Sportscall

(Synopsis: not so, says writer Bill Matthews.)
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== Host ==
== Host ==
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[[Danny Baker]] (original host)
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[[Danny Baker]] (1990-2)
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[[Nicky Campbell]]
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[[Nicky Campbell]] (1992-3)
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[[Dominik Diamond]]  
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[[Dominik Diamond]] (1993-
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[[Jamie Theakston]] (regular stand-in)
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Stand-ins: [[Simon Potter]], Tim Smith, [[Ross King]], Andy Peebles, [[Dougie Donnelly]], Lee Chapman, Tom Watt, [[Rob Curling]], Adrian Goldberg, Marcus Buckland
== Broadcast ==
== Broadcast ==
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BBC Radio 5, 2 September 1990 to 25 March 1994
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BBC Radio 5, 2 September 1990 to 25 March 2000
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BBC Radio Five Live, 2 April 1994 to 2000 (independent production in final years)
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Revision as of 19:59, 25 August 2016

Contents

Host

Danny Baker (1990-2)

Nicky Campbell (1992-3)

Dominik Diamond (1993-

Stand-ins: Simon Potter, Tim Smith, Ross King, Andy Peebles, Dougie Donnelly, Lee Chapman, Tom Watt, Rob Curling, Adrian Goldberg, Marcus Buckland

Broadcast

BBC Radio 5, 2 September 1990 to 25 March 2000

Synopsis

Sportscall was originally created as a cheap piece of radio to fill the gap between Radio 5's Saturday morning children's programes and the afternoon's sports commentaries. Items included the phone-in quiz, alphabet quiz, archive quiz and sudden death quiz. It soon emerged that listeners weren't tuning in for the games - no, people were tuning in because the presenter, Danny Baker, was making the show entertainment, even for people who didn't really like sport.

In 1991, Baker was given an after-match phone-in show, 606, and became Radio 5's breakfast presenter in 1992. He moved to Radio 1 in late 1993, creating a vacancy for the lunchtime sports quiz. Dominik Diamond turned out to be the presenter to continue in Baker's footsteps. Already a familiar voice from Gamesmaster, Diamond expanded the programme's range, making it as much a commentary on the week's sports news as a phone-in quiz.

Diamond hosted a spin-off show, Newscall, which was not renewed after a four-week broadcast pilot in 1994. He remained with the original programme until it came to a natural end in 2000.

See also

Popcall

A Question of Sport

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