The Commentators' View: Ian’s floppy disk & ‘Kevin Dalglish’
Football Daily
BBC
4.3 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 November 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
John Murray and Ian Dennis join Alistair Bruce-Ball to lift the lid on life as 5 Live commentators. From Ian’s floppy disk of research to pre-interview smalltalk with Steven Gerrard, they reveal stories you don’t normally get to hear. And as it’s an Ali Bruce-Ball podcast, of course there’s some fun and games as well.
02:00 No rest for the commentator! 06:05 Ian’s floppy disk 09:05 Encounters with new Man Utd boss Ruben Amorim 13:50 ‘Kevin Dalglish’ 15:20 Pre-interview smalltalk 18:10 The ‘Wheel of Spiel’ 24:30 Difficulties of commentating on Man City 29:30 Ian Holloway’s spooky interview 31:30 ‘Clash of the commentators’ quiz 36:10 What’s it like commentating at 3pm on Saturday? 39:30 The Great Dictionary of Football Commentary
BBC Sounds / 5 Live commentaries this weekend: Arsenal v Nottingham Forest – Premier League – 15:00 – Saturday 23 November Man City v Tottenham – Premier League – 17:30 – Saturday 23 November Southampton v Liverpool – Premier League – 14:00 – Sunday 24 November Ipswich v Man Utd – Premier League – 16:30 – Sunday 24 November
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| 0:00.0 | You are about to listen to a BBC podcast and I'd like to tell you a bit about what goes into making one. |
| 0:06.5 | I'm Sadata Sese, an assistant commissioner of podcasts for BBC Sounds. |
| 0:11.2 | I pull a lot of levers to support a diverse range of podcasts on all sorts of subjects, |
| 0:16.0 | relationships, identity, comedy, even one that mixes poetry, music and inner city life. |
| 0:22.4 | So one day I'll be helping host develop their ideas, the next fact-checking, a feature, |
| 0:28.3 | and the next looking at how a podcast connects with its audience, and maybe that's you. |
| 0:33.6 | So if you like this podcast, check out some others on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:39.5 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:44.0 | The Commentator's View with Alistair Bruce Ball, John Murray and Ian Dennis. |
| 0:51.5 | Hello everyone, I'm Alistair Bruce Ball and welcome to a brand new podcast on the Football Daily Feed called The Commentators View. |
| 0:59.1 | Now, like all good podcast, the title tells you exactly what you're going to get. |
| 1:03.1 | It's a look at all the football we cover on Five Live Sports Extra and BBC Sounds, but through the eyes of the commentators, namely myself, John Murray and Ian Dennis, |
| 1:13.8 | who I will introduce shortly. |
| 1:15.6 | We hope to be able to give you a little insight into what our working weeks are like, what we |
| 1:19.9 | see and hear on our travels, and of course we're very happy to answer any of your questions |
| 1:24.8 | as well. |
| 1:25.6 | For now, I'm told we're going to ask you to send those |
| 1:29.0 | to the Fantasy 606 email address, |
| 1:32.3 | which is a different pod I work on, you may be aware of. |
| 1:35.4 | The email address is Fantasy606 at BBC.co.uk. |
| 1:40.1 | I'm told that's because we've been too lazy |
| 1:42.2 | to set up a new email address, |
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