2011

:01:05. > :01:12.COMMENTATOR: Gold this time Forfar Farah. A landmark moment for

:01:13. > :01:19.British sport and Andy Murray. Cavendish has won the world title.

:01:19. > :01:26.England have won their first series in Australia for 24 years. Open

:01:26. > :01:33.champion, congratulations Darren Clarke. That is a won derl --

:01:33. > :01:41.wonderful achievement for Alastair Cook. Dai Greene wins for Britain.

:01:41. > :01:51.That is very special. A touch of genius. Usain Bolt - unstoppable!

:01:51. > :01:56.

:01:56. > :01:59.Ladies and gentleman, please welcome your hosts for tonight's

:01:59. > :02:09.show - Sue Barker, Jake Humphrey and Gary Lineker.

:02:09. > :02:39.

:02:39. > :02:43.Thank you very much and welcome to the BBC Sports Personality Of The

:02:43. > :02:46.Year 2011, live from our studios here in Salford. It should be quite

:02:46. > :02:50.a night. It's the 58th year of the awards and it's a pleasure to be

:02:50. > :02:54.joined by you at home and by some of the greatest names in sport, who

:02:54. > :02:58.are here with us to look back at another incredible 12 months.

:02:58. > :03:02.the next two hours, we'll relive the must-see moments from the

:03:02. > :03:10.sporting year and hand out eight awards with the highlight being the

:03:10. > :03:17.crowning of the BBC Sports sports. Who will that special somebody be.

:03:17. > :03:26.In a moment we'll reveal the all- important numbers. First let's see

:03:26. > :03:36.our ten contenders for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year.

:03:36. > :03:43.

:03:43. > :03:53.Let's hear it for cycling sprint APPLAUSE

:03:53. > :04:03.

:04:03. > :04:13.APPLAUSE Ashes hero, Alastair Cook.

:04:13. > :04:40.

:04:40. > :04:50.Golf's world number one, Luke Running man, Mo Farah.

:04:50. > :05:13.

:05:13. > :05:23.Hurdling hero, Dai Greene. Boxing superstar, Amir Khan.

:05:23. > :05:47.

:05:47. > :05:57.US Open winner, Rory McIlroy. Sadly unable to be with us tonight,

:05:57. > :06:03.

:06:03. > :06:13.tennis ace, Andy Murray. And cricket's captain fantastic,

:06:13. > :06:23.

:06:23. > :06:33.Andrew Strauss. Ladies and gentleman, our

:06:33. > :06:48.

:06:48. > :06:53.contenders for the 2011 BBC Sports The phone lines are now open. To

:06:53. > :07:03.vote for your Sports Personality Of vote for your Sports Personality Of

:07:03. > :07:03.

:07:03. > :08:42.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 99 seconds

:08:43. > :08:46.view on the red button. What a short list. Please get voting. It's

:08:46. > :08:49.an all-male line up for the first time since the introduction of a

:08:49. > :08:52.top-ten short list for the award and not an easy choice for you at

:08:52. > :08:56.home. It's been a vintage year for home. It's been a vintage year for

:08:56. > :08:59.British sport. British women have made a huge contribution. We'll

:08:59. > :09:02.reflect on their achievements throughout this show. Let's open

:09:02. > :09:06.our innings tonight with cricket. England's women continue to top the

:09:06. > :09:11.world rankings and for the first time, our men also officially

:09:11. > :09:15.became the best Test side on the planet and got their hands on this,

:09:15. > :09:19.it's nice isn't it, an incredible achievement. To tell us just how

:09:19. > :09:27.they did it, here's a man who more than played his part, Lamont

:09:27. > :09:30.Peterson. -- Kevin Pietersen With history

:09:30. > :09:36.comes expectation, pressure. Deal with it.

:09:36. > :09:43.So what if the game was born here. It doesn't give you more runs. Take

:09:43. > :09:49.more catchers or wickets. No team has a divine right to succeed. You

:09:49. > :09:56.have to earn it. So we've not won the Ashes in Australia for over 20

:09:56. > :10:00.years. So what? Last Time Out, we lost every match. So what? There's

:10:00. > :10:05.your motivation, an opportunity to rewrite the record books. It's one

:10:05. > :10:15.out! Make your own mark on history. And England have won their first

:10:15. > :10:15.

:10:15. > :10:22.series in Australia for 24 years. So what if India are the number one

:10:22. > :10:32.ranked Test team. There are big names here. Respect them - sure.

:10:32. > :10:32.

:10:32. > :10:36.Fear them - no chance. Tend ulkar's out. So what if we've never been

:10:36. > :10:45.the best Test team in the world. Not once in all those years. We are

:10:45. > :10:54.now. It feels good, huh?. History rewritten. So the pressure's off

:10:54. > :10:58.now, right? Get real. That sounds like fighting talk, alongside me a

:10:58. > :11:02.man who helped in that fight to bring the Ashes back home Stuart

:11:02. > :11:05.Broad. You have the urn with you. I have to say in the flesh, it

:11:05. > :11:11.doesn't look like much, to you, to the team, to every English cricket

:11:11. > :11:14.fan, this means the world. course, a lot of blood, sweat and

:11:14. > :11:18.tears goes into this. It's a stepping stone to get to the best

:11:18. > :11:23.team in the world an we managed that. Bearing in mind that your

:11:23. > :11:27.captain and coach are behind you, what do you put this up to? A lot

:11:27. > :11:31.of hard work. We know our roles in the team. We keep things very

:11:31. > :11:37.simple and we got some talented players. It's been really enjoyable

:11:37. > :11:41.to play. The guys have done brilliantly. Your coach has said

:11:41. > :11:45.tonight is the night to let your hair down, do you need

:11:45. > :11:47.encouragement? No! That's what we've heard. A wonderful year for

:11:47. > :11:57.you and the team, ladies and gentleman, Stuart Broad.

:11:57. > :12:04.

:12:04. > :12:10.Our first contender is a young man who this year managed one of golf's

:12:10. > :12:15.all-time major come backs, after letting the Masters sensationally

:12:15. > :12:21.slipped, he returned to the States to win the US Open. He's from

:12:21. > :12:26.Hollywood, Northern Ireland, but his story could be made into an

:12:26. > :12:30.action-packed blockbuster. What a year for Rory McIlroy. He's an

:12:30. > :12:37.unbelievable talent. Definitely one of the best young players I've ever

:12:37. > :12:42.seen. He enjoys the game. He loves the sport. Fantastic guy. Humble, I

:12:42. > :12:49.love his attitude. I met him and I love golf. I always love it how he

:12:49. > :12:52.plays. If there was ever a golf course built for Rory McIlroy it's

:12:52. > :12:56.Augusta. His performance the first few rounds this year were

:12:56. > :13:01.exceptional. COMMENTATOR: She's straightening,

:13:01. > :13:03.Rory leads by four. The events that transpired are tough for anybody to

:13:03. > :13:08.take. COMMENTATOR: This is becoming a

:13:08. > :13:11.nightmare. He's unraveling. It was a really tough moment. I suffered a

:13:11. > :13:15.lot with him. COMMENTATOR: My goodness me,

:13:15. > :13:21.McIlroy, he's gone. Probably he'll look back in years to come as a

:13:21. > :13:27.defining moment in his career. I imagine Rory learned a lot that day.

:13:27. > :13:34.This is the second major of the season, it is the US Open. How he

:13:34. > :13:37.came back after that tough situation, then to win, a big

:13:38. > :13:41.champion like him can do it. remember watching the highlights of

:13:42. > :13:45.the day and trying to work out what golf course Rory McIlroy was

:13:45. > :13:55.playing. He was on a different stratosphere from the rest of us

:13:55. > :13:57.

:13:57. > :14:01.that week. It was kind of dream stuff, really. So many birdies. He

:14:01. > :14:05.putted phenomenally. If I wasn't going to defend my title, I can't

:14:05. > :14:12.think of anyone else I would have liked to win the trophy.

:14:12. > :14:14.COMMENTATOR: McIlroy becomes the youngest winner for 88 years.

