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Welcome to the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

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There's nothing that captures the imagination

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in the way that sport does in the UK.

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We love sport. That's what we do.

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Always thought I would love to win that, you know.

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Bradley Wiggins.

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Probably the most iconic trophy in sport.

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And I think that is the moment where the nation can just sit down

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and celebrate everything that we are very good at.

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Thank you very much to everyone. What a year.

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This is the big one. This is just unbelievable.

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The biggest sporting honour the country can give you.

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Being here tonight is very special. It really has made my year.

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What a way to do it.

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It's the one that I always wanted to win, and I thought I never would.

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Steve Cram, the champion of the world!

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I'd like to thank everybody who voted.

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Thank you very much indeed.

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Our 'Enry, Henry Cooper. And it is John Surtees.

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In the last 60 years, a lot has happened.

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A lot has changed,

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and Sports Personality of the Year is still going. The reason?

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It's simple, really - the nation loves sport.

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Unpredictable drama, the rawest of emotions laid bare for all to see.

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Every December, for the last 60 years,

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Sports Personality has celebrated great winners, even great losers.

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Look at that!

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It has made us cheer, laugh and cry.

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Really emotional, one of the most special nights of my life.

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The Sports Personality of the Century.

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One of the national treasures, one of the national fixtures.

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This is the trophy

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that every sportsman or woman in this country longs to win.

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Top of the pole this year, Stirling Moss.

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It was always a show I wanted to see,

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and it seemed this is when

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the celebrations of all the successes happened.

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WBA world featherweight champion, Barry McGuigan!

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Red Rum wins the National!

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Bit of an institution in our household,

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along with Minder and Only Fools And Horses.

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It's one of the few things

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where everyone gets round the telly to watch it.

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Oh, magnificent.

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The second that anybody does anything great,

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the first thing people start to think is,

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"Well, they'll definitely win Sports Personality of the Year."

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Some people are on the pitch. They think it's all over.

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It is now.

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I remember seeing Liz McColgan win,

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probably just when I was starting to get onto junior teams.

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I remember watching Crammy win and seeing Daley in his tracksuit.

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The three of you have now been in two Olympic finals together.

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Can it happen again?

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Um, I doubt it!

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These lads are getting old.

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An extraordinary evening. I mean, it really is.

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And, actually, it does constantly remind you

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about the unbelievable talent there is for sport in this country.

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Paul Gascoigne is the one that stands out for me.

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I always remember that.

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I was ten years of age and it was quite inspirational at ten.

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I'm honoured, especially off such a great man as Bobby.

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I was going to say Jackie there. Bobby Charlton.

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I remember a couple of the early times I went, when I was a player.

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It was amazing just sitting next to people you're in awe of, isn't it?

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Exactly. It's funny.

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However successful you are in your own field,

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you still do get in awe of people

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in other sporting fields, or whatever it may be.

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The first time I was on the programme was after the '84 Olympics.

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Torvill and Dean won the main award.

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Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean.

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The first year I was invited to it was 1990.

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I still remember the letter that came through the post,

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with the BBC logo on top, the spotty logo.

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I remember looking at it and it was like, "You've been invited."

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I remember just shouting, "Mum, I've been invited!"

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I was there as a very young lad.

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You see a lot of people you see on TV

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and to be recognised at such a young age

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and to know that you've got the support of a lot of people is great,

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and it's great for your confidence.

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For a young person, it will encourage them to go on and be better.

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It lifts everyone. It really does.

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The first time I went was 2006. I remember meeting Jonny Wilkinson,

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having a picture with him and just looking around the room

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and seeing athlete after athlete,

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people you'd watched performing on TV.

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As I became a tennis player and slightly better known,

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and suddenly got an invite,

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I used to make sure I flew back especially for it,

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because there was something special about it,

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the fact that everyone who was anyone in sport was going to be there.

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So I went out and got

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what I thought was a really attractive apricot dress.

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Apricot? Yes.

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Is that your colour? No!

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And those pictures come back to haunt me from time to time.

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I thought I looked great. I'm sure we'll dig that out.

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I'm sure you will!

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Oh, we've seen worse, Sue, a lot worse.

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Despite the odd fashion faux pas, Sports Personality

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is definitely a programme to dress up for.

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It's always been a special night, even back in 1954.

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No-one then could have predicted how the show would evolve

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when that first award was handed out.

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We'd been running a sports programme

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on a fortnightly basis since the spring of 1954.

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And then the obvious follow-up

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was to do a sports personality of the year.

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Not the "sportsman of the year".

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It was carefully chosen,

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Sports Personality of the Year, so it could be a man or a woman.

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And we heard that the Sporting Record,

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which was a subsidiary newspaper

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of the Daily Express, were having a do at the Savoy.

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We got Field Marshal Montgomery to come and present the award.

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It was entirely run by the BBC and from then on, it was a BBC event.

