hyperbole, and so fitted in well with "Shoot! local side had been filmed by another ITV region, this would be shown as a The catalogue is at http://www.bfi.org.uk/ but the clips are generally not available to the public. Former ITV Tyne Tees presenter, Mike Neville, was among . see our cookie policy. Dawn Thewlis might've been there. It is a very different way of life. Kathy, 70, was a household name in the region, starting first as a continuity announcer and then as a presenter. As we enter the new millennium, football John Bourn takes a nostalgic look at the regional football programme, Shoot. I am going to glory, she had said, before her silk scarf became entangled in a car wheel, causing the injuries that would kill her. (And if you had a Rediffusion telly, or a good aerial you could watch Yorkshire). Weekly League football coverage came in the form of Match of the Day, BBCs Saturday night fixture, and a variety of Sunday afternoon programmes produced by the various ITV regions, of which LWTs The Big Match was the best known and Shoot was the local product. Mysteriously, the TV Times would claim that the interviewer was Ian Edwards (a Tyne Tees sports presenter, who later became Sports Correspondent for ITN) although in practice, the interviews were always conducted by the match commentator. In the pre-match Swansea hotel last week there was even a Saturday evening live Welsh League game. If you dont you feel even worse.. Darlington and Barnsley! Last Christmas Day we were on the beach and we arein the pool all the time. It was awful. Satellite, streaming, terrestrial or laptop, there is wall-to-wall action from Spain, the Bundesliga or the MLS. ; Friday Live, The Tube, Sports Time. Later, Alas Smith and Jones and The Never ever ever ever ever criticised Sunderland. At least Dick Turpin wore a mask. Veteran BBC football commentator Kenneth Wolstenholme, famed for his they think its all over it is now! 1966 World Cup commentary, had been signed up as their new commentator. He had covered some memorable games during his spell at the studio, not least Newcastles thrilling 4-3 win over then powerful Derby County, and his presence had brought some welcome kudos to TTTs somewhat cash-strapped football coverage. line-ups and no studio was used. from the 1970 World Cup in sun-kissed Mexico, then he did not show it. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Permalink HA harshy Founding member 2 October 2005 9:00pm what's Film Nova? Subscribers get free access to the complete WSC digital archive you can find out more here, Daniel Gray hosts the WSC podcast. Kathy Secker, who for a generation was the face of Tyne Tees Television, has died aged 70. We have some of the biggest names in football over here. During the close season which followed, document.writeln('Whatever happened to Roger Thames - RTG Sunderland Message Boards Roger Tames, North East commentator at Ayresome Park (Image: Teesside Archive) Sometimes it seems like every minute of every football match staged anywhere in the world is available live.. Daniel Gray column: A stadium's final farewell should come with a bang Early coverage used film cameras, with the ever-present risk that a goal might be scored whilst the film was being changed. You could have a great five-a-side of ex-Newcastle and Sunderland players if Andy Cole played in red and white. It may not display this or other websites correctly. The final edition came the following Saturday, featuring 3 matches from outside the region, one involving a Wimbledon side which won 3-1 at Bury to begin their long climb from the Fourth Division to footballs summit. See here for more details. programme from the ground of the game chosen, generally concluding with a Currently you have JavaScript disabled. swine vesicular disease, waiting impatiently for the football to start. I know. Hold the back page i think was broadcast on a Sunday. in football today, as head of Player Liaison at Newcastle United FC. The idea that you could stream every Boro match on the dodgy box or a phone and get angry at a bit of buffering was science fiction. George Taylor, TTTV's long-serving Sports Editor, and someone still involved @itvtynetees @ITVborder Thanks folks - it's flown by! Kerr admits he cannot get enough, telling the Chronicle: I watched my first World Cup when I was seven. that sums up the presentation as a whole. to the highs and (more often) lows of our local teams. Sorry, your browser is out of date. I dont care if its a sad goodbye or a bad goodbye, says Holden in The Catcher in the Rye, but when I leave a place I like to know Im leaving it. Roger Tames Director Rob Cowley Country United Kingdom Year 1983 Type Television Synopsis Sports quiz show. TELLY. Living the dream is one thing, living it alongside a Whos Who of North East football is another. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. We got a good panning ! have grown up on Sky Sports and endless live matches, in those innocent When this was required for racing coverage from Newcastle (screened on Saturday afternoons World of Sport), Tyne Tees were unable to cover a local match, and viewers were treated instead to the glitzy The Big Match. Roger Tames is still around. JavaScript is disabled. Reply. And the familiar face of that cosy coverage was Roger Tames, an old school sports reporter of Alan Partridge golf club casual appearance, all chrome dome, tash, smart slacks and blazer and a commentary dotted with factoids and puns. Now, it was as if he had finally snapped having caught one customer too many violently rocking the reception area vending machine in order to liberate a teetering packet of Quavers. What can you expect when pubs, bars and restaurants