Sportsworld (radio programme)

Sportsworld
GenreSport
Running time~180 minutes
Country of originInternational International
( United Kingdom origin)
Language(s)English
Home stationBBC World Service
Hosted byLee James (BBC)
Delyth Lloyd
Produced byJoanne Smith
Ross Mitchell
Ríain McAuley
Edited byMatt Davies
Recording studioMediaCityUK, Salford
Original release1959 –
Present
Audio formatMonophonic
Opening theme"A sky full of stars" by Coldplay (albeit with no lyrics and slightly remixed)

Sportsworld is the flagship weekend sports program on BBC World Service radio and winner of two Sony Radio Academy Awards.

Sportsworld can be heard on BBC World Service radio, on many of the BBC's FM partner stations who simulcast the program and from August 2010 online.[1]

Sportsworld is produced by BBC Sport for BBC World Service along with Sport Today, Sportshour, World Football and Stumped.

  1. ^ "Listen to Sportsworld LIVE online".[permanent dead link]