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ITV Racing is a programme produced by ITV Sport for races shown on ITV1 or ITV4 in the United Kingdom. The programme is referred to as Racing on STV in Northern and Central Scotland on STV . In its previous incarnation, the show was an essential part of World of Sport .
John Michael McCririck [1] (17 April 1940 – 5 July 2019) was an English horse racing pundit, television personality and journalist.. McCririck began his career at The Sporting Life, where he twice won at the British Press Awards for his campaigning journalism, but his role was terminated in 1984.
Racing coverage is cut back on ITV. The ITV Seven is no longer a guaranteed slot on World of Sport and several regional ITV stations stop showing midweek racing. 1984. 22 March – Horse racing coverage is broadcast on Channel 4 for the first time, resulting in the launch Channel 4 Racing. 1985. 5 October – The first weekend horse racing is ...
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.
Prior to 2017, ITV had not shown any horse racing since 1988. For many years, racing was also broadcast on the BBC, who pioneered coverage of the sport in the 1950s. The network retained the rights to key race meetings, such as the Grand National, Royal Ascot and the Derby until 2012 when it was outbid for the rights by Channel 4. [ 45 ]
Until the mid-1980s, horse racing was shown regularly on ITV. Racing was a mainstay of World of Sport throughout the programme's run with the ITV Seven featuring almost every week. ITV also showed racing during the week. ITV showed many of racing's showpiece events, including all the flat racing classics, although the channel never showed The ...
The documentary Royal Family, commissioned by the Crown and made jointly by the BBC and ITV is broadcast, initially on BBC1, and attracts more than 30.6 million UK viewers (three-quarters of the British public at this time), [2] an all-time British record for a non-current-event programme. [3] It is scripted by Antony Jay.
Aviva Premiership Highlights (2008–2017 & 2022–present: highlights on itv4 and repeated on itv) [41] Aviva Premiership Live Coverage including Premiership Final (2022–present) [41] Horse racing. Weekly Saturday Afternoon Horse Racing, 40 days of big meetings such as Grand National on ITV with 60 days of horse racing on ITV4 (2017–present)