BBC Euro 2004
BBC Sport announces
expert Euro 2004 line up
BBC Sport today announces the team presenting live
coverage from the Euro 2004 Championships in Portugal, beginning Saturday
12 June.
Match of the Day presenter and former England captain
Gary Lineker heads up the BBC TV team and will present all the
coverage of Euro 2004 games on the BBC, live from each ground.
Joining Gary in the studio will be Alan Hansen,
Peter Schmeichel, Ian Wright, Peter Reid, Steve
Bruce and Jamie Redknapp. Other studio guests are to be announced.
John Motson, Barry Davies and Steve
Wilson will lead the commentary team, with co-commentary from Mark
Lawrenson, Mick McCarthy, Joe Royle and Mark Bright.
After live 5.00pm games, Ray Stubbs hosts an
interactive forum on BBCi and bbc.co.uk, and after live 7.45pm
kick-offs Mark Bright will host an interactive 606 forum live
on BBCi, bbc.co.uk and Radio Five Live.
And, bringing viewers all the news from the championships
will be the BBC's team of roving reporters Garth Crooks,
Damian Johnson, Hazel Irvine, Dominic Cotton and
Ivan Gaskell.
Radio Five Live coverage will be presented by
Sport on Five's Mark Pougatch with an expert team of match commentators
Mike Ingham, Alan Green, Jonathan Pearce,
Simon Brotherton, John Murray, Ian Brown and Conor
McNamara.
Co-commentating for Five Live will be a range of experts:
Terry Butcher, Graham Taylor, Chris Waddle, Jimmy
Armfield, Gordon Strachan, Alan Curbishley and Gavin
Peacock.
Roving sports reporters will be Nigel Adderly,
Ian Dennis, Alistair Yeomans, Richard Burgess and
Charlotte Nichol with news reporters Peter Allen, Gordon
Farquhar and Jim Harrington.
Music
The BBC Sport team also announced today the choice of
music for the opening credits sequence of television coverage.
A special edit of Basement Jaxx's Good Luck will accompany
the opening of Euro 2004 coverage.
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