The Football League Show
| The Football League Show | |
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| Also known as | The League Cup Show (Football League Cup highlights) |
| Genre | Sport |
| Presented by | Manish Bhasin |
| Theme music composer | Snow Patrol |
| Opening theme | "In the End" |
| Ending theme | "Adultery" |
| Composer(s) | Little Comets |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 75 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Original release | 8 August 2009 – 25 May 2015 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Championship (ITV) |
| Followed by | Football League Tonight (Channel 5) |
| Related shows |
Match of the Day Match of the Day 2 Football Focus Final Score Late Kick Off |
The Football League Show was a BBC One football television show which was hosted by Manish Bhasin and featured match highlights from the Championship, League One and League Two. It began on 8 August 2009, at 11.45pm and immediately followed Match of the Day on Saturdays. Similar to other BBC Sport studio shows, UK-based users of the BBC website could watch a live simulcast of the programme. The programme was made in Studio C at IMG studios, London. Football League highlights moved to Channel 5 for the 2015–2016 season, thus ending the BBC's version of the programme.
The programme had a similar format to ITV's Championship Goals, with a featured match receiving full highlights and all the goals from the other games. There could also be extensive highlights of any games covered live by Sky Sports or the BBC itself. The programme was studio based.
The first ever episode featured Steve Claridge alongside Crystal Palace manager Ian Holloway but from the second episode onwards only featured Claridge as pundit or on some occasions former Torquay United and Brentford manager Leroy Rosenior. Occasionally both Claridge and Rosenior have appeared on the same programme offering analysis of games.
When there were only Championship or League One and League Two games played, the show was pre recorded from the stadium of the featured match, rather than being live from the studio. These shows were often shorter than the regular ones. On 23 March 2013 the show was only 20 minutes long, this being the shortest show in the series and the first not to have a featured game.
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