:14:14. > :14:18.one of the most likeable players in the world. That's remained the same

:14:18. > :14:28.as he's become a superstar. level that he played golf that four

:14:28. > :14:35.

:14:35. > :14:45.days is something that will be very Ladies and gentlemen, US Open

:14:45. > :14:59.

:14:59. > :15:06.champion, Rory McIlroy. APPLAUSE

:15:06. > :15:10.Sorry about the flames, is that why you wore the goggles? Not quite, no.

:15:10. > :15:14.Fantastic comeback. Amazing. One of the greatest in the sporting year,

:15:14. > :15:19.for sure. Start with the Masters. You had the lead going into the

:15:19. > :15:25.last day and it went wrong. Why do you think that happened? I wasn't

:15:25. > :15:29.ready. I wasn't ready to win. It was obviously a very tough day, a

:15:29. > :15:34.very disappointing day for me on the golf course and I learnt a lot

:15:34. > :15:40.about myself. I learnt a lot about my game and luckily I was able to

:15:40. > :15:44.rectify all the problems and put it right at the next Major. Golf has a

:15:44. > :15:49.funny way of giving you the challenge that you have perhaps

:15:49. > :15:54.just failed, and it happened in two Majors and there you were, big lead.

:15:54. > :15:57.It must have crossed your mind, what happened in Augusta? Of course,

:15:57. > :16:03.you get a great start. Basically I was in the same position going into

:16:03. > :16:08.the last day. Had a little more of a lead. Obviously, parts crept back

:16:08. > :16:12.into my head and I had to try to eliminate them in some way and just

:16:12. > :16:18.thankfully I was able to do it. Certainly was sensational. I guess

:16:18. > :16:22.all you need to do now is do what the partner's doing, the girlfriend,

:16:22. > :16:26.number one in the world. Can't let her outdo you? Definitely not. Next

:16:26. > :16:31.year it's a big goal of mine to try to get closer to Luke, who is

:16:31. > :16:34.number one at the minute. I'm sure it's a big goal of his to win a

:16:34. > :16:39.Major as well, so I'm going to be practising hard and working hard

:16:39. > :16:49.and trying to do that. You are our first contender. Ladies and

:16:49. > :16:54.

:16:55. > :17:00.gentlemen, Rory McIlroy. APPLAUSE

:17:00. > :17:06.Coming up - a city united. We have Roberto Mancini live. We'll also

:17:06. > :17:11.announce this year's Overseas Personality and Miranda makes a

:17:11. > :17:18.racket for Sport Relief. Our first award is very special to us here,

:17:18. > :17:22.as it's presented in memory of our beloved colleague, Helen Rollason.

:17:22. > :17:25.She died 12 years ago from cancer. The award recognises courage and

:17:26. > :17:31.achievement and like so many of the past winners, this year's recipient

:17:31. > :17:35.has all of those qualities and more. 30 years ago he game a national

:17:35. > :17:39.treasure and his story was made into a film. He's an inspiration to

:17:40. > :17:47.us all and an outstanding fundraiser, a champion in every

:17:47. > :17:57.sense of the word. National Hunt jockeys live with danger. It

:17:57. > :18:02.defines them. But being told you have cancer is a hard fall. In

:18:02. > :18:06.racing they know more than most about inevitability, the power of

:18:06. > :18:14.probability over luck, well Bob Champion knew the odds and took a

:18:14. > :18:17.punt on himself. Now a rank outsider to live. They kept

:18:18. > :18:24.complaining the treatment is making me feel ill, not the disease.

:18:24. > :18:27.you ever feel like giving up? a couple of times. I went to look

:18:27. > :18:36.around the kids' ward actually and I thought well if they can go

:18:36. > :18:43.through with it, why can't I? Chemotherapy left him sick and

:18:43. > :18:53.hopelessly weak, but he fought on sustained by a dream. In 1981 that

:18:53. > :18:55.

:18:55. > :19:03.dream came true. Just 20 months after starting treatment, Bob

:19:03. > :19:09.climbed back in the saddle and aboard his beloved ald neatity. He

:19:09. > :19:13.-- Aldaniti. He beat the odds and made history. His epic journey from

:19:13. > :19:20.the pit of despair to winning the world's greatest steeple chase

:19:20. > :19:26.touched the hearts of millions and changed countless lives forever.

:19:26. > :19:31.date, his Trust has raised over �10 million in the fight against cancer.

:19:31. > :19:41.But to the countless sufferers around the world who face similar

:19:41. > :19:48.

:19:48. > :19:51.odds, perhaps his greatest legacy is hope. To present the award,

:19:51. > :19:56.alongside Bob's close friends and family is the current Sports

:19:56. > :19:59.Personality of the Year, AP McCoy. Ladies and gentlemen, the 2011

:19:59. > :20:09.Helen Rollason Award goes to Bob Champion.

:20:09. > :20:09.

:20:09. > :21:11.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 99 seconds

:21:11. > :21:15.MUSIC Your Royal Highness, ladies and gentlemen, it's really an

:21:15. > :21:20.honour to be here, especially having this award, because Helen

:21:20. > :21:24.was such a great lady and I promise you, but getting the award from

:21:24. > :21:29.Tony here, I only wish I was half as good as him and I would have

:21:29. > :21:34.ridden a lot more winners, but I really would like to thank Jeanette,

:21:34. > :21:40.my family and friends, especially my sister, who stood by me

:21:40. > :21:45.throughout all my treatment, Aldaniti's owners Nick and Valda,

:21:45. > :21:50.but Josh Gifford, I was written off and everybody said I was finished,

:21:50. > :21:56.but he stood by me and as you see, we game good on the right day, so I

:21:56. > :21:59.was very, very lucky, but most of all, people out there that have

:21:59. > :22:03.supported myself and the cancer trust, this award should be really

:22:03. > :22:07.for you. I must thank you all very, very much, the thousands and

:22:07. > :22:13.thousands of people who have supported me. I hope you carry on

:22:13. > :22:18.supporting me and the Trust and with a bit of luck every little bit

:22:18. > :22:21.of money going to it gives me like me a chance of living. Thank you

:22:21. > :22:25.very much. Good a great evening. Happy Christmas.

:22:25. > :22:35.APPLAUSE Ladies and gentlemen, Bob Champion.

:22:35. > :22:47.

:22:47. > :22:50.APPLAUSE In cycling a Manx man stole all the

:22:50. > :22:54.headlines. After flying to five stage victories in the Tour de

:22:54. > :23:00.France, he became the first Briton to win the green Jersey and he hit

:23:00. > :23:10.the road again and was crowned world champion. 2011 was a real

:23:10. > :23:11.

:23:11. > :23:15.tour deforce for Mark Cavendish. has become a real British icon.

:23:15. > :23:22.Many my eyes he's probably the best sprinter that's ever been around.

:23:22. > :23:25.born winner. He's just got that aura about him. Mark Cavendish wins

:23:25. > :23:32.the stage. We grew up together, racing against each other. He

:23:32. > :23:37.turned up in his shellsuit and he had a big sticker that he had with

:23:37. > :23:41.Goldfinger on it. He lives near me and goes into the same bike shop

:23:41. > :23:45.that I frequent, not that I'm anywhere in his league whatsoever.

:23:45. > :23:50.I would imagine he would leave me standing. I don't British cycling

:23:50. > :23:58.were going to keep him on at one point, because he was pretty chubby

:23:58. > :24:02.and he liked the chips, but he kept on winning races. I'm world

:24:02. > :24:12.champion. He has a desire for winning and he demonstrated that in

:24:12. > :24:16.the Tour de France. The green Jersey is the pinnical and it's the

:24:16. > :24:22.biggest bike race in the world. It's brutal. It's the whole wanding

:24:22. > :24:32.to get to Paris and wanting to win in the sham sham. Cavendish will

:24:32. > :24:34.

