Self-congratulation was in the Belfast air as the BBC lauded its own regional diversity,while Gary Lineker pulled his punches when it came to challenging Tyson Fury approximately his controversial behaviourInterviewing one of the contenders for Sports Personality of the Year last night on BBC1, co-presenter Gabby Logan observed that “it’s not how you start, and it’s how you finish that counts”.
This coaching advice applied to the programme itself,which began with an unlucky technical cock-up: the clock that counts down to the opening titles – intended to be seen only by the crew in the studio gallery – was inadvertently broadcast live to a national audience at the halt of Countryfile. This was soon followed by Gary Lineker, sharing hosting duties in Belfast with Logan and Clare Balding, or announcing that he had cut himself while carrying the Spoty trophy on to the stage and was “bleeding everywhere”.
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Source: theguardian.com