Trans World Sport
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Trans World Sport | |
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Genre | Sport[1] |
Created by | Mark McCormack[1][2][3][4] |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Running time | 49 minutes |
Production company | IMG Media |
Original release | |
Network | Channel 4[5][6] |
Release | 27 May 1987 present | –
Trans World Sport (TWS), originally stylized Transworld Sport (still used in some television listings and
The show was the brainchild of IMG founder, and sports marketing pioneer, Mark McCormack.[13][14] Since its very first show, Trans World Sport's objective has remained the same; to bring its viewers the best, the most interesting, and most informative stories from the world of sport. Their mantra has always been that there is no hierarchy in sport, and the idea is that what happens in La Liga has always been as important as what happens at the King's Cup Sepaktakraw World Championship. They have had features on several sports stars, including a 16 year-old Carlos Alcaraz, a 14-year-old Tiger Woods, a teenage Virat Kohli, Usain Bolt, and Roger Federer, and on a 12-year-old Venus Williams and her 11-year-old sister, Serena Williams.
Trans World Sport has covered hundreds of different sports, and filmed with a countless number of World and
The first show was narrated by Gerald Sinstadt, and after a succession of different narrators in the early nineties, the show settled on its current narrator: Sue Carpenter.
Bruce Hammal narrated the program between 1989 and 2017.[15]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8133-1694-9. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ISBN 978-1-4628-2090-0. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2923-4. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ISBN 978-1-136-43517-1. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Trans World Sport returns to Channel 4 in 2014". Sport-OnTheBox.com. Sport on the Box. 21 December 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ a b "Trans World Sport to return to UK TV Channel 4 in the new year". IMG.com. IMG Media. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ "Happy 20th birthday, Trans World sport". SportsJournalists.co.uk. Sports Journalists' Association. 26 June 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ "Financial genius who revolutionised sport". The Irish Times. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ "Obituary: Mark McCormack". The Daily Telegraph. 17 May 2003. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ISBN 978-1-908474-37-7. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ Michael Carlson (17 May 2003). "Obituary: Mark McCormack | sport". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ "Jonathan Liew: Whatever happened to all the weird and wonderful sports we used to get on mainstream TV?". The Daily Telegraph. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ "BBC Sport | Obituary: Mark McCormack". BBC News. 16 May 2003. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ISBN 978-1-317-74345-3. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ "Trans World Sport celebrates 25 years with IQUIZ app". IMG.com. IMG Media. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
External links
- Trans World Sport – official website, at IMGprogramming.com
- Trans World Sport at IMDb