Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to introduce myself.

My name's Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC Commissioner for a Load of Sport Podcasts.

I'm lucky to do that at the BBC because I get to work with a leading journalist, experienced

pundits and the biggest sport stars.

Together we bring you untold stories and fascinating insights straight from the players'

mouths.

But the best thing about doing this at the BBC is our unique access to the sport world.

What that means is that we can bring you podcasts that create a real connection to

dedicated sports fans across the UK.

So if you like this podcast, head over to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more.

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Hello, as you may have heard, in our time has reached the 1,000th episode.

To mark this milestone, Radio Force Today programme kindly asked me along for an interview

with the presenter Michelle Hussain.

A conversation here begins with me telling Michelle how I came to find myself presenting it

in 1998.

I'd been relieved my duties from start the week which I enjoyed very much and didn't

quite know what to do and then somebody announced there was this thing called the Death

Slot.

The BBC is full of things like that and would I want to do the Death Slot on Thursday

morning because it had never worked and it'd give me three months and one or two of the

papers were kicking up about why I'd been fired or had I been fired.

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