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* 2009–2021: [[Dan Walker (broadcaster)|Dan Walker]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 July 2009 |title=Gerry Sutcliffe wants Burns report back on FA's agenda |url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/jul/23/digger-burns-report-football-reforms |website=the Guardian}}</ref>
* 2009–2021: [[Dan Walker (broadcaster)|Dan Walker]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 July 2009 |title=Gerry Sutcliffe wants Burns report back on FA's agenda |url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/jul/23/digger-burns-report-football-reforms |website=the Guardian}}</ref>
* 2021– : [[Alex Scott (footballer, born 1984)|Alex Scott]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alex Scott named Football Focus host |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/57096067 |via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
* 2021– : [[Alex Scott (footballer, born 1984)|Alex Scott]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alex Scott named Football Focus host |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/57096067 |via=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
* 2023- : Evie Jessop
* 2023– : Evie Jessop


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Revision as of 10:53, 12 April 2023

Football Focus
GenreSports
Presented byDan Walker (2009–2021)
Alex Scott (2021–)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production locationsStudio TC5, BBC Television Centre (1974–2012)
dock10 studios (2012–present)[1]
Running time30–60 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC One
ReleaseGrandstand strand
1974 (1974)–2001 (2001)
Stand-alone series
2001 (2001) –
present
Related
Match of the Day
Match of the Day 2
Final Score
The Football League Show
The Premier League Show

Football Focus is a BBC television magazine programme launched in 1974 covering football, normally broadcast live on BBC One on Saturday lunchtimes during the football season. The programme, along with Final Score, is a remnant from the former flagship sports show Grandstand which for decades dominated the BBC One Saturday afternoon TV schedules. Focus programme in its own right in 2001.

The programme is now a weekly magazine, with reports from across the country at all levels of English and Scottish football. It previews the weekend's fixtures and provides updates from the early Premier League game. Since BBC have the rights to Premier League highlights, Football Focus also shows the key moments from the midweek matches. Prior to the launch of Match of the Day 2, it was often the first chance for free-to-air viewers to see analysis of the Sunday and Monday Premier League games.

As of 2021, presenter Alex Scott is usually joined by the BBC's main football pundits such as Mark Lawrenson, Jermaine Jenas, Martin Keown, Dion Dublin, and Micah Richards. Match of the Day commentators, including Steve Wilson, Guy Mowbray, Jonathan Pearce, and Simon Brotherton often check-in with game previews from the stadiums.

History

For several years up to 1974, Grandstand aired a slot called "Football Preview", previewing the day's matches and in 1974 it was evolved into Football Focus which continued to be part of Grandstand and Focus was the first item of the programme.

From 1988 to 1992, it was reduced to FA Cup weekends due to ITV having exclusive Football League rights and was simply billed as Football, it returned to a weekly schedule from August 1992 when the BBC won the Premier League highlights rights and the Football Focus brand was restored.

In August 2001, Focus became a stand-alone show.

In 2021, former England and Arsenal right-back Alex Scott became the first full-time female host of the show, presenting her first show on 14 August.[2][3] She replaced Dan Walker who had presented the show for the previous twelve years.

Presenters

Guest presenters

Theme song

The theme song for the programme is different for each new season. For the 2002–03 season it was "Backaround" by Elevator Suite.[8] The 2003–04 season featured a cover of the Stevie Nicks track "Stand Back" by Linus Loves featuring Sam Obernik. For the 2007–08 season it was "Kill The Director" by The Wombats and for the 2009–10 season it was "Jetstream" by Doves, from the album Kingdom of Rust. For the 2012–13 season it was "Undegpedwar" by Y Niwl from the self-titled album, and in a break with tradition continued as the theme for 2013–14.

Studio

The programme is broadcast from BBC Sport's headquarters and main studios in MediaCityUK in Salford, although some episodes are broadcast on location, from football grounds around the country. The studio is located at the dock10 studios facility.[9]

Ahead of the 2019–20 Premier League season, BBC Sport upgraded the studio that Match of the Day, Match of the Day 2, Football Focus, and Final Score broadcasts from. The facility uses a "4K UHD ready virtual reality studio." It uses Epic Games' Unreal Engine 4 rendering technology.

Other versions

A version of the programme focusing on world football airs on BBC World News.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ltd, Pixel Love. "Television studios at dock10". dock10.
  2. ^ "Alex Scott named Football Focus host". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Alex Scott breaks down her legendary career". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Gerry Sutcliffe wants Burns report back on FA's agenda". the Guardian. 22 July 2009.
  5. ^ "Alex Scott named Football Focus host" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ^ "07/04/2018, Football Focus – BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  7. ^ "World Cup Football Focus Special, Football Focus – BBC One". BBC. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  8. ^ "Music details: Archive". 22 January 2003 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  9. ^ Dams2019-08-14T18:28:00+01:00, Tim. "Match of the Day moves into dock10's VR studio". Broadcast.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "Football Focus – BBC World News". BBC. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
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