:24:34. > :24:39.get it. I can't see him giving up. The world championship in Denmark,

:24:39. > :24:45.fantastic victory for Great Britain. We were all in it together, corking

:24:46. > :24:51.for Cav. We knew we had the fastest guy in the world on our team.

:24:51. > :24:56.Cavendish has won the world title. What can I say, just phenomenal.

:24:56. > :24:59.What is very nice about him is how much gratitude he was giving to his

:24:59. > :25:03.team-mate. My team rides all day and I have to finish off. They

:25:03. > :25:10.buried themselves into the ground. He didn't want to let us down more

:25:10. > :25:20.than anything. That's Cav to a tee really. Please, welcome Mark

:25:20. > :25:35.

:25:35. > :25:39.Cavendish APPLAUSE

:25:39. > :25:44.Five stage wins in the toughest race of all and then the world road

:25:44. > :25:50.race championship. Not a bad year? No, it was all right, you know!

:25:50. > :25:54.Yeah, the two hardest goals I could possibly set for myself in a year,

:25:54. > :25:59.but I was incredibly lucky and I had great guys supporting me and we

:25:59. > :26:07.achieved them both, so we can look back on the year pretty well.

:26:08. > :26:13.certainly can. You are chasing Mercks's record, that's 40. Doable?

:26:13. > :26:18.I'm not chasing records, but it's definitely doable. On average five

:26:18. > :26:21.stage wins in the last four Tour de Frances is not really been done

:26:21. > :26:26.before, so considering things carry on how they are going, it should be

:26:26. > :26:31.possible, but try to win what we can. You have a new addition on the

:26:31. > :26:38.way? Yeah. I'm having a baby girl. It's a girl? We need a few of them

:26:38. > :26:42.on the show. It's good. I tell you something, like, any - I can

:26:42. > :26:46.achieve anything in my sport, but the feeling of pride won't come

:26:46. > :26:49.close to feeling from that. Absolutely. Look ago head to the

:26:49. > :26:53.year coming up, big year again. Tour de France and then followed

:26:53. > :27:00.six days later by the opening day of the Olympics. You could win

:27:00. > :27:03.Britain's first gold, no pressure? I thrive off it. I will -- I was

:27:03. > :27:06.speaking to Sir Steve Redgrave before and you look at how the team

:27:06. > :27:09.rode together and I'm pretty confident we can go and get Great

:27:09. > :27:13.Britain off to the best start possible. We certainly wish you all

:27:13. > :27:23.the best for that and next year, good luck to you. Ladies and

:27:23. > :27:39.

:27:39. > :27:49.gentlemen, Mark Cavendish. APPLAUSE

:27:49. > :27:51.

:27:51. > :27:58.Because I always feel like running. Usain Bolt has false started. It's

:27:58. > :28:02.silver for Jessica Ennis. He has to settle for silver. It's Jamaica

:28:03. > :28:06.leading with Usain Bolt flying. The world record! Hannah England is

:28:06. > :28:13.sweeping through. She is in second place. Hannah England moves from

:28:13. > :28:20.seventh to the silver medal position. Bolt starts to surge.

:28:20. > :28:26.19.42 seconds. The fastest time in the world this year. Some of the

:28:26. > :28:28.headline makers there from the championships in Daegu, where after

:28:28. > :28:33.overcoming many hurdles on the track and in life our next

:28:33. > :28:36.contender struck gold. He's been described as the model athlete with

:28:36. > :28:44.the model attitude. 2011 was certainly a model year for Dai

:28:44. > :28:47.Greene. It's a great feeling when you see your best friend, someone

:28:47. > :28:54.you've known all your life, winning things and taking on the best in

:28:54. > :28:58.the world. It's a brilliant thing to see. Knowing his nature you have

:28:58. > :29:01.sort of always thought he had something in him. Very, very tough

:29:01. > :29:07.mentally. He still do the ironing in our house, because I refuse to

:29:07. > :29:10.do it. You say you can't make a world champion iron, but I can!

:29:10. > :29:17.you know him he has that very strong competitive nature, which

:29:17. > :29:22.means he will not give up. He's had to overcome quite a lot of injuries

:29:22. > :29:28.really. Broke his collarbone and knees. Injections in his shins. And

:29:28. > :29:32.his toe. I've had five years of dealing with it too. It was a shock

:29:32. > :29:42.when he had epilepsy. I don't think he ever thought of giving up. All

:29:42. > :29:45.

:29:45. > :29:50.the problems over the years, it It was difficult to fit it all in.

:29:50. > :29:54.He worked at McDonald's. He had so many knockbacks before. You thought

:29:54. > :29:58.oh, is he ever going to get that chance? To really run well at the

:29:58. > :30:07.400 hurdlds, you have to be very disciplined. You have to be able to

:30:07. > :30:11.stay calm under pressure. He's ready to challenge the world.

:30:12. > :30:18.nerves were really close to not being able to handle it. We're all

:30:18. > :30:22.standing up. Couldn't sit down, couldn't bear to. I was thinking,

:30:22. > :30:31.has he got it in him to pull this back.

:30:31. > :30:38.COMMENTATOR: Here's the chance for Greene to seize the moment. Greene

:30:38. > :30:48.wins! Dai Greene is the world champion! Proved us all wrong again.

:30:48. > :31:07.

:31:07. > :31:11.Please welcome Dai Greene. As we heard there, you've overcome

:31:11. > :31:15.epilepsy, injuries and a lot of funding as well. The road to

:31:15. > :31:20.success really hasn't been an easy one, has it? Had t hasn't been.

:31:20. > :31:24.With a background like that, I think I should audition for X

:31:24. > :31:27.Factor next year. I've had good people around me I think. That's

:31:27. > :31:31.just helped know stay positive. I have a great girlfriend and family.

:31:31. > :31:34.You saw them on the clip. Without them I wouldn't be here. Talking of

:31:34. > :31:38.your girlfriend, she's just told everyone that you dot ironing. Did

:31:38. > :31:44.you iron that tonight? I tried to. I didn't want anyone to bring

:31:44. > :31:47.attention to it, but now thanks... She did it. Take us back to the

:31:47. > :31:50.Gold Medal, you were the only one out there. Talk us through the

:31:50. > :31:54.final stages, coming up to the eighth hurdle, did you think it was

:31:54. > :32:00.going to be gold? I always believed I could win. In an individual sport

:32:00. > :32:06.you have to have that mind set. At that point I thought, you've given

:32:06. > :32:10.them way too much, you have to get your bum in gear. I had to push on

:32:10. > :32:14.the home straight. The best part of my race is the tail end. It always

:32:14. > :32:18.looks dramatic for the fans. It was dramatic. European champion,

:32:18. > :32:22.Commonwealth communicate, world champion. You know what's coming

:32:22. > :32:25.next. You seem to embrace the pressure of London 2012. I live for

:32:25. > :32:30.the big competitions. That's what I train for. If I have the complete

:32:30. > :32:36.set next year, I can kick back and retire and maybe co-host next year,

:32:36. > :32:40.Sue! Absolutely, you've got the job. Well done, congratulations on a

:32:40. > :32:50.fantastic year. Dai Greene, everybody.

:32:50. > :32:50.

:32:50. > :34:07.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 99 seconds

:34:07. > :34:12.Remember to get the bill payer's Please do dial carefully. You don't

:34:12. > :34:15.want to get the wrong one. The second award tonight is for the

:34:15. > :34:18.young Sports Personality Of The Year voted for by a BBC panel,

:34:18. > :34:23.which included remembertives from the Youth Sport Trust. Amongst

:34:23. > :34:31.those to have won in the past include Wayne Rooney, Andy Murray

:34:31. > :34:41.and John Inverdale. Not a bad list. Who -- Tom Daley. To present it

:34:41. > :34:55.

:34:55. > :35:00.this year is Jessica Ennis and Roberto Mancini. Thank you for

:35:00. > :35:03.coming. Just missed out on gold this year Jessica, in your thoughts

:35:03. > :35:08.now, obviously the Olympics surely. Yeah very excited, training hard

:35:08. > :35:12.and you know, you learn a lot from the mistakes you make. So I'm just,

:35:12. > :35:16.I have that drive and motivation to make everything go right this year.

