2008 TV coverage - Live on ITV4

It'd be great to have the living legend that is Steve Rider presenting! Just like the old days! Or Martin Haven from Motors, very clued up. I liked Harvey as a driver, but his commentating seems a bit samey. Lots and lots of talks of overlaps. Ben Edwards is good, I used to like it when he commentated on CART with the other bloke whos name escapes me just now :confused: There's a Geordie guy on Motors who seem very good too, I love it when he gets excited and you need to translate from Newcastle-ish!

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Originally Posted by Coops

There's a Geordie guy on Motors who seem very good too, I love it when he gets excited and you need to translate from Newcastle-ish!

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John Hindhaugh

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Originally Posted by Marc W

John Hindhaugh

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...And he's a Mackem, so he'll not be impressed with all this Geordie talk!

Part of being a soft southerner, I can't tell the difference sorry! :)

I can't understand Sunderlandish at all :p

Was Jeremy Shaw who you are thinking of?

Definitely John Hindhaugh, Mark. Did the support races for the BTCC over the past few years. Really enthusiastic commentator. :)

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Originally Posted by Iain

Definitely John Hindhaugh, Mark. Did the support races for the BTCC over the past few years. Really enthusiastic commentator. :)

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Ditto that.

i thought all races were to be shown live programme starts on itv4 at 12.30 but the first race is at 11.30

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Originally Posted by dave391

i thought all races were to be shown live programme starts on itv4 at 12.30 but the first race is at 11.30

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No - all BTCC races will be shown in full; meaning the first BTCC race will be shown "as live". Here's the original announcement: http://btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=845

That still says the 1st race is one hour before the program starts though as Dave391 says

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Originally Posted by ready2rock

That still says the 1st race is one hour before the program starts though as Dave391 says

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? Nowhere did it say that all three races would be live. Just that they would be broadcast in full.

Is there a website that covers the BTCC ? I have no coverage over here in China, so it would be great to see it online if possible. All I get is Motogp and F1, and occasionally I get A1 highlights, or the Asian cup series for open wheelers.

Well, I thought ITV's coverage of the meeting today was generally excellent. It was good to see the support races on a major channel, Steve Rider presented the whole thing extremely well as one would expect, and the commentary was all good. The only low point was Janie Omorogbe, who I thought was inane and too giggly.

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

The only low point was Janie Omorogbe, who I thought was inane and too giggly.

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And who managed to say 'the riders'. Whilst standing looking at a car

I thought the coverage was decent. A pity we can't have Steve Rider every race meeting.

Must admit I thought the coverage was good, and did't know the support races would be shown. They were good as well. Let's hope the coverage remains as good. As for Janie - she didn't impress me last year doing BSB, so why they've employed her for this - who knows?

Good coverage, nice graphics and a generally very good all-round show. I've only watched some of it because I didn't get back from Brands very long ago, but from the couple of hours I've seen it's nice.

I'm not so sure about the intro sequence though. Maybe it'll grow on me.

Who's the new guy commentating on the support races? Don't think I've come across him before.

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Originally Posted by wedge

Who's the new guy commentating on the support races? Don't think I've come across him before.

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Richard John Neil.
He's been doing BTCC supports for ITV (and Motors and Setanta) on and off for several years.

Yep, I thought the coverage was very good. My only gripe is that the adverts were very long and very frequent.

I thought the coverage was good but there could have been a little more coverage of some of the slower cars as there was some great battles throughout the day.

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Originally Posted by Mark

Yep, I thought the coverage was very good. My only gripe is that the adverts were very long and very frequent.

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Here's a top tip, work on sundays and set the recorder for 5 hours, then spend sunday evening watching it and you can flick through the adverts ;)

I think the coverage was one of the best for any sporting event for a long time. Very enjoyable to watch, well done ITV :up:

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

Well, I thought ITV's coverage of the meeting today was generally excellent. It was good to see the support races on a major channel

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I think they should have the previous format on ITV1. I hardly left the house when MotorsTV showed the TOCA package live.

Does anyone know what the song is called that played mainly during the race highlights after the races were shown?

I thought the coverage was good. They introduced the whole BTCC field to us and spoke to plenty of different drivers and personnel. The new reporter did very well I thought, she actually asked intelligent questions and showed she listened to their answers, which in turn gave her more questions to ask. :) She sounds like she's done her research as well.

I wish Steve Rider was doing the rest of the season.

Janie did a great job.
Certainly the best female presenter/reporter that the BTCC coverage has had - although having said that, the competition for that honour includes Dawn McDaniel, Terri Dwyer and V B-H....
We'll overlook the fact that her break in TV was as a Gladiator!

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Originally Posted by BTCC2

I wish Steve Rider was doing the rest of the season.

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Me too! Although with F1 moving to BBC, the BTCC should become ITV's premier motorsport series, and hopefully Steve will present! Lets hope!