After 25 years, Gary Lineker is leaving the BBC’s Match Of The Day.
He’ll keep on for the company’s protection of the FA Cup and the subsequent World Cup – however he’ll get his Saturday nights again from the tip of this season.
The change will seemingly assist the BBC’s presenter wage invoice and may avoid wasting run-ins about Lineker’s use of social media – however what concerning the programme he leaves behind?
Sixty years after MOTD’s launch, do TV viewers actually nonetheless “look away now” to keep away from the scores earlier than 10.30pm on a Saturday? Within the period of YouTube fan channels, TikTok accounts and wall-to-wall dwell protection, is a set-piece highlights programme displaying its age?
Niall Paterson appears over the choices for one of many BBC’s greatest manufacturers – how can it change for an viewers falling out of affection with linear TV with out alienating different viewers?
He is joined by Rob Harris, our sports activities correspondent, and Stuart Rowson, a former BBC Sport government who now works with manufacturers to draw youthful audiences.