:35:16. > :35:20.We wish you all the very best. Roberto I'll talk to you a little

:35:20. > :35:30.later. Before we announce the winner, let's look at the top three

:35:30. > :35:36.

:35:36. > :35:41.Lucy Gp -- Garner is a phenomenon. She was the road race champion and

:35:41. > :35:49.won two golds at the youth Commonwealth Games. Eleanor

:35:49. > :35:52.Simmonds made another big plash in the pool this year. She won four

:35:52. > :35:57.medals and set two new world records.

:35:57. > :36:00.Lauren Taylor proved herself to be a major new driving force in golf.

:36:00. > :36:07.The 17-year-old created history becoming the youngest player ever

:36:07. > :36:13.to win the ladies British Open Amateur Championship. Jess, if you

:36:13. > :36:23.would be as kind to tell us the winner.

:36:23. > :36:51.

:36:51. > :36:56.And the Young Sports Personality Of Many congratulations. I'm sure

:36:56. > :37:00.you'd like it say a few words. this is such an honour to win this

:37:00. > :37:05.award. There's a few thank yous I'd like to make. Firstly, to English

:37:05. > :37:10.women's golf association for all their support. Secondly to my

:37:10. > :37:17.special supporters at Woburn Golf Club. I wouldn't here without your

:37:17. > :37:22.help. Next my coach Andy Dunbar for all the hard work we put in. He's

:37:22. > :37:26.got me that trophy there. I'd like to thank my family and friends,

:37:26. > :37:32.especially my dad, hi dad! He caddied for me in the Open this

:37:32. > :37:37.year. Also the Amateur Championship. It was a special moment when I won.

:37:37. > :37:42.Finally, I'd like to thank the RGU for putting on fantastic events

:37:42. > :37:52.throughout the year. Thank you very much. Have a great evening. Lauren

:37:52. > :38:09.

:38:09. > :38:14.Remember that name. Our next contender is a man who when it

:38:14. > :38:17.comes to talent is a real heavyweight N2011, a boxer from

:38:17. > :38:20.Bolton because a double light welterweight champion. He was brave

:38:20. > :38:25.enough to travel to the States and lay his belts on the line.

:38:25. > :38:32.Amir Khan. My first impression of Amir was

:38:32. > :38:38.that he was going to be special. A great fighter inside the ring. Also

:38:38. > :38:43.special outside the ring. Being a person who kids can look up to.

:38:43. > :38:49.known Amir since he was a young boy. When he first started coming to the

:38:49. > :38:52.gym where I worked. He grew up in this area, one of the worst areas

:38:52. > :38:56.in Bolton. This is the Community Centre. Amir Khan paid for this

:38:56. > :39:02.place out of his own pocket. It's massively important because without

:39:02. > :39:07.this place I think the crime rate would start rising. We have 200,000

:39:07. > :39:12.people here. That's huge. This is what sets Amir Khan aside from the

:39:12. > :39:16.rest. He's an inspiration. He wants to make a difference. You see

:39:16. > :39:19.people change when they become successful. Not Amir Khan. If he

:39:19. > :39:25.sees an old person struggling with bags, and I know this, because I've

:39:25. > :39:30.seen it myself, he will stop "Can I take you home with your bags?" I've

:39:30. > :39:40.never seen anybody work as hard in or outside the ring. He is all

:39:40. > :39:44.

:39:44. > :39:48.COMMENTATOR: Amir Khan is the new union nied light welterweight

:39:48. > :39:52.champion in the world. He will be the best pound for pound in the

:39:52. > :39:58.world one day. COMMENTATOR: Two boints deducted.

:39:58. > :40:03.On our cards we think he's done enough. It's a monumental upset.

:40:03. > :40:07.Defeats are actually a good thing for Amir Khan. We all know that he

:40:07. > :40:13.can bounce right back up and become world champion once again.

:40:13. > :40:20.He's been able to accomplish so much at such a young age. I have to

:40:20. > :40:26.rank him as the number one guy. knows what he wants to achieve.

:40:26. > :40:36.What he doesn't realise himself is what he has achieved.

:40:36. > :41:07.

:41:07. > :41:10.Ladies and gentleman, please I've always wanted to do that. What

:41:10. > :41:13.a reception tonight. Throughout the day I've been trying to work out

:41:14. > :41:18.your sporting year in my head, for the first time in your career, you

:41:18. > :41:21.had two world tight nlz your hand. Before the year was out, they've

:41:21. > :41:25.both gone. How much does that inspire you to get into 2012 and

:41:25. > :41:32.get the belts back? I know how it feels to have two world titles. I

:41:32. > :41:37.really want a rematch. I know I was robbed against Lamont Peterson.

:41:37. > :41:40.Hopefully I can come back stronger. 2012 is a big year for me. I can

:41:40. > :41:47.come back and get my belts back and hopefully move up to the next

:41:47. > :41:53.division. Two things that stand out from Oscar De la Ho ya talking

:41:53. > :41:56.about you there, he said defeats aren't a bad thing for you. He

:41:56. > :42:01.thinks you can beat the best pound for pound in the world. He knows

:42:01. > :42:05.talent when he sees it. I train very hard day in, day out. I live

:42:05. > :42:09.in Los Angeles when I'm training for a fight. That's just me. I love

:42:09. > :42:12.working hard rgs fighting hard. I love putting on good performances.

:42:13. > :42:18.Oscar says it there, he sees talent out there. All I have to do is go

:42:18. > :42:26.out there and win fights and look good against my opponents. 2012 is

:42:26. > :42:31.a big year for me. I want to fight the likes of Floyd Mayweather.

:42:31. > :42:35.is going to be good and only a few days away, good news for all of us.

:42:35. > :42:45.Well done and everything you do in those gyms in Bolton is very

:42:45. > :43:03.

:43:03. > :43:11.impress. Ladies and gentleman, one He's the new world number one in

:43:11. > :43:13.every sense, Novak Djokovic. Petra Kvitova is the Wimbledon champion.

:43:13. > :43:18.Congratulations to Petra Kvitova another wonderful Wimbledon. At the

:43:18. > :43:23.US Open, 17-year-old Oliver Golding won the boils' title to emulate

:43:23. > :43:29.what the next contender did seven years ago. Since 2004 this super

:43:29. > :43:33.Scot has got better and better. In 2011 he had us enthrauted, winning

:43:33. > :43:41.five turnaments and reaching the last four in the Grand Slams. He is,

:43:41. > :43:46.of course, Andy Murray. Excellent year. He's lifting himself to, in

:43:46. > :43:50.the same conversation with some of the all-time greats, Nadal, Federer,

:43:50. > :43:54.Djokavic. These guys ain't no joke. They're real good athletes. He's in

:43:54. > :43:59.amongst it. He's beaten every one of them at one stage or another. As

:43:59. > :44:04.the years that I've known him, he's got better and better. This has

:44:04. > :44:09.been my best year. In the biggest events I've played my best tennis.

:44:09. > :44:14.I got to the semi-finals or better of all four of the slams, which has

:44:14. > :44:19.only happened I think six times in the history of the game. It is,

:44:19. > :44:23.without question, one of the strongest ear yaz of all time. It's

:44:23. > :44:27.great to be part of it. I think of the achievements thaw have, they

:44:27. > :44:31.feel bigger because of the guys you are competing against.

:44:31. > :44:41.On the court I see someone who has incredible hands, reminded me of

:44:41. > :44:43.

:44:43. > :44:48.He's like, you watch him and he's like a chess player, just the

:44:48. > :44:56.ability to change gears and throw off an opponent. It's like watching

:44:56. > :45:05.a video game or ping pong on a tennis court. Wimbledon is like a

:45:05. > :45:08.national moment. I remember watching as a kid. We have had a

:45:08. > :45:13.British winner today. You always assume who was playing from Britain

:45:13. > :45:19.was out early doors. Well, who do you fancy? Now, you are on the edge

:45:19. > :45:25.of your seat believing that Andy Murray can win Wimbledon. If you

:45:25. > :45:30.miss something like that, you look like a prat. Funny guy. Very dry.