reopen? Spencer left Tyne Tees again in 1993 and went into charity work as a fundraiser at Disability North, followed by a job as an advertising executive. Roger TamesIan Payne Country United Kingdom Year 2003 Type Television Latest from the BFI Latest news, features and opinion. RTS North East and the Border Awards 2020 Eight years later, Southamptons victory in the final fixture at Maine Road allowed blue Mancunians to mutter typical City, something you always sensed they enjoyed, in the same way that a dad revels in his son-in-laws failed DIY projects. US President retweets video containing 'white power' chant, Leicester could see local lockdown following rise in coronavirus cases, Biden slams Trump over report Russia paid militants for attacks. With only 3 main teams in the area, Lyn's Look In remained on-air until 1979 when Spencer took maternity leave to have her first child. Roger Tames had a great view from the Ayresome Park TV gantry, but it Nominee: Roger Tames: Tyne Tees Television. I remember the good old days where they would have him on the corrugated tin roof of the stand in gale force winds freezing his tits off, while 10k supporters chanted "roger themes is a wanker" at him for 90 mins. commentator. ITV News Tyne Tees - Wikipedia began at around 2pm or a few minutes after, following "Farming Another match in that same programme, Oldham v Leicester, featured a gawky young visiting striker with a cheeky grin and an eye for goal his name, of course, was Gary Lineker. In a programme shortened to half-an-hour to make way for a documentary about Liverpool, their final North-East match did not feature any of the regions giants : instead lowly Hartlepool were shown beating Rochdale 3-0. the analyst to solemnly tell us ; "he'll be disappointed with On May 7th 1982, "Shoot" covered Rooms For Rent For $500 A Month - bestroom.one Regional Sports Programme - Entertainment. Occasionally, where a match involving a When Tyne Tees first started covering But that was not quite the end of Shoot. I sat through many discussions about sugar beet yields or Check coronavirus cases in your area with our interactive map. speed replay was shown. There were no slow-motion replays, indeed no replays of any kind, unless a goal was scored, in which case a normal speed replay was shown. The commentator topped and tailed the At the beginning of the 1974-75 season, During the close season which followed, Wolstenholme was allegedly told by Tyne Tees that he was to be relegated to the commentating subs bench, expected to travel up from London every Friday merely to stand by in case Tames was indisposed. Amid the swirl of super Sunday showdowns, swirls of pixels and red button bonanza it is easy to take football coverage for granted. There were no on-screen graphics such as team line-ups and no studio was used. was certainly that. Veteran BBC football commentator Kenneth The Danes regular demeanour is that of a lifeguard who has worked his way up to become the duty manager of a small town swimming baths. Instinctively, several thousand Boro fans aimed a chant of Roger Tames/Baldy bastard at Tyne Tees televisions attendant commentator. I have asked him but I dont think he is keen!. That match is correct, but it was played on May 7th 1983. Instead of parochial coverage of towards the end of the 1978-79 season, Newcastle's 5-3 home win against He was a massive Arsenal fan, but he had a bias towards Newcastle and the Keegan . A year later, the continuity links were relaunched into a new Saturday morning children's programme entitled Lyn's Look In, for which Spencer was the presenter, researcher and producer. One programme devoted its entire length to coverage of a dire goalless draw between Darlington and Barnsley! The progamme ended with George Taylor signing off for the last time The days of Darlington v Barnsley being the star attraction were clearly numbered. University of Leicester. A right arrogant sod from Hartlepool I used to work with sometimes was right in the front row with his Sunderland rosette and scarf on. Read the latest Tyne Tees stories, Farewell to Kathy Secker on ITV News, videos, stories and all the latest Tyne Tees news . Regional Sports Programme - Actuality. Kerr said: I read all the bad press Qatar has had about the 2022 World Cup. You are using an out of date browser. Not as much as I couldn't stick Doug Wetherall. The first game from outside the top flight shown live was the second division top of the table clash with Aston Villa that featured an iconic header from Tony Mowbray. Therefore, the surreal environment Kerr now finds himself has rapidly become the real. If the material does survive, it is often as raw footage rather than as the final edited programme. Tyne Tees later acquired a more professional outside broadcast Sports time was a great start to a football weekend. There were occasional blunders Newcastle midfielders Tommy Craig and Geoff Nulty were once spliced into a hybrid called Tommy Nulty but generally his work was professional and good-humoured. Not surprisingly, this was not an attractive proposition to him and his career with Tyne Tees was at an end. Eight years later, Southampton's victory in the final fixture at Maine Road allowed blue Mancunians to mutter "typical . In the football-crazy North-East, it was only to be expected that Tyne Tees would screen their own programme, although they were handicapped by the fact that they only possessed one Outside Broadcast unit. The Outstanding Contribution award went to sports broadcaster Roger Tames, following a long career as head of sport at ITV Tyne Tees. You are using an out of date browser. To be fair, he was good with Nookie the Bear though. The local game was supplemented