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Barry Davies: The Man, the Voice, the Legend

Sue Barker meets commentator Barry Davies to reflect on his outstanding career as the voice of sport during more than 50 years at the ±«Óãtv.

Sue Barker meets commentator Barry Davies to reflect on his outstanding career as the voice of sport during more than 50 years at the ±«Óãtv.

As Barry takes the microphone at Wimbledon for the final time, ±«Óãtv Sport celebrates some of the iconic occasions featuring his unmistakeable voice, including World Cup, FA Cup and Wimbledon finals, Olympic golden moments and the Boat Race, to name but a few.

Colleagues such as fellow commentator John Motson and footballing legends Gary Lineker, Rio Ferdinand and Alan Shearer reveal their memories of Barry. Other high-profile stars from a variety of sports all have their tales to tell of him, including Sir Matthew Pinsent, Jayne Torvill, Sean Kerly and Kate Richardson-Walsh, while the programme also hears about Barry away from the mic from his devoted wife and children.

50 minutes

Last on

Sun 8 Jul 2018 13:15
±«Óãtv One

Music Played

  • The Who

    Baba O'Riley

  • David Bowie

    Rebel Rebel

  • D:Ream

    Things Can Only Get Better

  • Erasure

    A Little Respect

  • Stereophonics

    Dakota

  • The Kinks

    Lola

  • M People

    Moving On Up

  • Aquilo

    Silhouette

  • Ocean Colour Scene

    The Riverboat Song

  • Robbie Williams

    She's The One

  • Belle and Sebastian

    If She Wants Me

Credits

Director Tom Butt
Executive Producer Carl Doran

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