:45:30. > :45:34.remember the day before my last big fight I was texting him and before

:45:34. > :45:39.he has big matches I've tried to text him. I've tried to get him to

:45:39. > :45:43.trash talk his opponents. Le has tried to get me to crush my

:45:43. > :45:46.opponent's hands when we shake hands, but I was trying to explain

:45:46. > :45:51.that we are meant to be gentlemen, so you can't get away with that

:45:51. > :45:56.stuff unfortunately. He's been Britain's best tennis player in a

:45:56. > :46:00.lifetime and all he has to do is keep the form going and he'll be

:46:00. > :46:05.number one. I'm positive about that. Another outstanding year. Let's

:46:05. > :46:08.hope that Grand Slam will be his next year. He's one of tonight's

:46:08. > :46:18.ten contenders. We'll have a reminder of the all-important

:46:18. > :46:18.

:46:18. > :47:28.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 99 seconds

:47:28. > :47:31.Keep on voting for your favourite and remember you can vote for any

:47:31. > :47:35.contender at any time and you'll hear from our winners on the red

:47:35. > :47:41.button straight after the show. As the saying goes, behind every great

:47:41. > :47:50.team there's a great coach so the next award pays tribute to the very

:47:50. > :47:58.best, mind, mental and motivator. To announce who the 2011 coach is

:47:58. > :48:08.please welcome Keri-Anne Payne and Petra Kvitova.

:48:08. > :48:17.

:48:17. > :48:22.APPLAUSE It's always nice to get all the

:48:22. > :48:29.tall people together, but I'm joined by two women who have

:48:29. > :48:39.achieved incred libl sporting -- incredible sporting feats this year.

:48:39. > :48:39.

:48:39. > :48:43.We can see your smile there. What was that like? It was wonderful.

:48:43. > :48:48.Keri-Anne Payne, the first British athlete to secure your place at the

:48:48. > :48:53.2012 Games, an incredible day for you too? Absolutely. The race

:48:53. > :48:56.itself was just perfect in terms of tactics and things and it was a

:48:56. > :49:03.brilliant day and my sister gave birth to my niece on that day.

:49:03. > :49:07.How do you rank the two, about the same? She wins totally. Good luck

:49:07. > :49:17.in 2012. I'm sure you will both tell us how important your coaches

:49:17. > :49:18.

:49:18. > :49:23.are and we'll look at the contenders. In 2011, Sir Alex

:49:23. > :49:31.Ferguson celebrated 25 years in charge of Manchester United. He led

:49:31. > :49:34.the Red Devils to a record-breaking 19th top-flight title. They also

:49:34. > :49:37.reached the Champions League final. Andy Flower coached England's

:49:37. > :49:41.cricketers to new heights. They became the number one Test team in

:49:41. > :49:47.the world for the first time, thanks to a stunning Ashes success,

:49:47. > :49:51.victory over Sri Lanka and a 4-0 whitewash over India and Warren

:49:51. > :49:55.Gatland was behind Wales' excellent run in the rugby World Cup. They

:49:56. > :50:03.beat Ireland to reach the semis, but just missed out, losing to

:50:03. > :50:11.France by a single point. worthy. Keri-Anne Payne, the winner,

:50:11. > :50:21.please. And the winner of the Coach of the Year, is Andy Flower.

:50:21. > :50:50.

:50:50. > :50:54.Huge congratulations. I'm sure you would like to say a few words.

:50:54. > :50:58.Thank you very much. Thank you very much to the BBC and to the English

:50:58. > :51:02.public for the support that they give our cricket team. This is a

:51:02. > :51:08.very proud moment for me to stand here. I'm -- I moved from Zimbabwe

:51:08. > :51:13.a few years ago and England has been very good to my family and I.

:51:13. > :51:16.I'm also very proud to be part of the England cricket team. They've

:51:16. > :51:23.done so wonderful things over the last couple of years, so it's great

:51:23. > :51:28.for me to be part of that. I think everyone in this room realises that

:51:28. > :51:32.it's the players that actually make the hard decisions that play under

:51:32. > :51:37.the real pressure and have got to go and deliver once they get over

:51:37. > :51:43.that line. It's great to have a good bunch of players and people to

:51:43. > :51:45.work with. Thank you very much once again for this award. Thank you.

:51:45. > :51:55.Well done. Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, the 2011

:51:55. > :52:01.

:52:01. > :52:08.Coach of the Year, Andy Flower. APPLAUSE

:52:08. > :52:12.To golf now and emotions ran deep at the Open, where Royal St

:52:12. > :52:16.George's one of the game's most popular players, who five years ago

:52:16. > :52:23.suffered a personal tragedy first won his first major at the age of

:52:23. > :52:30.42. I have known Darren since he was 15. He was by far and away the

:52:30. > :52:33.best player among the young. Darren spent hours on the green always

:52:33. > :52:43.practising putting and thinking this is going to be for the Open

:52:43. > :52:44.

:52:44. > :52:52.championship one day. What he went through cost him five years. They

:52:52. > :52:56.got married and then she passed away in 2006. It's been a very long

:52:56. > :53:00.and rocky and difficult road for Darren. Being a single parent isn't

:53:00. > :53:06.at all easy and for the boys to be without their mum has been heart

:53:06. > :53:12.breaking. He plays his best when he's at a low ebb, but then he

:53:12. > :53:20.found momentum and then the light goes on. That week he seemed to be

:53:20. > :53:25.very much in control of his emotions and of his golf. It was as

:53:25. > :53:29.if it was a different Darren. was obviously very windy and that

:53:29. > :53:34.played right in Darren's hands. He's probably the best wind player

:53:34. > :53:37.in the world. Well, that was some reception. Everybody just seemed to

:53:37. > :53:44.be so much behind Darren and so much wanting him to win and

:53:45. > :53:48.cheering him on. He won it properly. He went out and beat everybody else.

:53:48. > :53:52.He deserved to win that tournament. He played magnificently well. That

:53:52. > :53:59.would have meant an awful lot to Darren and his family. There's the

:53:59. > :54:04.two of them. Look. All morning, what time is daddy's coming home?

:54:04. > :54:13.Where will he be now? What's he doing. They're so proud of their

:54:13. > :54:17.daddy. He wanted to do it for them. He's been through one of the worst

:54:17. > :54:23.things that anyone human being can go through and to come back and win

:54:23. > :54:33.the Open, it's the ultimate. gulp. Please, welcome, Open

:54:33. > :54:37.

:54:37. > :54:47.champion, Darren clerk. -- Darren Clarke.

:54:47. > :54:58.

:54:58. > :55:01.APPLAUSE Darren, incredibly emotional scenes

:55:01. > :55:06.with the boys Tyrone and Conor there. Is that very emotional when

:55:06. > :55:10.it hit home? I think it was when I got back lom to them it would have

:55:10. > :55:18.been easy for me to pack it all in and not do anything and what have

:55:18. > :55:21.you, but I kept on going and to get back home and see the boys, see

:55:21. > :55:27.Tyrone and Conor and just saw the VT out the back there. I'm almost

:55:27. > :55:31.crying already. Just to give them a big hug. What I tried to do, I do

:55:31. > :55:37.it for them. It's nice for me, but I try to make them proud of their

:55:37. > :55:41.dad. Maybe that week I did. They certainly are. I think, also I

:55:41. > :55:44.don't know how many times I've wasted my money backing you for the

:55:45. > :55:49.Open. Needless to say, I didn't last year or this year, I should

:55:49. > :55:55.say. A few guys made a few quid. Did you surprise yourself? You are

:55:55. > :56:02.in your 40s now. Comfortably in my 40s. I was definitely the fattest

:56:02. > :56:06.one walking up there at that stage! I'm definitely so. Yes, golf, you

:56:07. > :56:10.never know what will happen. Maybe my time had passed through one

:56:10. > :56:14.reason or another, for different circumstances, but that's the

:56:14. > :56:18.beauty of our sport. It's different to the majority of other ones, that

:56:18. > :56:23.we can keep on going and keep on playing and - You held it together

:56:23. > :56:28.on the last round. Boy, did you celebrate after? Yes. I think the

:56:28. > :56:33.morning after was a little bit of a blur, but we carried on during the

:56:33. > :56:37.evening and weren't really doing anything and I ended up at 6am

:56:37. > :56:40.sitting having a drink at the table and I looked around and sort of

:56:40. > :56:44.panicked because I didn't know where the Claret Jug was and I

:56:44. > :56:51.looked out of the window and it was 80 yards down the garden, I had

:56:51. > :56:53.forgotten I had left it out the -- in the garden. Wonderful

:56:53. > :57:03.achievement. Ladies and gentlemen, Darren Clarke.

