It's OK, Rob, just speak s-l-o-w-l-y and LOUDLY when you are interviewing French people, that's the secret. They are only pretending not to understand!
Originally Posted by InTheLoop: “Oh my, this BBC presenter is so awkward
Doesn;t he usually do the snooker?”
I believe Rob Walker (like others) is a freelancer for several sports - he's been an athletics commentator for Channel 4 in Daegu 2011 and the IAAF (or a sub-contractor) in various World Athletics Series events.
Originally Posted by Edward_Sloley: “I believe Rob Walker (like others) is a freelancer for several sports - he's been an athletics commentator for Channel 4 in Daegu 2011 and the IAAF (or a sub-contractor) in various World Athletics Series events.”
Originally Posted by InTheLoop: “Oh my, this BBC presenter is so awkward
Doesn;t he usually do the snooker?”
Yes he's a general sports commentator and he's good at that. Has done athletics. Perhaps he was roped into this job because Phil's on his pre-Olympics leave.
Originally Posted by owen10: “Was he really that bad”
Truly, yes. So bad that not only diid Channel 4 yank him from the coverage four days into the Games, but afterwards they completely abandoned all coverage of athletics at all.