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ITV's midweek racing coverage had already been on Channel 4 since 22 March 1984; from 5 October 1985 the Saturday afternoon coverage also moved to the fourth channel, permanently becoming Channel 4 Racing, although it was reduced in scope considerably at the start of 1986, and would not become as extensive as it was in the ITV era until the ...
13:20 ITV Racing. 15:00 Sports Special 2 – see Sports Special 1. 15:45 Half-Time Scores – the half-time scores from that day's football, plus racing results from races that had taken place in the previous hour. 16:00 Wrestling – a mainstay of the World of Sport schedule from 1965 until it ended.
5 October – ITV launches a new Saturday afternoon schedule which sees the football preview show becoming a programme in its own right, called Saint & Greavsie, a two-hour live transmission of a single sporting event and a results programme called Results Service. Wrestling also continues to be shown, moving to a lunchtime slot.
1 January – ITV takes over from Channel 4 as the exclusive terrestrial broadcaster of horse racing. The deal will see ITV broadcast nearly 100 days of racing each year - 60 on ITV4 and minimum of 34 fixtures on the main ITV channel. This is the first time since 1988 that the sport had been shown on ITV. [17] 2018
Daily broadcasts of British race meetings are split between the two according to contracts arranged by racecourses and racecourse owning groups. Saturday racing and key midweek festival meetings are also broadcast on terrestrial television by ITV. The channel broadcasts a Saturday afternoon programme of live racing, usually between 13:30 and 16 ...
In a one-off move for the return of the United States Grand Prix in 2000, ITV moved the coverage over to ITV2 as the schedule of the main channel could not occupy the coverage of the race. [7] The 2001 United States Grand Prix was Murray Walker's last in the ITV commentary booth, having missed four other races that season. [ 8 ]
In March 1984, ITV's midweek action was moved with Saturday's racing coverage making the switch in October 1985 a week after the final edition of World of Sport was broadcast. ITV continued to broadcast coverage of The Derby , simulcasting Channel 4's coverage, but stopped doing so after the 1988 event and this was the last time that horse ...
The Price Is Right (ITV 1984–1988, 1995–2001 & 2006–2007, Sky One 1989–1991, revived for Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow 2020) Primeval (2007–2011, Watch 2011) Prisoner: Cell Block H (on various ITV regions between 1984 and 1999; later on Channel 5 from 1997 to 2001) The Prisoner (1967–1968, remake 2009) The Professionals (1977–1983)