:57:03. > :57:15.

:57:15. > :57:18.APPLAUSE Time now to reveal the Overseas

:57:18. > :57:22.Sports Personality of the Year. There are some quality candidates,

:57:22. > :57:27.including Formula One world champion, Sebastian Vettel and

:57:27. > :57:32.Barcelona's little master, Lionel Messi, but 2011 there was nb to

:57:32. > :57:42.touch this standout personality -- nobody to touch this standout

:57:42. > :57:56.

:57:56. > :58:00.personality, who had a standout Good evening, Manchester. Hello

:58:00. > :58:05.everybody. Thank you very much for this beautiful award. I'm so sorry

:58:05. > :58:10.that I won't be physically attending this night with you. I

:58:10. > :58:15.want to thank everybody who has been voting for me throughout the

:58:15. > :58:20.UK. I'm very honoured and privileged to be on the list with

:58:20. > :58:26.the great champions who have won this award in the past. Looking

:58:26. > :58:33.back at 2011, it has been the best season of my career. I have won

:58:33. > :58:37.three Grand Slams and who knows, next year, maybe all four? Yes, I

:58:37. > :58:42.want to wish you all a pleasant evening and I hope I can see you in

:58:42. > :58:52.the future. Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, Novak

:58:52. > :59:02.

:59:02. > :59:07.Djokovic. In football all Scottish silverware

:59:07. > :59:15.went to Glasgow. Rangers kept their title and League Cup, a fond

:59:15. > :59:21.farewell for Walter. Celtic snatched the cup. The auld holding

:59:21. > :59:25.firm. Down south Birmingham City's dreams came true after this Arsenal

:59:25. > :59:35.nightmare. A Carling Cup win for one team, the long wait for a

:59:35. > :59:39.trophy finally over. The Three Lions restored some pride this year.

:59:39. > :59:46.Penalties remain an achilles heel. England's men booked their place at

:59:46. > :59:55.the European Championship. No sweat. England a place at Euro 2012.

:59:55. > :59:59.They'll be joined by the Irish, Thierry's sleight of hand foregont.

:59:59. > :00:03.They're smiling once more. In English football, one city and

:00:03. > :00:09.two teams dominated, divided by rivalry and each with a burning

:00:09. > :00:14.passion to succeed. Welcome to Manchester.

:00:14. > :00:24.The City, it's changed hey. Not like it used to be. City have

:00:24. > :00:26.

:00:26. > :00:32.changed. That's for sure. Tell me You've got a more loyal, better

:00:32. > :00:42.dressed support than they have. Come on, this is the biggest, best

:00:42. > :00:44.

:00:44. > :00:50.club in the worldment -- World. much titles, and how many have City

:00:50. > :00:59.won? Never forget the bad times. We're looking forward, not back.

:00:59. > :01:04.Our first trophy in 35 years. a momentous day for Manchester City.

:01:04. > :01:11.So worth the wait. Even if it was bought. You haven't spent anything

:01:11. > :01:19.right, how much was Berbatov? Ferdinand? Rooney? Rooney was worth

:01:19. > :01:27.every penny just for "that" goal. COMMENTATOR: Oh, that is very, very

:01:27. > :01:36.specialment 19 titles. More than Liverpool. More than anyone.

:01:36. > :01:41.Not in the Champions League, though. A lot of people fancy Man United

:01:41. > :01:44.again for some reason. There's no shame in losing to that Barcelona

:01:44. > :01:48.side. We're United, we dust ourselves down and come back

:01:48. > :01:56.stronger. We're in the way, though, and we're going nowhere. Give over,

:01:56. > :02:05.we're still the best team round here. Are you sure about that?

:02:05. > :02:12.COMMENTATOR: 6-1 to Manchester City. The city's changed all right.

:02:12. > :02:22.city. United. His side are top of the Premier League at Christmas,

:02:22. > :02:47.

:02:47. > :02:53.please welcome Manchester City Firstly, apologies for the

:02:53. > :02:56.fireworks. You probably thought you were at Balatelli's house.

:02:56. > :03:00.thought this. You've been a couple of years now at Manchester City. Do

:03:01. > :03:09.you get that rivalry now, the United/City thing, is it inside

:03:09. > :03:14.you? After two years, it's normal. I think that we work hard because

:03:14. > :03:18.we have the United there and for this reason, and after two years as

:03:18. > :03:24.normal that it could be like this. You're top of the league now, going

:03:24. > :03:30.into Christmas. Can you hold on? think that will be important to be

:03:30. > :03:35.on the top in the end of the season. But I think after many years for

:03:35. > :03:39.the City fans to be there in Christmas, that is good things.

:03:39. > :03:44.wonderful achievement to win the first trophy in 35 years. Do you

:03:44. > :03:48.think we're looking at a period of domination for Manchester, two

:03:48. > :03:51.clubs going head to head? I think that's a good thing for the city,

:03:51. > :03:55.for Manchester, to have two important teams like City and

:03:55. > :04:05.United. And if you're interested, it's 1-1, Tottenham and Chelsea.

:04:05. > :04:22.

:04:22. > :04:28.Just before you go. Ladies and 2011, a storybook year for horse

:04:29. > :04:37.racing. Amateur jockey Sam Waley- Cohen road his father's horse to

:04:37. > :04:46.Gold Cup glory. Ballabriggs was trained by a McCain, a fifth Grand

:04:46. > :04:56.National win for the family. The Derby win took their breath

:04:56. > :04:56.

:04:56. > :05:06.away. While Paul Hanigan was the man again, winning more flat races

:05:06. > :05:06.

:05:07. > :05:15.than anyone else. And two sporting fenom Nan -- phenomena, Frankel,

:05:15. > :05:22.one of the all-time greats and AP McCoy, champion jockey for the 16th

:05:22. > :05:28.consecutive year. Simply the greatest ever. Yes, a special

:05:28. > :05:31.season for last year's sports personality. In domestic cricket

:05:31. > :05:36.Lancashire won the County Championship title for the first

:05:36. > :05:40.time outright in 77 years. There were one-day trophies for Leicester

:05:40. > :05:44.and Surrey. In Test cricket England were unbeatable. One man key to

:05:44. > :05:50.that success was a batsman who combined brains with Brawn and

:05:50. > :05:56.crucially kept a cool head. Captain fantastic, Andrew Strauss. Anecdote

:05:56. > :06:01.with Strauss, I've got nothing. I've got nothing. He's an excellent

:06:01. > :06:06.leader of men. I think he's an inspirational type figure. I hate

:06:06. > :06:10.to say this, he's as natural a captain as I've ever known. Cricket

:06:10. > :06:15.differs from other sports, once you're on the field, the can tin

:06:15. > :06:20.has to make so many decisions that directly affect the game. It's not

:06:20. > :06:27.like football or rugby where they just run around. It's why we choose

:06:27. > :06:33.the guy with an A-level. He has two. He was -- if he was in the army he

:06:33. > :06:38.would be a field marshal. Australia have a lot of respect for Andrew

:06:39. > :06:45.Strauss. The Ashes is it. He is a world-class player. He cleverly

:06:45. > :06:51.lost the toss at Adelaide. We all wanted to bat first. We lost the

:06:51. > :06:55.toss. We had to bowl first. Australia were three down in ten

:06:55. > :06:58.minutes. Genius. They really came out aggressively. It was a real

:06:58. > :07:01.attitude thing that started with Andrew Strauss.

