James Richardson (television presenter)
 |
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2010) |
| James Richardson | |
|---|---|
| Born | James Oliver Richardson |
| Occupation | Television presenter Journalist |
James Richardson is a television presenter and journalist. He is best known as a former presenter of Channel 4's Football Italia programme and co-presenter of Setanta Sports' The Friday Football Show and Football Matters. He currently presents the Football Weekly podcast on guardian.co.uk, and Late Kick Off South, South West and West for BBC One as well as making appearances on Football Today for the Barclays Premier League Channel.
Contents |
[edit] Football Italia Presenter
Richardson was the anchor of Football Italia on Channel 4 from 1992 to 2002.[1] Football Italia saw Richardson shoot to fame, the show was cult viewing for many football fans in the UK. Football Italia consisted of two weekend shows. On a Saturday Richardson would present Gazzetta Football Italia a magazine show which would round up the previous weekend's games, as well keeping viewers up to date with latest football news in Italy. The show would have Richardson sat in cafe in a picturesque setting somewhere in Italy, he would usually be armed with a pile of Italian newspapers which he would use to show viewers the latest football stories and headlines from the country. He would also interview players and managers on a regular basis for the show. Meanwhile on a Sunday he would host live coverage from the stadium of one of the top Italian games that particular day.
[edit] Later Television career
Between 2002 to 2005, he presented British Eurosport's coverage of Serie A as well as on Bravo TV's live coverage of Serie A and Gazzetta Football Italia.[1] He also presents British Eurosport's live Tour de France coverage.
He presented Bravo TV's first live PDC darts coverage alongside Dave Gorman during the 2010 European Championship Darts. In 2011 the BBC revealed Richardson as the new presenter of regional football programme Late Kick Off, for the South, West and South-West. The programme is made by Pergall Media, owned by Match of the Day commentator John Roder and former Meridian TV Sports presenter Andy Steggall.
[edit] Other media
Richardson also contributes articles to the football magazine, FourFourTwo, as their Italian football correspondent. He has also contributed texts to The Guardian.
For the guardian.co.uk, Richardson hosts the Football Weekly series of podcasts. Prior to hosting that show he fronted The Guardian's The World Cup Show for the 2006 World Cup. He is noted for his usage of puns and humour. Richardson was also the voice behind a series of Euro 2008 previews leading up to the final tournament in June.
Providing internet content, Richardson hosted the exclusive online coverage of England's World Cup qualifying game with Ukraine on 10 October 2009 alongside former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson.[2]
In computer game Pro Evolution Soccer (also known as Winning Eleven 5 in Japan and World Soccer Winning Eleven 5 in the US) Richardson's voice introduces each match, with former Football Italia colleague Peter Brackley providing in-match commentary.
In 2011, reader of FHM magazine voted Richardson the UK’s greatest authority on football.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Ingle, Sean, The Guardian (20 December 2006). Arrivederci, James, and thanks for the memories
- ^ Gibson, Owen, The Guardian (5 October 2009). Online broadcaster defends decision only to show England match on web
[edit] External links
- Football Weekly archive The Guardian
