When we heard the sad news of the death of Murray Walker at the age of 97,

we felt it was only right to pay tribute to him here on Bring Back V10s.

And if we'd been in any doubt, the overwhelming outpouring of love and emotion

showed by our audience, plus so many of you asking us to give Murray his own episode,

made it a no-brainer.

Murray Walker was as much a part of the

soundtrack to this glorious era of Formula One as the screaming engines. He was so often capable

of drowning out with his electrifying commentary. Joining me, Glenn Freeman, to celebrate Murray's

life and career of three men who know a thing or two about travelling around the world in the

F1 paddock, Mark Hughes, Ed Straw, and I'm delighted to say that we are joined by

motorsport magazine's Simon Aaron, a man who knew Murray well and worked closely with him on various

projects over the years. We will drift away from the traditional Bring Back V10s format a bit as we look back on what made

Murray mean so much to all of us and to so many of our listeners, but we will start things off

as we always do. So Mark, we'll come to you first and quite simply, when you think of Murray Walker,

what's the first thing that comes to mind? A little anecdote that sort of encapsulates both

his kindness and warmth, but also his self-deprecation, because Murray the person was very

aware of Murray the persona, and he would quite happily impersonate himself. And it was, it's just

delightful. And so, just, it was delightful.

And so, yeah, I was walking along with Simon and another colleague, Tony Dodgant,

back from the track one evening.

And Murray had become very interested in our motor home that we were sharing that year, the three of us.

And he'd been asking us all about it.

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