:07:01. > :07:05.COMMENTATOR: England have retained the Ashes. When you look at the

:07:05. > :07:10.start of the English summer and you look at Stuart Broad, he hadn't

:07:10. > :07:12.been doing that well. Andrew Strauss backed him. Then he took

:07:12. > :07:19.seven wickets. The moment was all England's. Now they're the number

:07:19. > :07:25.one Test side in the world. He set us a goal of world number one two

:07:25. > :07:29.years ago. We got there. Andrew Strauss has to put his hand up and

:07:29. > :07:32.take a bit of credit for that. After the Sydney Test we walked out

:07:32. > :07:35.to the middle of the ground with a beer and cigar and sat down.

:07:35. > :07:40.Everyone started talking about their favourite moments of the trip.

:07:40. > :07:44.When it got to him, he said "This is my favourite moment - we've won

:07:44. > :07:48.the Ashes in Australia 3-1 and we've talked about the best

:07:48. > :07:58.moments." I still get goose bumps when I think about it now.

:07:58. > :08:22.

:08:22. > :08:27.Please welcome England cricket As we heard there, are you called

:08:27. > :08:31.field marshal Strauss, do you see yourself as a natural leader?

:08:31. > :08:34.That's a big question. I've always enjoyed captaining sides. If you

:08:34. > :08:38.push yourself too high and tell everyone you should be captain,

:08:38. > :08:42.maybe you're not the right person to be captain. Thank you Graeme for

:08:42. > :08:45.your kind words there. Graeme is one of these people who is great

:08:45. > :08:50.value for the first half of the tour, and then after that everyone

:08:50. > :08:56.gets physically sick of the sight of him. And he's here tonight! You

:08:56. > :08:59.can enjoy a lovely drink to end the year. He's enjoying that moment too.

:08:59. > :09:04.Two-and-a-half years and we're going to be the best Test team in

:09:05. > :09:08.the world, you told the guys. What took you so long? I tell you what

:09:08. > :09:13.took so long, our analysts did a thing of how we got to number one.

:09:13. > :09:17.It looked impossible. It seemed like a long way off. It was amazing

:09:17. > :09:21.to achieve it. To set your goals high and then to achieve it, it

:09:21. > :09:26.feels very special and I think to do it with such a great bunch of

:09:26. > :09:29.people as well make it's even more so. Congratulations you've gone

:09:29. > :09:34.from fifth to first if the world. You're home for Christmas, which is

:09:34. > :09:44.rare for cricketers. Bad news is you're doing the cricket. Well done.

:09:44. > :09:44.

:09:44. > :11:13.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 99 seconds

:11:13. > :11:19.Ladies and gentleman, Andrew Do please dial carefully. Lasting

:11:19. > :11:23.the distance in any event is what winning is all about. Our next

:11:23. > :11:26.contender did that this year. After being denied one gold at the World

:11:26. > :11:30.Athletics Championships, seven days later he completed the most

:11:30. > :11:37.stunning of triumphs and create British sporting history. 2011 was

:11:37. > :11:47.another amazing chapter in the life of Mo Farah.

:11:47. > :11:47.

:11:47. > :11:52.He planned, trained, given it everything. He felt he had the

:11:52. > :11:58.victory within his grasp. COMMENTATOR: He looks anxiously

:11:58. > :12:05.over his left shoulder. He sees the Ethiopian mounting a challenge.

:12:05. > :12:11.It's like, oho, he's going to lose COMMENTATOR: He denies Farah, the

:12:11. > :12:18.medal he so dearly Cherished. Major disappointing Forfar Farah.

:12:18. > :12:27.He came -- for Mo Farah. It was as if somebody had punched him in the

:12:27. > :12:33.gut. He rarely shows emotion. He tends to keep it bottled up.

:12:33. > :12:37.He's a dedicated husband and father. He spends all of his time away from

:12:37. > :12:41.training with us and he puts us before himself. Anyone that meets

:12:41. > :12:44.Mo is drawn to him. He's smiling, looking you right in the eye. You

:12:44. > :12:49.know when you're talking with him that he makes you feel like you're

:12:49. > :12:53.the only person in the worldment -- World. The first night was hard,

:12:53. > :12:59.but the day after, he was back to normal. I think he was looking

:12:59. > :13:05.ahead to the next race. It was round and round in circles. My legs

:13:05. > :13:10.were aching. I got pins and needles. We were on our feet yelling at the

:13:10. > :13:18.TV. This time he had four guys behind him.?.

:13:18. > :13:28.COMMENTATOR: It's gold this time Forfar Farah. He served this for --

:13:28. > :13:30.

:13:30. > :13:34.It's gold this time for Mo Farah. He deserved this. She's proud but

:13:34. > :13:38.she takes it for granted a little bit now. I think she expects him to

:13:38. > :13:42.win every race he's in. COMMENTATOR: Your daddy's just won

:13:42. > :13:52.a Gold Medal. I know. Ladies and gentleman, please

:13:52. > :14:16.

:14:16. > :14:19.We can see there, you have quite a fan club in your house and a tough

:14:19. > :14:24.critic indeed. Little Rihanna is quite a character? Yes, she is the

:14:24. > :14:29.first one to tell me off. She didn't have much to tell you off

:14:29. > :14:33.there. Take you back to that, because only seven days between the

:14:33. > :14:37.two distance finals. It's a superhuman effort. Tell us how

:14:37. > :14:42.difficult it was physically and more importantly emotionally?

:14:43. > :14:47.was really difficult because at the 10 K I didn't have a clue who that

:14:47. > :14:52.guy was. Then when I went 500 metres to go, I was thinking about

:14:52. > :14:56.the guy who came first and I was pushing, but 150 to go I'm thinking,

:14:56. > :15:01."I still got this, because the crowd was getting louder and

:15:01. > :15:05.louder." Then 50 metres to go, the guy came right past me and I had

:15:05. > :15:11.nothing left. You came back and you got the gold. What did that mean to

:15:11. > :15:16.you? That meant a lot to me. To come back, it wasn't easy. I had a

:15:16. > :15:20.few blisters and I had to take care of them and get in the ice bath and

:15:20. > :15:24.make sure I ate well. All the hard work, because you have to go in the

:15:24. > :15:28.mountains and spend five weeks putting the miles in and it's never

:15:28. > :15:34.easy. I know you do about 120 miles a week and you are right in

:15:34. > :15:37.training at the moment. You are a busy man? Yeah, I do 120 miles a

:15:37. > :15:40.week. I'm off to Kenya tomorrow morning to put a block of training

:15:40. > :15:45.together. I'll be there for four weeks and come back the end of

:15:45. > :15:50.January and see where I am. We know it's a very important year for you

:15:50. > :15:51.and good luck for the Games in 2012. Fantastic year for you. Good luck

:15:51. > :16:01.tonight, ladies and gentlemen, Mo Farah.

:16:01. > :16:16.

:16:16. > :16:20.APPLAUSE This year, one man put on his

:16:20. > :16:25.swimming trunks, got into the Thames, and took on the challenge

:16:25. > :16:31.of his life, to raise over �1 million for Sport Relief. This year,

:16:31. > :16:36.Helen Skelton's going colder. going to attempt to get to the

:16:36. > :16:41.South Pole. We want a million of you to go the extra mile to raise a

:16:41. > :16:45.record amount for Sport Relief. And once again, we'll bring you the

:16:45. > :16:54.biggest night of entertainment. love you, man. Sport Relief 2012,

:16:54. > :16:57.such fun! What a player and she's here tonight along with the 1998

:16:57. > :17:07.Sports Personality of the Year and fellow ambassador, so please

:17:07. > :17:12.

:17:12. > :17:22.welcome Miranda Hart and Michael Owen.

:17:22. > :17:22.

