Saturday was a day of sport, marked by the FA Cup final in Manchester, in which City defeated United. Photo: Getty Images/Robin Jones
The biggest sports day of the year. And on Saturday, hardened sports-watchers opened the curtains to enjoy the pleasant morning and pulled the curtains back down to prevent glare from appearing on the screen. There was too much entertainment indoors.
At the opening of ITV4, presenter Oli Bell delivered a beautiful free kick to the winning post at Epsom, setting the tone for ITV's two-handed offering: the Epsom Derby and the Manchester Derby. In a breathtaking montage, Italian breeding legend Federico Tesio was quoted as saying: «Purebred breeds exist because their selection depended not on experts, technicians or zoologists, but on a piece of wood: the Epsom Derby victory post.»
This voiced by Carlo Ancelotti; always nice to hear the husky voice of the gray cardinal manager. Ancelotti himself has horses, although, unfortunately, he has had more success than at Everton than at Milan.
But then something much more surprising, even shocking, when Matt Chapman said something very reasonable on live television. He suggested that ITV may have rescheduled the Derby to 6:30 p.m., i.e. after football rather than before, because it could lead to a potentially huge audience. Perhaps for the future.
One group that obviously doesn't want Thoroughbreds to exist, or anyone who enjoys watching them run at any time, is the Animal Rising group, whose subversion has been particularly well covered by Richard Hoyles. Hoyles calmly dismissed the claim that the protest would not take place during the actual race, using timestamps from the footage, and said, «This shows that the protester was waiting for the race to start before entering the track.» ”
It's still a hell of a tricky balance between broadcast and journalism, the amount of attention to put or not put on anti-anti, but ITV did a good job of that day.
The ITV coverage of the Animal Rising Derby protests was well organized. Photo: Getty Images/Martin Pope
Their fellow football players had a tough task ahead of them: to take on the BBC in the Cup final. In my opinion, the gap between BBC and ITV football coverage has narrowed to a minimum in recent years, but there is something in this FA Cup that the Beeb demands. Regardless, I enjoyed the ITV4 morning replay of St and Greavesey from the 1986 final, in which Jimmy Greaves plays snooker with a certain soft-spoken, boyish, pointy-eared Everton striker.
Gary Lineker and company covered the main theme of the match well. Peter Schmeichel said of the penalty awarded to Jack Grealish: «The right decision, but a stupid rule.» An astounding economy on the part of the man who came to be known as Blue Peter when he played at dusk. Sir Alan Shearer was furious, his bald head looked like it was about to explode: «I have to be careful what I say, because I tend to swear, because it irritates me so much.»
< p>Luckily we had time. the soothing presence of Guy Mowbray and along with him Jermaine Jenas, bless his affable cotton socks that added to his growing Colemanball body work with the words: «Kevin De Bruyne has so many guns in his artillery.»
Perhaps given the current turmoil on This Morning, does Jenas, now a decorated veteran of The One Show, have a role to play in the post-Schofield New World Order as JJ's bid for world light entertainment dominance gains momentum? The loss of a football commentator would have been… tolerable.
The desirable backbone displayed by the Irish batsmen extended the test match into a third day; and while many viewers would draw attention elsewhere, Sky's lighting remains as strong as ever. We'll take a closer look at this when Ashes kicks off, but after Saturday the sports summer on TV is in full swing, and it's worth skipping the tan for it.
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