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In front of me here on the desk is the trophy

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that in an hour's time will be presented to the sportsman or woman 0:06:45,560 --> 25:17:58,011 whom you at home have chosen BBC Sportsview Personality of the Year. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 You had to buy the Radio Times, fill in the coupon 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and send the coupon in. Complicated, but that's what it was. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And a mass of coupons came in. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 They flooded in, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and we simply didn't have the staff to count the coupons in the office. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 So I took three or four bags home 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and my young children counted the votes 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 on the carpet of the sitting room. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The great surprise, of course, was the winner. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 We had expected that Roger Bannister, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 who ran the first four-minute mile, seen on television, would win it. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It was such a historic achievement, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 the first time it had been done in under four minutes. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'The tape is broken, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'and so is the record athletes have long been dreaming about.' 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And instead, what happened? Chris Chataway was the winner. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The names were read out, as they are today. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Third, second, first. And by the time 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 they got to second, I thought, "My goodness, it's going to be me." 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It was very, very close. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Chataway won it by, as we say in racing parlance, a short head. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 His great race, and indeed, the greatest race of the year, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 athletically speaking, was his victory over Vladimir Kuts. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Kuts had become the iron man of athletics. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 My race was a brutal struggle in a couple of searchlights, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 because they didn't have anything more sophisticated 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 in the way of lighting. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It was at eight o'clock or so in the evening, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and the BBC showed the whole race. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 There was only one channel, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and there was nothing else to watch, so you might as well watch me. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Then one suddenly realised the impact of live television. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 There was an enormous crowd there. There was a big audience at home. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 He was extremely good-looking, and I think somebody said, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 "He's the sort of son any parent would like to have." 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 So this personality that he showed when he got the award 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 later was transferred, when his athletic career ended, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 into becoming one of the first presenters of the news. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 This is Mr Davies, the goods agent in charge of Smithfield Depot. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It's remarkable that that one evening at the Savoy Hotel 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 was the start of what really is 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 perhaps the most important sporting event on television in Britain. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Back then, no-one could have predicted 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 how sport and society would evolve 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 over the next half century or so. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'He's out!' 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Yes, the '50s was an era 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 when sport was played and broadcast with a stiff upper lip 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and for the most part was the domain of amateur athletes. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The coronation was televised for the first time, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and Ma'am still had an empire to rule over. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Life was unimaginable compared to what we know now. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Food rationing was still commonplace, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 with the devastation of World War II fresh in the memory. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 # You got me singing the blues... # 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 1958 saw further tragedy in Germany, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 as Manchester United lost a generation of talent 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 in the Munich air disaster. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The response, too, was utterly predictable. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Such was life in '50s Britain. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Carry on. Do your best. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Not a bad mantra for us television presenters, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 especially when you're live in front of a studio audience 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 with millions of viewers at home. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I once described it as the finest laxative known to man. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Thank you. Good evening. For those of us who love sport, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 this night each year now for 30 years has become a tradition. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'Something about being on television.' 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 They used to tell you originally, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 "Pretend you're talking to one person," which is kind of possible. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 You're talking down the camera, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 you think of your dad at home or something like that, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and get away with it. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 But when you're talking into the camera 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and you're having to appeal to the audience around the place, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 it's a bit more scary. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 You're seeing the whites of their eyes. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It's this confined space, with the icons of sport, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 everyone staring at you, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and you're trying to remember what you've got to do 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and where you've got to stand and which camera you've got to look at. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It is actually, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 unquestionably the most nerve-racking thing in television. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It is different to any other show you do. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It's the biggest show of the year as far as I'm concerned. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It's the big one. It's like presenting the Oscars. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Just like the Oscars, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 we've regularly coaxed our sporting superstars 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 out of their competitive comfort zone, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 all in the name of entertainment. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Don't brand our guests show ponies. Well, except one, maybe. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Probably the first one I remember would have been '77, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 when Red Rum came into the studio. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Please put your hands together 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and welcome the maestro himself, Red Rum! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 He was the most amazing horse. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 He turned on the lights at Blackpool Tower 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and went to weddings and opened supermarkets, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 so he was used to this kind of thing. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 He'd been on stages and things. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 That was incredible - the lights, the noise, the applause, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and yet he walks on like a true professional on the stage. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 That's what he is, Frank. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 He's been listening to the applause in the back 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and thought it was all for him. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 They had to put him in a lift, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 because the studio wasn't on the ground floor. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Imagine that, a three-time Grand National winner. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 "Could you just get in this lift?" 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 We've always been gripped by horsepower. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 In the early '70s, Formula One greats Jackie Stewart 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and Graham Hill swapped racing combat for verbal jousts, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 much to the delight of the audience. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Leaving aside your undisputed skill, damn it... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 LAUGHTER 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 ..what single factor do you think 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 contributed towards your victories this year? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Um, I think again, my skill. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 LAUGHTER 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I never knew what Graham Hill 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 was going to ask me as a question. It was never rehearsed. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 We never said to each other, "What should we speak of?" 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It was just impromptu, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and it was very relaxed and therefore very natural. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And I hope that's the way it came across, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 because that was the reality. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Jackie Stewart! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I have very few trophies in my house, in my home, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 but the Sports Personality of the Year trophy is very visible. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 We, I use the royal "we", 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 are delighted, of course, that you retired. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I can't tell you how much we're going to miss you. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I just can't tell you. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Not here, anyway. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Graham, I only feel that I'm setting the way for others. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 LAUGHTER 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Modesty. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It's not necessarily a quality you would associate 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 with sports stars at the top of their game, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 especially the man who confidently 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and prophetically dubbed himself The Greatest. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 In 1999, Muhammad Ali was voted Sports Personality of the Century. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Muhammad Ali, that time when he came and, during rehearsals, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I don't know if you remember how he had to be helped up onto the stage. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And then when it came to it, it was like the competitor in him, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 the proud man in him, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 just looked at the guys who were going to help him and said, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 "No, I'm doing this on my own." 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Muhammad Ali, the Sports Personality of the Century. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It was incredibly moving. I'm rather tingly now, thinking about it. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And the standing ovation happened, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and that's when you look around the room 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and you look at the faces of people who aren't impressed by much. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 You know, they've seen everything. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And they've done it themselves, most of them. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And them looking at him, and that's when you think, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 "Oh, yeah, this is a moment." 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 You're in the presence of a real... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 probably the greatest sportsman of all time. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 What an athlete he was, and what a great boxer he was. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Some of the players managed to get an autograph off him. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I tried to get near him, but he was surrounded. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Eventually, I got to shake his hand and exchange a couple of words, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 but he was mobbed by everyone. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Meeting Muhammad Ali was definitely one of the best memories. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I've still got the picture. It's in my room at the house. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Do you remember the night itself? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 He saw Beckham and he went, "You're a good-looking man. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 "Not as pretty as me, but a good..." 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Something along those lines, which I thought was amazing. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 He might have said that. Top secret. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Thank you all for the award. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I had a good time boxing. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I enjoyed it and I may come back. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Ali graced the programme regularly through the decades. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 For him, more than anyone else, the title Sports Personality 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 couldn't be more appropriate. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I've got to tell you, Ali, that you're not getting our award 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 because it goes to a British sports personality, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 but I'll tell you what we will do, I'll tell you what... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Who has it gone to? Who's it gone to? That fella named Best? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 He's not as pretty as me. Somebody said he was pretty. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Gorgeous George was in his pomp during the swinging '60s. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 # Keep on running 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 # Keep on... # 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 His popularity was rivalled only by the Beatles. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 # It's been a hard day's night... # 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Fashion pushed boundaries and raised hems. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Society might have believed all you need is love, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 but Profumo found the public wasn't quite ready to let it be. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 This was a great decade for British sport, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 especially on the football pitch. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Our clubs conquered Europe and England ruled the world. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Unsurprisingly, Bobby Moore went on to lift 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 the Sports Personality trophy in 1966. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Perhaps more surprisingly, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 not many footballers have won the award since. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Massive names from our national sport have been overlooked. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Second, Bobby Charlton. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And in second place, you put George Best. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Third place, the European Footballer of the Year, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Kevin Keegan. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I always watched it. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I remember your real heroes winning the award 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and sometimes your real heroes not winning awards. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Someone like George Best didn't win it and yet... He was second one year. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I think to a member of the Royal Family. So that's allowed. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It's almost like winning it. What about you? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Well, I was robbed in '86, quite frankly. Where did you come in '86? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I didn't even make the top three. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It was the year that Nigel Mansell won it and he didn't even 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 win the World Championships. He was second. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I've been bitter and twisted ever since, to be perfectly honest. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I did win the Golden Boot in the World Cup. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I'm the only British footballer ever to have done that 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 so if that were in this day, it would be different. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Gary should have won it somewhere along the line for his great 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 achievements in football. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Magnificent goal! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I hate him, really. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Just five footballers have won Sports Personality of the Year 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and three of those have come in the last 15 years. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The winner, ladies and gentlemen, David Beckham. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It's always amazing getting accolades for, you know, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 sporting achievements when, you know, when you're in a team. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Beckham! Yes! He's done it. Fantastic! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 You know, when it was announced that I'd got it, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 it was a pretty special night. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It's not just the national game that has thrown up the odd surprise 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 over the years. The public vote can be hard to predict. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Back to December 1975. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Would David Wilkie, one of Britain's finest ever swimmers, win? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Or perhaps prolific hurdler Alan Pascoe. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Finally, the 1975 sports choice Personality of the Year, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 the cricketers' cricketer, David Steele. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I suppose I WAS surprised. Yes. A nice surprise. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 In the summer of 1975, England were struggling in the Ashes. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It was time for a gamble. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 In came a grey-haired, bespectacled journeyman. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 As they called it, a little bit Churchillian. We weren't doing well. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It's in the air and it's right over Walker's head. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I was a bread and butter man who went in there and did the job 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and the public enjoyed what I did. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 England still lost the series and Australia retained the Ashes 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 but Steele's heroics weren't forgotten, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 especially on his local high street. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 A Northamptonshire butcher said he'd give you a lamb chop for every 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 single run you made. How many lamb chops did you end up with? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Three tests, I don't know, 266, 267. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 They don't pay you out in lamb chops these days, do they? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I think there are people looking back going, well, David Steele, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 bit of an odd one but, actually, he was a really good batsman 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and just caught the public mood at the time. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Every December, the BBC post room got very busy as thousands 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 of people sent in their Radio Times coupons to select the winner. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 But times change, and in 1998, after 42 years, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 the postal ballot was replaced with a phone vote. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Usually, by now, the voting has been completed for the 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Sports Personality of the Year. Not this year. Still down to you. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Viewers would choose the winner on the night from a short list 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 of nominees decided by the sports editors of our national press. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 With our sportsmen and women producing the goods year in, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 year out, finalising that list of contenders 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 proved extremely difficult. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 In 2011, the list of selected nominees caused a real stir. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I was given the task of announcing the top ten live on The One Show. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I didn't know what it was until I got there 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and then we got through eight, nine, ten and still no woman. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Interestingly enough, no women in there, Gary. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I know this isn't your fault, but what's going on? I don't vote. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 That caused something of a furore. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I got very cross the year there wasn't a single female on that list. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Good evening, fellow athletes. