Gary Newbon
Gary Newbon
has been a broadcaster for over 42 years – 36 with ITV and since September 2004
a freelance presenter with Sky Sports. He was a regular host of Sky’s You’re On
Sky Sports and hosts Sky’s live coverage of Greyhound racing across the
UK.
Gary has
covered seven World Cup football finals, three Olympic Games, European
Champions Football – both national and club – many world boxing championships
around the world and a host of other sport. He is currently presenting Time of
Their Lives for Sky Sports, with legends of sport recounting memorable sporting
moments. He has presented over 10,000
television programmes.
Gary particularly made his name with interviews in
European Champions League, the Big Match and ITV’s Big Fight transmissions. His regular and memorable interviewees
include the late Brian Clough, Sir Alex Ferguson and Chris Eubank.
He also
made his mark in radio as a regular host on Talksport for nine years.
As an
executive
Gary was Controller of Sport for Central Television for 23
years, a former Deputy Head of ITV Sport and was responsible for introducing
many well known faces to the screen together with top production talent. He developed Jimmy Greaves who began his
television career with
Gary on ATV in 1980 and several of today’s top presenters
– Manish Bhasin (BBC), Sarah-Jane Mee (Sky News) and Mark Bolton (Sky). Many of the production people he started off
now hold top jobs in television including Mark Sharman (Controller of ITV Sport).
Gary has won three coveted Royal Television Society
awards and was nominated in the Sony Radio Awards.
He was
producer of the acclaimed 1987 documentary on ITV about the Queen Mother and
her interest in National Hunt racing entitled ‘Royal Champion’.
Gary began his journalism career in his home city of
Cambridge before joining Hayter’s Sports
Agency in 1967. He was also a sports
columnist for the Sunday Mirror. His
television presenting career began in 1
Gary has been a popular after dinner speaker and event host for over 20
years. He has spoken at events across the
UK,
ranging from small sporting clubs to larger company dinners and awards. Gary`s
speech is a mix of sporting stories and broadcasting anecdotes – and tailors
his material to suit each client
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