I think those listed in the original post are only the leading commentators. Virginia Wade, and Greg Rusedski (along with Mark Cox & Jo Durie) are all missing. Hard to believe all of them will not be there.
The press pack says- Throughout the Championship, the team of expert commentators for television in full will be: Tracy Austin, Marion Bartoli, Chris Bradnam, James Burridge, Pat Cash, Andrew Castle, Andrew Cotter, Mark Cox, Matt Chilton, Barry Davies, Lindsay Davenport, Jo Durie, Peter Fleming, Jason Goodall, Paul Hand, Tim Henman, Anne Keothavong, John Lloyd, Guy McCrea, John McEnroe, Ronald McIntosh, David Mercer, Nick Mullins, Martina Navratilova, Mark Petchey, Louise Pleming, Sam Smith, Elizabeth Smylie, Simon Reed, and Virginia Wade.
Jimmy Connors is also involved, maybe he's just in the studio.
I`ve searched all your posts praising the lamentable Davies for (according to you both) the key phrase "in my opinion" but I can`t find it anywhere. Oh, the supreme irony - Hoist by your own petard etc, etc....
mikw defending the Beeb. How very unusual.....
Me "hoisted by my own petard"??!!
it is YOU who has made a statement and can't back it up.....
I think those listed in the original post are only the leading commentators. Virginia Wade, and Greg Rusedski (along with Mark Cox & Jo Durie) are all missing. Hard to believe all of them will not be there.
Rather devastated that Boris Becker won't be commentating this year. His commentary was so hilariously bad I loved it, such an eccentric character in contrast to Mr Personality - Tim Henman.
Does anyone know how many of the red button streams will be available on Sky? Also how many will cover live matches rather than highlights etc.............?
Does anyone know how many of the red button streams will be available on Sky? Also how many will cover live matches rather than highlights etc.............?
well theres 12 tv courts this year... all on the bbc website...
In the good old days, we had real pros : Ann Jones, Dan Maskell and John Barrett. The one commentator I would love to do Wimbledon, although she won't, as she is contracted to another american network, is Chrissie Evert.
In the good old days, we had real pros : Ann Jones, Dan Maskell and John Barrett. The one commentator I would love to do Wimbledon, although she won't, as she is contracted to another american network, is Chrissie Evert.
Chris Evert used to work for the BBC at Wimbledon. Seems like a long time ago now. She retired from the booth (completely) when she married Greg Norman, and then came back (when they split up) but alas exclusively with an American outfit.
She does sometimes pop up to see her old opponent Sue Barker for a chat, but these too are becoming rare occurrences lately. Sometime she is a guest on Today at Wimbledon with Inverdale.
BBC2/2HD
Sue Barker Presenting Victor Hanescu (ROM) v Tomas Berdych (CZE)
David Mercer and John Lloyd Johanna Konta (GBR) v Shuai Peng (CHN)
Sam Smith and Anne Keothavong Matosevic vs Ferdasco
Andrew Cotter and Paul Hand
theres the first 3 matches, if we could keep this going that would be great...
Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) v Carlos Berlocq (ARG)
Ronald McIntosh cant stand him as a comm for tennis...
I cant stand him as a comms for anything, wasnt particularly great on the athletics yesterday and he seems to read from the same script for every boxing bout he does.
Pleased BBC have decided to go with HD coverage all afternoon on both channels rather than repeats of Flog It! for 90 minutes as they bizarrely did last year.
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I think those listed in the original post are only the leading commentators. Virginia Wade, and Greg Rusedski (along with Mark Cox & Jo Durie) are all missing. Hard to believe all of them will not be there.
Jimmy Connors is also involved, maybe he's just in the studio.
Me "hoisted by my own petard"??!!
it is YOU who has made a statement and can't back it up.....
Rusedski left two years ago didn't he ?
I don't know tbh. At this time of the year all the commentary teams blend into one a little. He still works for Eurosport & Sky.
I know he's pretty busy with the LTA and coaches the British player Kyle Edmund. So maybe he doesn't commentate so much these days.
Scrap him from my little list. ;-):cool:
He quit because he was dropped down the pecking order I believe
That doesn't surprise me at all. He was always a little bit 'precious' when he was playing. So that sounds true.
His dis-pleasure was quite apparent a few times during his career when he felt he was playing second fiddle to Tim Henman.
All that aside, I rather like his commentary. He always manages to stay neutral no matter who is playing. (IMO)
well theres 12 tv courts this year... all on the bbc website...
Chris Evert used to work for the BBC at Wimbledon. Seems like a long time ago now. She retired from the booth (completely) when she married Greg Norman, and then came back (when they split up) but alas exclusively with an American outfit.
She does sometimes pop up to see her old opponent Sue Barker for a chat, but these too are becoming rare occurrences lately. Sometime she is a guest on Today at Wimbledon with Inverdale.
I enjoy her commentary.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/posts/Making-the-most-of-summer-2014-on-Red-Button
Sue Barker Presenting
Victor Hanescu (ROM) v Tomas Berdych (CZE)
David Mercer and John Lloyd
Johanna Konta (GBR) v Shuai Peng (CHN)
Sam Smith and Anne Keothavong
Matosevic vs Ferdasco
Andrew Cotter and Paul Hand
theres the first 3 matches, if we could keep this going that would be great...
Stephens v Kirilenko - James Burridge + Louise Pleming
I do get these two mixed up
The other two games on the BBC Website ( from Court 6 and 11 ) are commentary free
Barry Davies and ???
Looks like i was wrong, it's Mark Petchey commentating with John McEnroe and Tim Henman. At least the match will be more bearable without Castle.
Ronald McIntosh cant stand him as a comm for tennis...
Jason Goodall
I cant stand him as a comms for anything, wasnt particularly great on the athletics yesterday and he seems to read from the same script for every boxing bout he does.
yea, and with Ward and Cox on i thought one of them would of been the BBC2 match... Cox isnt even on the red button streams