sport news Dickie Davies shone a light on the dark and theatrical underbelly of British ... trends now
sport news Dickie Davies shone a light on the dark and theatrical underbelly of British ... trends now
Grandstand was great, but World of Sport's inferior budget forced it to trawl the fringes and shine a light on the theatrical underbelly of British sport. This was its secret weapon, and Dickie Davies wielded it consummately Dickie Davies' death at 94 was announced on Sunday by Jim Rosenthal BBC's Grandstand competed with Davies and ITV'S World of Sport BBC provided the more obvious crown jewels of sporting coverage ITV offered windows into other worlds, trawling for the exotic and bizarre
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In the days before remote controls made channel-surfing possible, Saturday afternoon TV in the late 1960s and early 1970s came down to a straight choice: Frank Bough and the polish and
