A hilarious look at the world of sport as guests compete for points with their punditry. Jul 8, 2013 - BBC bosses had to apologise after Colin Murray's live Fighting Talk show. Radio 5 Live controller Jonathan Wall said: 'Colin leaves with our.
Other names | FT |
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Genre | Sports panel game |
Running time | 50 minutes (approx) |
Country of origin | UK |
Language(s) | English |
Home station | BBC Radio 5 Live |
Hosted by | Johnny Vaughan Christian O'Connell Colin Murray Matt Johnson Jonathan Pearce Georgie Thompson Josh Widdicombe |
Produced by | Simon Crosse Charley Copsey Mike Holt |
Recording studio | MediaCityUK (Salford Quays), Salford, Greater Manchester |
Original release | 4 October 2003[1] – present |
No. of series | 15 |
Opening theme | Sabotage by Beastie Boys |
Website | Official website |
Podcast | Fighting Talk Podcast |
Fighting Talk is a topical sports show broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live during the English football season.
Its first series was broadcast in October 2003, presented by Johnny Vaughan. The second series was presented by Christian O'Connell. The current and longest-serving presenter has been Colin Murray, who took charge between 2006 and 2013 and returned to the show for the 2016/17 season after his departure from talkSPORT. The show is broadcast on Saturday mornings for an hour between 1100 and 1200.
The show has twice won Gold Sony Radio Academy Awards in the sports programme category; in 2006 and 2011. For the latter, judges described the show as 'like a modern version of old-fashioned Music Hall'.[2]
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Contents
- 1Format
- 3History
- 6Fighting Talk in other media