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And may I say, ladies, don't worry, I wasn't nominated either. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I know, it's disgusting. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 You don't want to take anything away from the male nominees. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 They performed brilliantly that year 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and it kind of brought a bit of negativity to some amazing 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 performances, but the same time, it kind of had to be addressed 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 that, you know, why weren't there a few, you know, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 one or two women involved in the nominations? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 For such a prestigious award, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 it was felt very important to reflect properly the true diversity 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 of British sporting achievement in the short list of contenders. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The all-male list of candidates in 2011 has led to the 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 formation of a select panel of journalists, broadcasters, industry 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 representatives and former nominees, who now draw up that short list. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 We were sent out beforehand of the lists of all the achievements 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 throughout the whole of the year. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The group of people that were chosen, we were brought together 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 in a room, most of the day, and sat and discussed. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It's really, really difficult. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 So excited about this year's Sports Personality. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It's a tough one to win. Tough one to win. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It's a tough one to get in the top 12. It's not right that the list 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 isn't balanced between sports, men and women, Olympians, Paralympians. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The controversy of 2011 was particularly embarrassing 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 because Sports Personality has always prided itself 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 on celebrating our female champions. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The first woman to win the award was swimmer Anita Lonsbrough in 1962, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 the European, Commonwealth and Olympic 200m champion. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Gold medal number three for Anita Lonsbrough from Huddersfield. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Since then, 12 women have gone on to win the award. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I think because it is voted by the public, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 is what makes it such a huge honour. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I wish you all a happy Christmas 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and everything you wish for in the New Year. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Perhaps have a little wish for me too. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It's just become, I think, such an iconic moment of the year 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 in celebrating everything that has gone on in so many different sports. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It's one of the greatest pieces of running that we've ever seen. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It was a really great year for me, and to have the achievement of all 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 those goals that I'd worked for, for so long, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 capped off by something that I've probably never even 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 dreamed about winning but had grown up watching... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It's such a big honour just even to hold this trophy 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and look at all the other names on it and to imagine 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 that my name is going to be on there as well. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Our most recent female winner was an equestrian world champion 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 with a thoroughbred bloodline. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And the BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2006 is... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Zara Phillips. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I really, really wasn't expecting it 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and, you know, when you're sat in a room with that many people 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 that have also done fantastic things in the year in their own sport, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I was totally confident that we weren't going to win. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 We really didn't expect that. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I thought she'd certainly suffer from the sort of sport 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 that she did and where she'd come from. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It's amazing. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Thank you to all the voters, and it's just amazing to be here. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Do you remember Zara? That was amazing. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It truly was. With all these amazing sports people... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I just remember that I managed to get out thanking the people who 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 voted for me, and obviously everyone tells me that I said amazing. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 To win this is absolutely amazing. Thank you so much. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It was amazing, it was, you know... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I had a drink with her afterwards and I said, "That was amazing." 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 She said, "Don't, everyone has been coming up and saying that." 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 We happen to have a couple of trophies in our family. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Zara's mother, the Princess Royal, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 won Sports Personality of the Year for 1971. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Coming to the last. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 APPLAUSE 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 You actually got down to early morning training? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Actually, it was late at night. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It was a very extraordinary atmosphere to walk into 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 but very enjoyable, really. People were very nice about it. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 In spite of the fact they must have been absolutely mystified 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 as to what I was doing there. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It gives me great pleasure, Ma'am, to present Your Royal Highness 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 with the Sportsview Personality Award of 1971. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The rest of the time, you're always going out 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and winning it for yourself. It's on your performance, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 whereas Sports Personality is people voting for you, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 which is pretty unique, I think. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I can't really think of anything else to say, except to thank 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 the BBC on this particular occasion, and especially the viewers. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The following year, Her Royal Highness handed over 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 the trophy to a giggling gold medal-winning pentathlete. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Mary Peters. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Hasn't she kept it clean. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Laughs and smiles in the studio, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 but all our winners have a steely competitive streak. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The Iron Lady became Prime Minister at the end of a decade of turmoil. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Where there is discord, may we bring harmony. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Trade union strikes saw the country grind to a halt in the winter 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 of discontent and it wasn't just the unions who were revolting. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Her Majesty celebrated the Silver Jubilee 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and we crowned a new queen of Wimbledon. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 On the track, we were seriously fast, whether on two feet... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Ovett is away and clear. Ha'way the lads, Brendan Foster. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 ..or four wheels. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Abroad, the Munich Olympics saw first shock and then awe. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Another gold medal and another world record for the super Spitz. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And the World Cup in Mexico gave us 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 the greatest football team ever, led by arguably its greatest player. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Pele. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Out goes Carlos Alberto on the right. And it's four! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Whether you're endorsing something to keep you up at night or simply 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 falling down, you can't take yourself too seriously in sport. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Something our good friend Des Lynam appreciates better than most. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Now, as you know if you've been watching this programme 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 down the years, we always have a really serious bit. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 We once had a duck shoot. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 A shooter won the first gold medal in the Olympics, I think it was. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 We decided to have a duck shoot as a bit of a laugh and get people... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 First of all, the safety officer shot himself in the foot 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 in rehearsal in the afternoon, which wasn't too clever. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Now! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I always loved the years when Frank Bruno was on the show. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Frank was always... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Frank was a great...an outstanding sportsman in his own right, boxer. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 He had this extraordinary manner of speaking 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and this wonderful sense of humour, and those games that we used to play 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 in the show in those days, Frank was always involved in them 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 when he was there. I remember Harry and Des Lynam used to get me 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 involved in the show and different bits and pieces, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 had sketches for me to do, you know what I mean? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Oh, I think England have won. That was the hand of God. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 HE LAUGHS 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 There was one game we played. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 We had this golf machine and we put Frank on it. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Frank couldn't hit the ball at all. Is that how you hold it, Henry? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 He kind of swung at 1,000mph and missed the ball every time 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and brought the house down. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It was nice to be involved, to be asked as a sportsman 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 to be involved in the little bit of sketches and that. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Out in front and weaving all over the road. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I thought it went through one stage when I despaired - 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 it really did become 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 an entertainment show 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 with all sorts of silly games they put into it. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Have you lost your microphone down your drawers? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I'm in some difficulty. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 If you could get me off, it would be appreciated. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 We'll get you off right now. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I was usually charged with conducting the stunt. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'I didn't really want to be, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'but I was given the task. But I got the impression' 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 the viewers liked it and the people in the studio liked it, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 cos we got a great response from them when we made them laugh. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Right. Let's see what can happen here. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Ah... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 LAUGHTER 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 GUNSHOT 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Of course, the critics hated it. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I used to get pilloried in the press afterwards for the stunt. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 APPLAUSE 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It's a show that... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I mean, it's scrutinised, isn't it? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I remember interviewing Sven 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and it was at a time where he'd been exposed in the press, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 with one or two females. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Well, Sven's with us. Busy summer for you, Sven. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And then there was the World Cup as well. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Um, but we only want to talk about the World Cup, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 that's all we're interested in. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I remember getting a bit of stick from one or two people in the press, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 saying it was inappropriate. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Not the right thing to do, and all that sort of stuff. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'My chat with Sven raised eyebrows, but the show in 2000 created uproar. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'It should have been a celebration of the summer in Sydney. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'The top three that year performed spectacularly at those games 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'and for the first time, included a Paralympian - 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'Tanni Grey-Thompson.' 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And in third place, a great Paralympian 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 who excelled in Sydney this year - 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Tanni Grey-Thompson. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Steve Ryder announced that I was third. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Alan Shearer had the trophy and he was standing there, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and there was no way for me to get on the stage. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 There was a slight raised floor 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 for the platform of the show, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 which didn't have any wheelchair access. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And I didn't know what to do, whether to move, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 so I just sat there, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and there was that slightly awkward moment 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'where he's frantically searching for where I am in the audience, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'and he came down and gave me the award. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'And...at the time, I was genuinely' 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 really excited because I'd got a trophy. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'As the evening wound up, a few people came and said 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 '"We wished we'd come and put you on the stage."' 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 More than 500 letters and calls so far, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and what's more, for once, they're all in agreement. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The week after, I did more interviews 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 because I couldn't get on the stage 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 than if I had...than me coming third. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Tell me it didn't overshadow it for you? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Oh, no. I was so excited. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It didn't actually really occur to me at the time. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The incident with Tanni was a lesson learned, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and when you have a guest in the studio or arena, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 there really is no excuse not to get it right. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 There are many appearances, however, from far-flung corners of the Earth 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 that require the dreaded satellite link-up - and trust me, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 these can be a TV presenter's nightmare. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I had two last year, cos Andy Murray, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 that was about a two-and-a-half second delay... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Do you know why you got the two? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Cos I got in early that year and I said, "Sue'll do those." 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Did you ever feel the pressure to deliver? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Andy's a very, very private person, as we know, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 but when things go wrong like that, he's a cheeky monkey. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And when things go wrong, it's great, like the award with... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The award with Lennox Lewis was hilarious. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Well done to Andy, and to present the award out in Miami, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 his good friend and a former winner of this award, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Lennox Lewis. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'Somebody said to me they're going to tell me' 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 when to give him the trophy, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 so I said, "OK." 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'I could see by looking at him' 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 that he had no idea what was getting said. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 "Give him the trophy!" 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 You could hear them shouting in the ear - 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 "Give him the trophy!" 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 He took the trophy - I said, "No, nobody's said nothing yet!" 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'So I was kind of taken aback. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'We laughed about it. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'I felt bad for him - I think he was in Jamaica, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'I think he'd come all the way' 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 there for it, and then... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Yeah, obviously it was a bit of a cock-up. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Some acceptance speeches are really good, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and some are less good, and some are... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Some are prepared and some haven't. And some haven't. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Well, the first thing I'd like to say 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 is I feel like BLEEP, I feel terrible. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 My kids constantly taunt me 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 for the awful corduroy suit 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 that I wore. I don't think it's really... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 stood the test of time. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The Sports Personality of 1979, Sebastian Coe. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'It's an extraordinary honour. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'The greatest honours are always bestowed upon you 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'by the British public.' 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I'd just like to thank everybody who voted, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 who bought their copies of the Radio Times. Um... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Steve Redgrave forgot his wife, remember that one? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 SUE LAUGHS 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 He thanked pretty much the entire universe 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 except for the missus. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I'd like to thank the BBC... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Matthew Pinsent. Jurgen Grobler. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 A guy called Mike Spracklen. The British public. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'I think I actually spoke quite well.' 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Apart from forgetting to thank my wife 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'for all her support. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'I've been bugged for many years because of that -' 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 not just from her. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Oops! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 '80s technology brought us closer to our friends and family, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 but you weren't exactly mobile with these brutes. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Charles and Diana tied the knot to huge fanfare, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 but urban riots flared, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and more strikes divided the country as the wealth gap widened. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The controversial Falklands War was fought and won. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 # Do they know it's Christmas time... # 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 As penance for crimes against fashion, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 pop stars focused the world's attention on poverty in Africa. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Sport and politics were inseparable, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 as Cold War superpowers boycotted each other's Olympics. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 British sport had its moments of glory. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Wells has got it! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Gold medal for Duncan Goodhew! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Liverpool dominated, abroad and at home. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Is this three? It is! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 But their success was tempered by tragedy, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and the way we watched the action in stadiums and on TV 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 was about to change. