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Colin Murray arranged for Richard Park to win a show in 2007 because Park was a judge in the TV show Comic Relief does Fame Academy, in which Murray was a contestant. At one point, Park was in last place, but Murray put him into the final and gave him the win, without listening to the Defend the Indefensible round answer from fellow contestant ...
The next year, he left Radio 1 to take on additional roles at 5 Live, hosting Kicking off with Colin Murray on Friday nights, and 5 Live Sport on Sunday afternoons. In 2010, he moved from presenting live football on Channel 5 to fronting the BBC's Match of the Day 2 Sunday night highlights show.
[60] 5 Live continues to simulcast BBC Radio London on Friday and Saturday overnights. 10 December – Emma Barnett leaves. [61] Question Time Extra Time is broadcast for the final time. 2021. 7 January – Adrian Chiles is confirmed as presenter of BBC Radio 5 Live's weekday mid-morning show on Thursdays and Fridays, replacing Emma Barnett.
5 Live Sport and Fighting Talk are pulled from the day's schedule on BBC Radio 5 Live after presenters Mark Chapman and Dion Dublin (5 Live Sport) and Colin Murray (Fighting Talk) join other sports BBC sports presenters in refusing to appear on air after the BBC took Gary Lineker off Match of the Day over controversial comments he made about ...
In March 2020, Smart left Radio X due to ill health and in September 2020, it was confirmed that he would not be returning. [8] In 2024 Smart replaced Colin Murray as host of the Monday to Thursday editions of BBC Radio 5 Live's late show, [9] presiding over a drop in audience. [citation needed]
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The success of Radio 4 News FM during the first Gulf War (1991) led the BBC to propose the launch of a rolling-news service. Initially the plan was to broadcast a rolling news service on BBC Radio 4's long wave frequency; but this met with considerable opposition, both internally and externally, [6] so the BBC decided to close BBC Radio 5 and replace the old service's educational and children ...
5 Live Sport is the banner of live sports coverage on BBC Radio 5 Live. The regular presenters are Mark Chapman (Monday, Wednesday and Saturday), Kelly Cates (Tuesday), Steve Crossman (Thursday and Sunday) and Darren Fletcher (Friday). The programme is on air from Monday to Wednesday 7pm to 10:30pm, as well as Thursday and Friday 7pm to 10pm.