After the Summer of Sport, the autumn Inside...
Hello everyone and welcome to a new series of .
We're back after what must be one of the best . Gabby has been to meet triple Olympic cycling gold medallist Chris Hoy to see how he's coping with his new found fame - he's even big in Japan as we found on the streets of Edinburgh (do tune in to find out what I mean).
Gabby will also be sorting through 's shoe cupboard. Gabby has her eyes on , though I'm not sure she and Becky are the same size.
Other stars already lined up (bar unforeseen disasters!) are England and Spurs star, - it's been a but David is confident things are looking up; the first big interview with after ; and we've been following on the road back from .
has been delving into the post- - how much money is ? And he's also met the .
I've taken on board the comments on my blog about the various ideas we have for this season. So - no viewers e-mails on air! Having a debate programme is a great idea and one we're working on; we will be on Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú iPlayer, too, but not until the weekend after we're broadcast, though you should be able to red button us on Tuesday night.
And we've also made some changes to our panel - , Steve Bunce and Tony Livesey will all return, but we're also getting some of Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Sport's best talent in to talk about their sport. So watch out for Jonathan Pearce, David Croft, Steve Cram, Aggers, and more.
More news of exactly what's in show one - MONDAY 6 OCTOBER, 2330 BST, Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú ONE - next week.
It's good to be back and keep the comments coming.
Comment number 1.
At 24th Sep 2008, Gary-E wrote:23h30?! - thank the Lord for the i-player. What a wasted opportunity...
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Comment number 2.
At 24th Sep 2008, rexel123 wrote:"I've taken on board the comments on my blog about the various ideas we have for this season."
I seem to remember many people including myself saying it should be on earlier than what was its usual time slot. Seems you have gone the other way with 11.30? NOt a great time at al for the start of a new season.
Also a bit strange about the i-player, why such a wait after the programme is shown?
Everything else sounding good though, glad to hear your taking more advantage of the people you have available at Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Sport, also happy about the debate programme, something I suggested along with others which seemed popular so good to see you are taking on board our views.
Just try to make seeing the programme a bit more convenient please instead of what seems to be hiding it away.
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Comment number 3.
At 24th Sep 2008, redtimbo wrote:Clearly you didn't try hard enough to take on the mass of recommendations to change the broadcast time although the red button idea seems good.
There is nothing I could be less interested in than Chris Hoy and Rebecca Adlington saying how shocked and delighted they were with their Beijing experience and how much they look forward to 2012. They've said it all before and I doubt there is anything new in those interviews to what has been on before.
The things that Matthew Pinsent will be doing will definitely interest me though as will the pundits from the various sports. The Nick Faldo interview should be good too if Gabby can ask the tough questions.
Its great to see Steve Bunce back.
A good programme just in a poor time slot.
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Comment number 4.
At 24th Sep 2008, U9563463 wrote:'Clearly you didn't try hard enough to take on the mass of recommendations to change the broadcast time.'
I imagine that is slightly unfair. I am sure that the broadcast time is in the hands of Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú schedulers who have the final say on these things. Maybe Inside Sport just does not get enough viewers to justify a time where it will compete against the likes of Newsnight etc...
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Comment number 5.
At 24th Sep 2008, Alliterative hornet wrote:"Gabby will also be sorting through double-gold swimming medallist swimmer Becky Adlington's shoe cupboard. Gabby has her eyes on those glittering Jimmy Choos, though I'm not sure she and Becky are the same size." - I can't wait.
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Comment number 6.
At 24th Sep 2008, packersftw wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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Comment number 7.
At 24th Sep 2008, David Shield wrote:I'm looking forward to the new series on Inside Sport.
Like the idea of using some more people from Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Sport in the studio alongside the 3 regulars.
I would like to see some more Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Sport reporters used - the likes of Phil Jones, Garry Richardson and Sonja McLaughlan.
Really dissapointed with the time slot getting later. I know scheduling isn't your job. At least it will be on iplayer now that is a positive move - if I fall asleep before the end I can catch up. Although its odd to have such a long wait.
I also read the new series will be 30 mins episodes which is a dissapointment if true.
Redtimbo #3 - I actually look forward to Chris Hoy and Rebecca Adlington being on - Rebecca in particular wasn't well know before the olympics and it will be interesting to know more about her.
Just try and keep the range of sports covered broad.
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Comment number 8.