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 In Britain, we've always loved team sports - 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 cricket, rugby, even ice-skating. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And as Barry Davis sums up so succinctly, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 it's not just about what you've won, but who you've beaten. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Where were the Germans? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 But, frankly, who cares? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The Team Of The Year was first handed out in 1960, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 as was Overseas Sports Personality. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The award's list of winners reads like a who's who in sport. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Nadia Comaneci! She's got it again. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I am very thankful to the BBC and my English friends. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Andre Agassi! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Andre Agassi, congratulations. Thank you. What an honour that is. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The champion becomes a legend! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Jonah Lomu, the main man of world rugby this year. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It's a great honour for me to be the Overseas Personality of the Year. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Well played. A marvellous shot. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Jack, we're just... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Thank you. Now give me a kiss. Thank you. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 You need a little luck on your side, and so far I've been pretty lucky 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 this year, and hopefully my luck will continue next year 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and hopefully future years. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Now, if you turn to your right, we've got another surprise for you. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 because here to make the presentation - 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 your mother and your father. Hello! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The family of Sports Personality of the Year awards has grown in recent years. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Like proud parents, we celebrate our talented youngsters, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 anticipate their future success, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and hope they cope with the pressure of expectation. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'I'd only just broken into the Everton first team 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'and I was a very young lad' 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and you see a lot of people who you'd only see on the TV 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'and it's quite surreal, really. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'I had my suit on, I had my top button undone, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'I was chewing chewing-gum, and I got' 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 a bit of stick after it for that. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'I was overwhelmed, really, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and I've still got it in my house now 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and it was a great honour for me to receive it. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Andrew Murray. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'I actually got locked in the toilet' 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 in the hotel room 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 before we were meant to leave, for literally 30 minutes. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'I had people from the hotel coming up, trying to open the door, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'so that didn't help, and it wasn't easy' 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 to stand and give a speech. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It's an honour to accept this award from Boris. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 He's one of the greatest players ever, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and for me to accept this from him is just unbelievable. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'Winning an award like that,' 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 it does give you confidence 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 to be around those athletes. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 We also recognise achievement in the face of adversity, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 a special award named after our much-loved former colleague Helen Rollason. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I knew Helen pretty well. She was the first female presenter of Grandstand, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and put up with a hell of a lot, and then gets an illness 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'that gives her the toughest fight of her life, and works on through it, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'and works on through treatment.' 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I try and enjoy each day and not think, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 "Oh, my God, I've got cancer, I can't do anything. That's it." 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 That's not the way to think. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It's exactly the sort of award that Mum would want in her name. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Exactly that sort of award. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 What an amazing way to remember Mum. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 You know? That's fantastic. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 What a great legacy. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Paula Radcliffe is here to present 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 the Helen Rollason Award to Jane Tomlinson. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Jane was somebody who was a huge inspiration for me, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 just for the way that she fought cancer and did what she could 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 to help as many people as possible. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It's a really valuable part of the programme 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and it's really important 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 because it celebrates triumph over adversity, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and I think, for a lot of people out there 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 who may never be able to achieve Olympic glory, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 they can challenge themselves. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I think it highlights that determination 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and incredible strength of spirit. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 She would be so proud. I can't explain to you how proud she'd be, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and just so surprised, I think, as well. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 She was so humble and modest, as well, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 about her achievements. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 For me, the Unsung Hero Award is the big award of the night. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 They help build your confidence and they're easy to talk to. It's just a great club to come to. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I wouldn't be where I was without Janice and Ian. They put a lot of effort in. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 We know many other people who are involved 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 to even greater extent than us 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and this is an award for volunteers everywhere. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 For me, it is quintessentially what sport is about - 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 the people that you never hear about, you never see, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 you never probably will get to meet, but they're in the background, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 just making British sport what it is. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I'm honoured to accept the award 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 but I think I'll apply for the coach's job. You want the what? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The England coach's job. The England coach's job? OK. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Well, I'm sure there's people in the room... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 CHEERING 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Are you watching Roy? The pressure's on! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Now, just like the screens we watch the show on, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Sports Personality has evolved, too. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 From a small studio with an intimate audience, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 it's transformed into a spectacle watched by thousands 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 in huge arenas around the country. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 A long time ago, I remember saying, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 "Let's take it down to the Albert Hall, bring in all the public, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 "fill it up, they'll make a racket, it'll be fantastic. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 "What a big show it'll become then." 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Anyway, it fell on deaf ears. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Well, a few years later, they did it, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 they took it out and about, and it's a better show for it. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Good evening and welcome to the 53rd BBC Sports Personality of the Year, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 for what promises to be the biggest and most spectacular show 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 we have ever staged. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And for the first time ever, we are joined by 5,000 sports fans 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 here at the NEC. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I think I would have worked the audience a little bit. Not exactly Bruce Forsyth, but you know? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 AS BRUCE: "All right, my loves?" 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Phil "The Power" Taylor! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 # I've got the power... # 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It's given us the chance to make 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 much bigger statements with the show, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 rather than the little games we used to have in the studio. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Next up - sprint queen Victoria Pendleton! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Having all the gold medallists coming down the ramp, cycling round 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and coming up onto the stage was quite dramatic. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 # Ba-ba-ba, dang-a-dang-dang 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 # Ding-a-dong-ding 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 # Blue moon... # 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I think, since we've had these huge arenas, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 you can get the crowd involved a little bit. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The Poznan was the interesting one, I thought. Yes. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I thought that was quite brave. Very brave. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Cos Manchester City had won the League with that amazing 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Aguero last-minute, unbelievable moment. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It's Sergio Aguero! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 CHEERING 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Manchester City win it! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And somebody came up the bright idea, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 "Let's get all the 14,000 people to do the Poznan." 