World of Sport (UK TV series)
| World of Sport | |
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Dickie Davies in the World of Sport studio.
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| Presented by |
Eamonn Andrews Dickie Davies Fred Dinenage Jim Rosenthal |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 1067 |
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| Running time | 270 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Original release | 2 January 1965 – 28 September 1985 |
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| Promotion | World of Sport | ||||||||
| Date established | November 2, 2016 | ||||||||
| Current champion(s) | Grado | ||||||||
| Date won | November 2, 2016 (aired December 31, 2016) |
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| Statistics | |
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| First champion(s) | Dave Mastiff |
| Most reigns | All champions (1 reigns) |
| Shortest reign | Dave Mastiff (<1 day) |
World of Sport is a British television sport programme which ran on ITV between 2 January 1965 and 28 September 1985 in competition with the BBC's Grandstand. Like Grandstand, the programme ran for several hours every Saturday afternoon.
Eamonn Andrews was the first host and the programme itself was "compiled for Independent Television" by ABC Weekend Television. From the summer of 1968 it was produced by London Weekend Television - under the ITV Sport banner, with the other ITV stations supplying footage of events in their regions. Thames Television took over LWT's responsibilities for Bank Holiday editions. Dickie Davies also took over as host in 1968 and would remain the face of the show until it ended in 1985. Other presenters were Fred Dinenage, Steve Rider and Jim Rosenthal.
The programme's title was originally Wide World of Sports (much like the US programme), this was changed after about six weeks because all the initial programmes featured sports from within the UK and early Programme Editor John Bromley felt that "Wide" World of Sports would have looked rather silly.
The show included popular segments such as On the Ball (a preview of the day's football action), the ITV Seven (horse racing), and wrestling with commentator Kent Walton. It also showed sports not seen elsewhere, such as women's hockey, netball, lacrosse, water skiing and or sports that were not popular with the British mainstream, such as NASCAR and ice speedway. It featured bizarre sports like the World Barrel Jumping Championships, and even death-defying stunts.
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