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It seems there must be some bloke or woman looking down on us - the BBC have won the TV and radio rights for F1 from the begining of 2009 - hopefuly James Allen will retire and if Martin Blunder is retained, he'll find something other than "on the ragged edge" to say.

It was last on the BBC in 1996 EEK2.GIF

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7306123.stm

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Must admit this came as a shock, as I'm sure I saw that ITV had inked a deal to show race coverage on their site.

Great news, though. ITV haven't even bothered to show some of the races in Wales, so hopefully that situation will improve.

I remember there was one race where they got a lot of criticism for going to ads right at the climax of a GP. Apologising afterwards, James Allen said it wasn't their fault as they were "contractually obliged" to do it. They chose to sell advertising time during the race, no-one was holding a gun to their heads.

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....Mook, it's time for you to switch over channels too! grin.gif

This topic is already up and running in the LoJ.

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lol.gif thats a little sharp for this time of the morning!!

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....Sorry Mook! It wasn't meant to be sharp - I was just in a hurry at the time and forgot the "grin.gif"

Anyroadup, Mook and I are often having a friendly 'go' at each other - We have met several times and each have a respect for the other - Okay, Mook, you can now tell me I'm suffering from illusions!! grin.gif

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The BBC News has just broadcast the story....Murray Walker was saying that he can't understand how ITV gave it up so willingly - He said that not only is Lewis Hamilton a genuine talent and star in the UK but now the world and that increased UK interest in F1 is due to him.

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Anyroadup, Mook and I are often having a friendly 'go' at each other - We have met several times and each have a respect for the other - Okay, Mook, you can now tell me I'm suffering from illusions!! grin.gif

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That's complete bollox - he's a lying old fecker and well he knows it tongue.gif

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The BBC News has just broadcast the story....Murray Walker was saying that he can't understand how ITV gave it up so willingly - He said that not only is Lewis Hamilton a genuine talent and star in the UK but now the world and that increased UK interest in F1 is due to him.

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I can't understand why he alone should create so much interest in F1. He is obviously undeniably talented but I can only imagine that is one of Murray's overstatements.

Really pleased to see F1 coming back to BBC - I couldn't believe the number of breaks in last weeks GP crazy.gif

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