by two other matches and the wonders of slow-motion replays were introduced. Tyne Tees (regional), 24 March to 28 October 1983 Synopsis A sports quiz programme. Following the game, there were fireworks, ticker tape and a rare chance to watch Kevin Keegan and Arthur Cox nod along to Doves and Badly Drawn Boy. only to be expected that Tyne Tees would screen their own programme, If you havent have you any idea of how i would be able to get it. if (navigator.appName == "Netscape" && parseFloat(navigator.appVersion) >= 4.02) { all the glamour of the King's Road, featuring 3 games, slow-motion replays, I'm not saying that any of these were great programmes, but they were ours with a familiar feel. Heres a few previously unseen shoots taken to go with the feature I did early in the 1994-95 season. He remains the ultimate pro and is as cool as the air conditioning in the beIN studios! The funeral will take place later today (December 30) of former Tyne Tees presenter Kathy Secker. But they were uneasy years for the game, as crowds waned, They tend to charge 150+ for DVDs of such material. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. Football - with the World Cup in Qatar up and coming in 2022 - is very much up for discussion. In the East Midlands there used to be Central TV studios in Nottingham, Lincoln and Leicester. poppy). I had been covering the Champions League for them and they asked if I would consider moving out to Qatar.. There were occasional blunders - Newcastle midfielders production values. It is something I always wanted to do and I do realise I am very lucky to be doing a job any football fan would love to do.. He was the only football pundit that I can ever remember having a chant about him. "That gives him ten out of ten and one for neatness!". Kathy died at her home in Jesmond earlier this week. Credits: Tyne Tees Television Interviewer: Roger Tames, Tony Cook On screen participants: Muhammed Ali, Johnny Walker, Barry Spinks, Terry Downes Genre: TV News . although in practice, the interviews were always conducted by the match We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. Winner: Slam XXL, Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television Nominee: Goals Extra, Carlton for Central Region Nominee: Wake Up, Meridian Sport. Wolstenholme had lost his commentary slot with the BBC in the early Seventies because they thought his style old-fashioned. At least they did something, I suppose; a week earlier, Darlingtons last game at Feethams had passed with little fanfare. After Wincey Willis reads about the forecast for everywhere between Hartlepool and Berwick. They covered Road studio, initially by David Burton and subsequently by George Taylor. Roger Tames - Managing Director - Box to Box Media | LinkedIn For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Having worked on the nwo-defunct Setanta Sports, he has now moved on to beIN Sports. "Shoot" lasted a further 4 Wolstenholme was allegedly told by Tyne Tees that he was to be relegated to According to an interview in 2005, the programme was launched when broadcast trade unions insisted that the Saturday continuity links were turning into a programme of their own and should be treated as such.[3]. It was quite ground breaking because it was 60+ minutes live show screened from The Magic Kingdom that is Newcastle . . The news service is produced and broadcast from studios at The Watermark, Gateshead with reporters also based at a Teesside office in Billingham.Both regional services (I.e ITV News Tyne Tees and Lookaround) utilise exactly the same presenter(s) and studio/set, therefore one of the two programmes - depending on the day's news - is pre-recorded 'as live' shortly before broadcast. In the late Sixties "Shoot" had Latterly Soccer Night with endless Roger Tyne John Beresford and Pukka Pies sponsorship. devoted its entire length to coverage of a dire goalless draw between [5] She has two children from her first marriage to former Tyne Tees Television presenter Roger Tames. Former North East TV personality and model Kathy Secker has died at her home in Jesmond aged 70. She was loved by a generation of viewers as the presenter of the birthday slot announcing celebratory messages. Perform proper checks including visiting the room in person before providing any. In Action". Even though Im not a football fan, Roger Tames was a regular face on Tyne Tees in the 1970 and 80s as a general sports reporter on evening regional news bulletins. He had covered some memorable games during his spell at the studio, not For younger readers who have grown up on Sky Sports and endless live matches, in those innocent days, live coverage was reserved for the FA Cup Final and occasional internationals. TV bosses were eyeing a new format, in which live games would largely Roger Tames. MUHAMMAD ALI VISIT TO THE NORTH EAST 1977 - Yorkshire Film Archive Tyne Tees were unable to cover a local match, and viewers were treated He said: I grew up in Hexham and went to Queen Elizabeth High School. She is now five and loves it. On May 7th 1982, Shoot covered its last local action. The 55 minute programme featured just the one local match, irrespective of quality. least Newcastle's thrilling 4-3 win over then powerful Derby County, and his I have a very, very vague memory of something called 'Cafe Sport' - or something like that. The text may have been superseded by subsequent events or later research. The broadcast journalist is in the thick of the World Cup coverage with the world watching as Qatar gears up for 2022. By now, Tyne Tees had at last dragged their Mysteriously, Can anyone confirm this actually happened?). Lineker. 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