At 24th Sep 2008, MarktheHorn wrote:Shame its on so late but guess there is the good old Iplayer!
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Comment number 9.
At 24th Sep 2008, Tramp wrote:I'll be in bed. Could you get the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú to put it on at an earlier time please? I'm pretty sure there'll be nothing worthwhile on in the ten- thirty slot.
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Comment number 10.
At 24th Sep 2008, Jordan D wrote:Amanda - can you explain why the delay in it being on iPlayer? Also, why the late time slot/30 minute programmes.
On the flip side, good to have it back.
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Comment number 11.
At 25th Sep 2008, Amanda Farnsworth - Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Sport wrote:About the time the programme is on - I'm afraid that's one for the people that run Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú One rather than me.
And about the iPlayer - it's a techy answer - because of sports rights issues, we need to reversion our show. Happily we do this already because we produce a version of Inside Sport for Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World News but until now the iPlayer hasn't been able to pick up the signal of Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World (picking up a channel signal is how the I player gets programmes on to itself). But now the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú News Channel is running the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World News version too over the weekend (from Friday nights) the iPlayer can pick up Inside Sport from the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú News Channel signal. And that's also why the programme can't be on the iPlayer until the News Channel has run it.
Confused? Happily in early 2009 it will become easier to get the programme on the iPlayer because of new techy developments.
(iPlayer will be able to take content in any form, so we can supply them with a tape on Tuesday evenings.)
Hope that's useful
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Comment number 12.
At 25th Sep 2008, hdsport82 wrote:Ooooh celebrity froth can't wait..Rebecca Adlington's shoe cupboard plus I'm sure more incisive interviews like we saw in the Olympics!
Generic Interviewer "What did it feel like to win gold?"
Generic Athlete "Unbelievable...I couldn't believe it, it was just unbelievable..."
I guess we have Adlington's shoe collection because David Beckham's hairdresser was busy.
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Comment number 13.
At 25th Sep 2008, RedRedRobin wrote:Given the timing of the first show, immediately after the end of the season, will it include any coverage of the County season?
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Comment number 14.
At 27th Sep 2008, Chacor wrote:Amanda: I assume Inside Sport will likewise make a return soon on Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World News?
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Comment number 15.
At 28th Sep 2008, Chwaergwyllt wrote:Valentino Rossi became World Champion today!
The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú 10 o'clock News mentioned this in one sentence at the very end of the Sports coverage. There was no video footage - not even a photo of Vale. Just a shot of the news reader.I mentioned this to my husband - his reply? "Well that's what it's like to be a bike fan!
The MotoGP coverage on the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú is fantastic. I can't fault it - except I'd like to be able to watch all the qualifying races, rather than having to go to my Mum and Dad's to watch it on Sky!
Other European countries don't suffer this! The Spanish are passionate about the bikes; the Italians too. The number of British bike fans are on the increase - Donington Park MotoGP attendance was in excess of 70, 000.
Rossi made history today.......he's come a long way this year and he's so entertaining as a rider and personality! He should atleast have been seen on the sports news and not mentioned as an afterthought. Come on guys... you can do better than this! You are the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú!
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Comment number 16.
At 4th Oct 2008, twinpaddyw wrote:THE CAMERAWORK ON THE ALAN SUGAR INTERVIEW ON FOOTBALL FOCUS TODAY WAS A JOKE. ALL THAT ZOOMING IN TO HIS UGLY MUSH AND BACK OUT AGAIN. I COULDN'T CONCENTRATE ON WHAT HE WAS SAYING. THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A WARNING FOR EPILEPTIC VIEWERS...IT CERTAINLY MADE ME FEEL DIZZY.
JUST SHOW HIM IN 1 OR 2 FRAMES..........A 6TH FORM CAMERAMAN COULD HAVE DONE BETTER............MAYBE YOU HAD ONE ON WORK EXPERIENCE?
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Comment number 17.
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Comment number 18.
At 17th Oct 2008, Alex Trickett - wrote:This just in from Amanda (bit of a log-in mix up at our end):
Thanks for your e mails about which sport you would like to see on the 2016 Olympics. The biggest number went for Rugby Sevens, with a decent number for Squash and Golf. The discussion in the studio revolved around the a) do we want another big sport that's really professional ( like Tennis already is) or a completely amateur one like inline speed skating? Lots of commentators often say we should have amateur sports as they are more in keeping with the Olympic Spirit - I'm not sure I agree with that.
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