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| Late Kick Off | |
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 Late Kick Off logo | |
| Genre | Sport |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 64 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 18 January 2010 – 5 May 2015 |
| Related | |
| The Football League Show | |
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Late Kick Off is a BBC One regional television football programme which was broadcast between 2010 and 2015. Launched on 18 January 2010, it covered Football League teams on a regional or pan-regional basis in a magazine-style format.[1] The show was usually broadcast on Monday nights, although it was broadcast on Sunday evenings during the 2012 series.
The 2014 series of the programme was the last, with the end of the programme announced in December 2014 amid speculation the BBC lost the rights of the Football League to Channel 5, this was confirmed in May 2015 with the final Football League Show airing on 25 May 2015.[2]
The show was in a similar vein to ITV's Soccer Night, and complemented The Football League Show which aired throughout the season on Saturday nights.
In three of the regions (North East and Cumbria, East, South/West/South West) the programme was produced by local independent production companies.[3]
- ^ "BBC unveils new regional Football League magazine show" (Press release). BBC. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- ^ BBC Late Kick Off homepage, BBC website
- ^ "New commissions for independent sector as BBC English regions prepare to launch new football programme" (Press release). BBC. 10 September 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2016.