Hugh Porter dismissed

[snorri]

Never heard of him , what have I missed?

 

[Dayvo]

Love 'im or hate 'im!


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl1pZMP2tsM

 

[TVC]

No!!!! How can I play the Hugh Porter drinking game any more....

"The drone of the little Derny bike"
"Bit and Bit"
"The well of the track"
and of course the mangling of any Asian sounding name

 

[Dayvo]

And he wasn't just a commentator, either.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Porter

 

[PpPete]

His commentary on the track was OK, but he seemed to have feck-all idea of what was going on in the Olympic RR .

 

[brodiej]

Sorry to hear the BBC have dropped Hugh.BBC being agiest again?.

Possibly - it depends who they replace him with.

I was never a great fan of his commentary but he was OK and at least knew his stuff.

I can't think of who they'll bring in - if it's someone articulate with a knowledge of cycling I won't mind.

I think they're really ageist when they front programmes with young beautiful people for no reason. Commentators are different as you can't see them and the younger ones are often closer to the current racing scene so may offer more up to date insights

 

[laurence]

His commentary on the track was OK, but he seemed to have feck-all idea of what was going on in the Olympic RR .

exactly... he was dreadful for road races. he was losing it for track too. not sorry to see him go.

 

[Leaway2]

Possibly - it depends who they replace him with.

"Porter, 73, who has been the Beeb's “voice of cycling” for nearly 30 years, is to be replaced by Simon Brotherton, who is 43."

 

[Noodley]

Oh look, a thread started on Monday in Track Cycling:
http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/hugh-porter-dismissed.125469/#post-2347532

Edit by Mod: Threads merged, so there might be some overlap of comments.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I like a nice drop of porter....

 

[Maz]

Never heard of him , what have I missed?

I'm with you. I saw the first post and thought maybe he was a newsreader or something.

 

[accountantpete]

Bring back David Duffield.

 

[GlasgowGaryH]

Bring back David Duffield.

+1 I gave up watching the cycling on Eurosport when he left. His stories use to brighten up the dullest race

 

[ColinJ]

+1 I gave up watching the cycling on Eurosport when he left. His stories use to brighten up the dullest race

Some of the races don't actually need brightening up! Especially just when the action kicks off ...

 

[brodiej]

Some of the races don't actually need brightening up! Especially just when the action kicks off ...

Too right.

David Duffield commentating on track riding is a nightmare thought.

Imagine him describing a sprint. By the time he'd finished telling us the wine he'd had for dinner the night before and the local cheeses, the race would have been over, the medals awarded and the crowd all gone home