Running from 1965 to 1983, Saturday afternoon show World Of Sport introduced armchair fans to a wide variety of sports, from Acapulco cliff diving and double decker bus racing to the grunt and groan of wrestling with Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks right through to football pundits Saint & Greavsie.
The show was intended as an ITV version of BBC’s Grandstand and briefly ran under the title Wide World of Sports (before changing after six weeks to the World of Sport title). The show was first hosted by Eamonn Andrews but the longest running host was Dickie Davies. Other well known presenters included Fred Dinage, Steve Rider and Jim Rosenthal.
The world of Sport title card, early 1980’s.There were some key sections that were an intrinsic part of the show from football preview On The Ball (hosted by Brian Moore and then Jimmy Greaves and Ian St John), to regular wrestling bouts (with commentary from Kent Walton) and the ITV Seven (horse racing) as well as every other sport imaginable.
production details
UK / ITV / 1067×270 minute episodes / Broadcast 2 January 1965 – 28 September 1985
Creator and Executive Producer: John Bromley
EPISODES
1972 SERIES 1 January 1972 –
1. 1 JAN 1972
