What I love about the BBC is that for the late night Match of the Day they have the (ahem) prettiest folk available. In the US, it would be perfectly brushed hair and big shiny-teethed grins, with big, booming announcements. Here, we have Martin Chiles, Lee Dixon and Ian 'mirror-cracker' Dowie. Brilliant. And their correspondent on the streets of Berlin is none other than Alan Ball, who to be fair speaks highly of everyone. Earlier in the day, the battle between ITV and BBC1 is between Gaby and Gary; Gary parries blows with the inimitable Alan Hansen (I say inimitable, but even the talentless Rory Bremner could do a half-decent impression of him), while Gaby flutters her famous-footballing-father eyelashes at Ruud Gullit. At least Ron Atkinson isn't on though. No, he popped up last week on Countdown, now fronted by smooth-and-confused Des Lynam. I couldn't believe Big Ron was still allowed on TV, and when the letters I-N-G-G-R-E came up and he quickly announced he had a six-letter word, they knew they'd made a mistake. (Clue: it wasn't 'ginger')
world cup minus big ron
10.6.06 00:51
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