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 # ..Blue moon... # 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Right, you're not going to get many Manchester United supporters 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 doing that, and you're going to get a certain amount of famous people 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 that are going to be a little bit embarrassed and won't do it. This could really go wrong. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I was sat next to the England head coach. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Obviously, he knew what he was doing but he didn't really want to do it. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 CROWD CHEERS 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 But cometh the hour... But you ploughed on. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 They all did it, didn't they? It was fantastic. Members of the royal family, superstars, everyone. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Manchester United fans, the whole lot. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Once the audience gets involved, there's an atmosphere in the arenas 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 that everyone feeds off. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Smithy nearly bit off more than he could chew in 2009 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 in a sketch for Sport Relief. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 After inspiring the nation's top athletes, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 he came to Sheffield to collect an Honorary Coach of the Year Award 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and give our esteemed guests a piece of his mind. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It was one of the most incredible things I've seen. He was brilliant. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 When I think of all the Smithy things we've done, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 it's still my favourite. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I remember very specifically being told that I couldn't touch Capello. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 "He won't like it, we won't like it." 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And I just thought, "Well, I've got to. I have to." You know? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Why would you kiss Capello? He walked past Victoria Pendleton 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and went and kissed Capello! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Freddie, Freddie Flintoff. What's your real name? Andrew? Whatever. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 LAUGHTER 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Do you know what, congratulations on the Ashes, brilliant. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Great to see you out there. But are you going to give up now? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Are you going to stop playing because your knee hurts? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Is it sore? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Bit of a poorly knee? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I tell you what, your arm is all right, though, isn't it? In fact... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The scale of it was what made it great, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 but what also made it terrifying. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Look who it is. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Sebastian Coe. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Seb Coe, Lord Coe. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Sat there in your suit, His Lordship. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I remember when you was just a runner mugging off Steve Ovett. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 He kissed you. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Well, to be fair, he asked in the meeting about two weeks before. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 He said, "Would you mind?" 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I said, look, I'm probably going to give you a kiss when I come up. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It was more than a kiss. I didn't realise, I didn't think for a minute... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 If he'd said what he was going to do, I would have said, "Hold on a minute! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 That was a full-on snog. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And the next time was even worse. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The one after the show? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 No, that's the one you don't tell people about, isn't it? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The next year, when he... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 CHEERING AND WHOOPING 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 # Could it be magic...? # 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 After adopting some new tactics, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Tony Blair's Reds finally beat the Blues. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The '90s was the decade when spin doctors spun 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and manufactured pop stars sung. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 # Could this be the magic...? # 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 # ..Goodbye, England's rose... # 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Princess Diana's sudden death left the nation distraught. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 # You were the grace that placed itself... # 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 In sport, our individual stars came to the fore. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It's Linford Christie! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Our teams, however, luffed their fl... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Sorry. Fluffed their lines on the biggest stage. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 # It's coming home... # 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Yes, in football and rugby, England roared... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And wept. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Oh! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 But the Premier League revolution was afoot. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And its most successful side celebrated their greatest triumph. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 As if he needed more silverware, Sir Alex Ferguson collected 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 the Sports Personality Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It has become one of the most memorable moments of the night. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Prompting cheers and often tears. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 We have celebrated legends from Britain and abroad 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and the winners include a couple of inspirational footballers 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 who didn't manage to get their name on the main award. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 George Best. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 APPLAUSE 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Thank you very much. It's wonderful to be here. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I'm glad I'm here! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I'm glad I'm standing up. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 When they were doing the operation, apparently, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 the surgeon was worried because they were running out of blood, apparently. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And I was in for 10 hours and had 40 pints. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Beating my previous record by 20 minutes. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Maybe a shot from Charlton. It's worth trying. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I played a long time and I won some things, trophies, etc. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The award from the BBC is something that is different. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And, er... I'm so... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I am so proud of it. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It was my brother Jack that was giving it to me. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It was so emotional. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 He is our Bob. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 He has always been our Bob, he has always been me younger brother. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 When we were kids, and we used go to the park and play, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I would go home for dinner, he would stay on all day. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Bobby Charlton is the greatest player I have ever seen. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 APPLAUSE Well done, kid. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Sir Steve Redgrave! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Thank you for all these guys for being here today. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Princess Royal, to the BBC, for giving me this opportunity. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And that one person that I forgot to mention 11 years ago was my wife. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 So thank you. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The one that stands out for me 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and I know it was emotional for you, too, was Bobby Robson. Oh, very. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 This year's lifetime achievement award goes to the gaffer, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Sir Bobby Robson. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 PROLONGED CHEERING AND WHISTLING 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 There has never been a reaction like that to anyone before. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 He was very ill at the time and didn't have that long left... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And obviously he was a person that was close to me anyway. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 He was my manager for years with England. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And a wonderful man that he was. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And I remember, it's the one time ever, on TV, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 where I was struggling to contain myself emotionally. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I was welling up and I could feel tears coming into my eyes 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and I knew I had to introduce Sir Alex Ferguson 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 who was going to come up and present him the trophy. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And I thought, "I'm in trouble here." 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 But the applause went on so long, it gave me, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 thankfully, gave me the chance to recover. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 They had me in a tent somewhere outside in the hall. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And I was sitting there for a bit, watching all the awards. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I got nervous because I was sitting, thinking, "I hope I am the right person to do this." 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 He was a special guy, he was a fantastic man. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I have had a fabulous career. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I have played with and managed, some of the greatest players in the world. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Of that there is no doubt. It was amazing, it really was. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It was fantastic. I was so proud for him. I really was. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Thank you very much indeed. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Barely a dry eye in the house. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Likewise in 2009, when legend of golf Seve Ballesteros received 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 the award at his home in Spain. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Sadly, the five-time major winner was too ill to join us 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 in person, suffering with brain cancer. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I know Seve was desperate to come to the studio to be there 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 on the night and he wasn't able to. And to see him and Jose Maria... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 But it's not just those achievements that make you special. Thank you. