Eleanor Oldroyd

Midnight Meets With Colin Murray

BBC

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Colin Murray’s in-depth conversation with broadcaster Eleanor Oldroyd from her early ambitions as a cricket correspondent to her experiences working in a male-dominated field and the greatest feats she’s ever seen at the Olympics. Midnight Meets is part of Colin Murray’s BBC Radio 5 Live show which is on Monday to Wednesday 10.30pm to 1am - or available whenever you want via the free BBC Sounds app.

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0:00.0	Newscast is the unscripted chat behind the headlines.
0:05.6	It's informed that in Formal we pick the day's top stories and we find experts who can
0:11.2	really dig into them.
0:12.4	We use our colleagues in the newsroom and our contacts.
0:15.2	Some people pick up the phone rather faster than others.
0:18.6	We sometimes literally run around the BBC building to grab the very best guests.
0:23.4	Join us for daily news chats.
0:25.6	To get you ready for today's conversations, newscast,
0:29.3	listen on BBC Sounds.
0:42.2	Welcome to Midnight Mates and this episode says a conversation with a true friend
0:47.0	and one of the true greats of sports broadcasting. She's the first lady of Firing Talk.
0:52.2	She is, of course, Eleanor Alljoyed. In 1995, she became the first female presenter,
0:58.3	a sports report since it started in 1948.
1:02.7	So it was a chat with a friend, but I always find them really challenging because you've
1:06.3	got to also be the interviewer and Ellie had to be the interviewer.
1:10.3	I think it turned out fab. I hope you enjoy it.
1:12.5	It was first broadcast in November 2020, but I think any chat with Eleanor Alljoyed is timeless.
1:23.9	Eleanor Alljoyed, welcome to Midnight Mates.
1:26.9	Thank you very much, Colin. It's a pleasure to be with you virtually.
1:30.9	Our issue here will be if we descend into non-essential,
1:39.9	nonsensical, off-air, matey conversation.
1:44.4	Okay, we'll avoid that.
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