home with no farewell, no pomp and not even a fella outside the ground with a money belt strapped somewhere beneath his gut selling flags marked Griffin Park, 1904-2020. Kathy Secker, who for a generation was the face of Tyne Tees Television, has died aged 70. In the football-crazy North-East, it was NO RELATION to the above, here was some other Lynn, hailing from the Tyne-Tees weatherbeat. At the beginning of the 1974-75 season, Tyne Tees announced a major coup. That was not the end of football coverage changed. Hundreds of people have paid a final farewell to the former Tyne Tees presenter Kathy Secker. Middlesbrough v Arsenal - Roger Tames (Tyne Tees) Let's hope these Big Match editions continue, as I didn't watch them from 3/4 years ago - for some reason! The news service is produced and broadcast from studios at The Watermark, Gateshead with reporters also based at a Teesside office in Billingham.Both regional services (I.e ITV News Tyne Tees and Lookaround) utilise exactly the same presenter(s) and studio/set, therefore one of the two programmes - depending on the day's news - is pre-recorded 'as live' shortly before broadcast. Farewell, my friends. The programmes first commentator was George Taylor, TTTVs long-serving Sports Editor, and someone still involved in football today, as head of Player Liaison at Newcastle United FC. They covered some exciting games that season but there were storm clouds on the horizon. internationals. It was Mexico 86 when I first caught the football bug. TTT were looking to groom the young Roger de Courcy look-alike Roger Tames as their new commentator and he cut his teeth on a couple of games towards the end of the 1978-79 season, Newcastles 5-3 home win against Charlton and Darlingtons 1-0 victory over Newport. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. But there was a time - and not so long ago - when TV cameras at a football ground were a rarity and live broadcasts almost unknown. not an attractive proposition to him and his career with Tyne Tees was at an More often the cameras were there on Saturday to capture a feature match half-hour segment for Shoot! George. http://www.itnsource.com/en/, The next port of call is the ITV Sport Archive. It may not display this or other websites correctly.