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 More so, it is the way you did it. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 You did it with a lot of imagination, lots of skills 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 but most important of all, you did it with all your heart. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It is very emotional for me to say... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Come on, you are doing OK. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 To see them as such great friends talking... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And Seve almost helping Jose Maria through it. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Because he couldn't cope. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It was, it was just one of the most emotional moments that 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I have been involved in on television. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It is an immense pleasure for me to present you with this award. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The Lifetime Achievement Award. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 For this, I think we should stand. Yes. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Congratulations, my friend. Thank you very much. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 APPLAUSE 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Knowing everything that he had been through, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 knowing all the pain and all that he had suffered, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and for him to be there with his great friend 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and deliver such a moving and emotional speech at that time, oh... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The noughties. A blink-and-you'll-miss-it decade 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 in which the world was changing rapidly. New technologies. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Unfamiliar threats. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 In the face of this, we turned our attentions to reality TV 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and celebrities. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 # Millennium... # Bonkers. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 On the international field of play, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 we still couldn't kick a ball into a net from 12 yards. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Jonny's foot was far more reliable as England won the World Cup. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And after a long-awaited Ashes victory, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Freddie just about managed to keep his feet on the ground. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 # Sound of the underground... # 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Our girls decided they looked good wearing gold. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The gold medal is yours, Victoria Pendleton! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And our boys produced some knockout performances of their own. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Sport like never before, was big-time! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Last year, of course, was as big as it gets. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 After the Olympics and Paralympics in London, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Sports Personality of the Year for 2012 had a lot to live up to. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Wary of hyping it up too much, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 we started in typically understated fashion. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 2012, a year which will be for ever engraved in our memory. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 A year full of golden glory. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'Everybody is on their feet!' 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 A sporting success story we may never see the like of again. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'It's going to be a glorious, glorious win! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'Katherine Grainger, dreams do come true! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'It's gold!' 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 A year we don't want to end, but it must end. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And as it draws to a close, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 we can look back at the sporting story of this incredible year. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And defy you to make the most difficult 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 sporting decision of them all. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Who will you choose as the 2012 BBC Sports Personality of the Year? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 SIR BRADLEY WIGGINS: From the minute the Olympics finished, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 all everyone spoke about was Sports Personality. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And because there were so many candidates to win it, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 everybody said, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 "Oh, I think such and such should win it." All the athletes, you know? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 But individually, we thought, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 "Oh, I would love to win it." 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 CLARE BALDING: As we come out onto the stage, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 there's this massive roar. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And of course in rehearsals, there was hardly anybody in there. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 A few hundred people. But for the night itself, 15,000 people. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And I had never felt anything like that. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It was just on such a huge scale. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And it really just brought back all those memories. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 To be in the top 12 nominees in Olympic year, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 when it was at home, was just a real honour. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I think people were still celebrating. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And it was a great evening. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And just a tribute to...again. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It was like glugging your way through a quart of cream. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 How could you possibly make a choice? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The first interview I had to do with Bradley Wiggins, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 who sometimes isn't the easiest to interview, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and he doesn't like, particularly, being interviewed. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Give a big welcome to Bradley Wiggins! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 CHEERING 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'I think you are quite nervous at the time. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 '15,000 people sat in an arena. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'It was quite daunting, you know?' 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I was handing you the microphone, not the trophy! 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 That's what vodka tonic does for you. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 You made history, as the first Briton to win the Tour De France. No, look, Susan. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 It was brilliant. It was... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I thought, "Just keep it a little more informal. Call her Susan." 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I knew this was going to be hard. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 But everywhere I went, for weeks after that, I was known as Susan. Everyone called me Susan. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 In third place, Andy Murray. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 In second place, Jessica Ennis. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I never for one moment took it for granted 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 because of the other people that were involved in the running. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The BBC Sports Personality of the Year for 2012 is... 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Bradley Wiggins. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 CHEERING 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And then they said me and I was like, "Bloody hell!" You know? 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'You get really nervous for those things anyway. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 'And I have a way of dealing with that.' 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 We can't wait for this. We want you to say a few words. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 She was really worried what I was going to end up saying, because it was live, as well. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And I managed not to swear, which was really good. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 And me nan, the cheque's in the post, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 cos you pushed redial God knows how many times. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I think it is the most iconic trophy in sport. In British sport, anyway. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 More so than the World Cup and things like that, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 or the FA Cup, because it is across all sports. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Welcome to the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2013. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 This year is extra special 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 as the show celebrates its landmark 60th year. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Ladies and gentlemen, please show your appreciation for members 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 of our Sports Personality of the Year Hall of Fame. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Swimmer Anita Lonsbrough, motor racing's John Surtees 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and showjumper David Broome. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Pentathlete Dame Mary Peters, racing driver Sir Jackie Stewart 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and athlete Brendan Foster. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 APPLAUSE 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 2012 was always going to be tough to follow, but with such a rich 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 sporting history, we shouldn't be surprised that our athletes 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 continue to capture the imagination. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The 2013 Sports Personality of the Year is Andy Murray. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 I know sometimes I'm not the easiest person to support, er, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 but I've had a lot of pressure on me for a long time, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 so I'm just glad I've finally managed to break through. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 No matter how excited I try to sound, my voice still sounds 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 incredibly boring, so I'm very happy and excited right now. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 In the 60 years Sports Personality of the Year has been on the air, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 the world has changed. Sport has changed. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Amateurism has given way to professionalism, sportsmen 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 and women are now stars beyond their chosen discipline. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 But the award remains as relevant now as ever. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 The 2013 Young Sports Personality is Amber Hill. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Congratulations to the Lions, ladies and gentlemen, 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 our 2013 Team of the Year. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Through the darkness of Hillsborough came the shining light of hope 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 that was our little Alan. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Thank you very much, everyone, and I'm sorry I couldn't be there. 25:17:58,011 --> 25:17:58,011 Thank you.

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