:17:22. > :17:28.APPLAUSE Pretty good forehand? Thank you,

:17:28. > :17:34.Gary. Good evening to you and fellow athletes. May I say, ladies,

:17:34. > :17:38.don't worry, I wasn't nominated either. I know, disgusting.

:17:38. > :17:43.relief or year even more Sport Relief coming up. Absolutely. We

:17:43. > :17:49.have amazing challenges, apart from David's 140-mile swin and Helen's

:17:49. > :17:53.trip and on 23rd March we have a great night of television and

:17:53. > :17:57.entertainment. I am doing a sketch and it may involve the tennis.

:17:57. > :18:01.Thanks about the forehand, it's kind. On 25th March hopefully over

:18:01. > :18:05.one million people will sign up for the mile, so it will be great.

:18:06. > :18:09.for a terrific cause? Absolutely. Raises vital money to support

:18:09. > :18:13.disadvantaged people here and in Africa. I'm delighted you have been

:18:13. > :18:17.able to join us, as you have the honour of presenting the next award,

:18:17. > :18:21.which is for the Unsung Hero Award. This recognises those special

:18:21. > :18:25.people in the communities who give up so much time to help others. The

:18:25. > :18:29.winners from BBC's 15 nations and regions have been announced. It's

:18:29. > :18:32.great you are all here tonight. Every one of you have made such an

:18:32. > :18:41.impact which meant picking a candidate was very difficult, but

:18:41. > :18:48.the judges had to make a choice. We'll look at the winners' story.

:18:48. > :18:51.21 years ago, Janice Eaglesham and Ian Mirfin founded the Red Star

:18:51. > :18:56.Athletics Club in Glasgow, a club they continue to run in their spare

:18:57. > :19:02.time, twice a week, to this day. They are dead friendly and they are

:19:02. > :19:07.nice to me and my brother. He build your confidence and they are easy

:19:07. > :19:11.to talk to and you have joke and laugh with them. Since 1990 they've

:19:11. > :19:15.trained, helped and coached over 150 competitors, including medal

:19:15. > :19:21.winners and record holders in both the Paralympics and the special

:19:21. > :19:26.Olympics. I've been in the club since we started and she has helped

:19:26. > :19:31.me a long way. I have been to the special Olympics. We all get on

:19:31. > :19:35.great. It's a great club to come to. Joorbgs I wouldn't be where without

:19:36. > :19:43.them. I wouldn't be where I was without them. Thank you for being

:19:43. > :19:48.my coaches. Michael, if you would do the official honours, please.

:19:48. > :19:58.The Unsung Hero Award for 2011 goes to Janice Eaglesham and Ian Mirfin.

:19:58. > :20:37.

:20:37. > :20:41.Many congratulations. Which one of you would like to say a few words?

:20:41. > :20:45.I think we are a bit shocked and stunned so please appreciate that.

:20:45. > :20:48.We need to thank a few people, in fact a lot of people. Can I say

:20:48. > :20:53.thank you to BBC Scotland for all the support they've given us

:20:53. > :20:56.through this? It's resulted in more coverage for disability sport in

:20:56. > :21:00.Scotland. Particularly to Paul Bradley, who is out there somewhere.

:21:00. > :21:04.It's an award for everybody, not just us. Members of the club, who

:21:04. > :21:09.we saw on the screen. Scottish disability sport and Scottish

:21:09. > :21:14.athletics do so much good work together and we know many other

:21:14. > :21:19.people who are involved to even greater extents than us and this is

:21:19. > :21:23.an award for volunteers everywhere. It's nice to be recognised. Thank

:21:23. > :21:27.you. It's been a lovely evening so far. Thank you for all your efforts

:21:27. > :21:37.and many, many congratulations, you are this year's Unsung Hero Award.

:21:37. > :21:48.

:21:48. > :21:57.APPLAUSE COMMENTATOR: India lift the World

:21:57. > :22:01.Cup after 28 years. From India's World Cup-winning appeal to a model

:22:01. > :22:08.batsman. He was Man of the Series as England beat Australia in

:22:08. > :22:11.January and his 294 against India was the stand innings of the summer.

:22:12. > :22:16.-- standout innings of the summer. He's Alastair Cook. If you want to

:22:16. > :22:25.be a big scorer, concentration is paramount. I like to refer to it as

:22:25. > :22:30.run scoring, because anyone can bat, not everyone can score runs. One of

:22:30. > :22:35.the best opening batsmen that England has ever produced.

:22:35. > :22:38.contraition... To go down to Australia and be successful is one

:22:38. > :22:44.of the ultimate challenges for an English cricketer. There is nothing

:22:44. > :22:48.better in the world that beat be the Australians at anything. --

:22:48. > :22:53.than beating the Australians at anything. To beat them at cricket

:22:53. > :23:01.in their own back yard through the bat of one hero is as good as sport

:23:02. > :23:04.gets. COMMENTATOR: He's made 200 in a Test match. 235, an immense

:23:04. > :23:14.performance. That innings and that match was the pivotol match that

:23:14. > :23:20.

:23:20. > :23:27.won us the Ashes. He racked up over 700 runs. 140-odd at Adelaide. 189.

:23:27. > :23:36.One of the all-time records. It's batting at his best. He takes the

:23:36. > :23:40.bat to the Indian bowlers and pulverises them too. 294. The

:23:40. > :23:46.highest first-class score and a great innings. This young man has

:23:46. > :23:54.got 19 Test centuries and he's only 26. He grinds these teams into

:23:54. > :23:59.total submission and it is brilliant to watch. He's like the

:23:59. > :24:05.new Rock of Gibralter, he's just this great, big stick of granite,

:24:05. > :24:13.who just never gets out. He has all the attributes to be one of the

:24:13. > :24:23.greatest run scorers of all time. Cometh the hour, cometh the Cook.

:24:23. > :24:39.

:24:39. > :24:44.Please, welcome Alastair Cook. APPLAUSE

:24:44. > :24:47.That's what you call a welcome! Thank you. You were creating the

:24:47. > :24:51.fireworks in Australia. Tell us what was it like smashing the

:24:51. > :24:55.Aussies all over the place and winning the Ashes on their home

:24:55. > :25:01.soil? Everyone likes beating Australia, so it was incredible

:25:01. > :25:05.tour to be part of. To play a significant contribution to winning

:25:05. > :25:11.that, it will always stay long in my memory and when Chris Tremlett

:25:11. > :25:16.took that final wicket it was a great moment. 766 runs during the

:25:16. > :25:21.series, over 35 hours at the crease. How hard is it to maintain

:25:21. > :25:25.concentration? It's one of the challenges you have got. I'm a bit

:25:25. > :25:29.of a boring batsman to watch. I can't score runs quickly enough, so

:25:29. > :25:33.I have to stay there a long time. Goochy has taught me well on the

:25:33. > :25:39.concentration and to have him in my camp, teaching me how to be a run

:25:39. > :25:44.scorer is very important. Is there one moment during the year that is

:25:44. > :25:49.your special highlight? To me, it's right at the beginning, in Sydney.

:25:49. > :25:54.Obviously, Graeme Swann talked about it and Andrew, that moment

:25:54. > :26:00.when we finally achieved what a lot of people didn't think we could do.

:26:00. > :26:03.I believe there is a very big day coming up? Yeah, I'm getting

:26:03. > :26:07.married on New Year's Eve, so hopefully it will be a great way to

:26:07. > :26:09.end what has been a good year. luck with that. Good luck with the

:26:09. > :26:19.award tonight. Ladies and gentlemen, Alastair Cook.

:26:19. > :26:35.

:26:35. > :26:38.Still to come, we'll announce our Lifetime Achievement Award winner

:26:38. > :26:47.and end the night with the crowning of the BBC Sports Personality of

:26:47. > :26:52.the Year. The Walker Cup - Great Britain and Ireland's amateur men

:26:52. > :26:56.battle the elements and outgun the United States. Victory for Great

:26:57. > :27:00.Britain and Ireland in the Walker Cup. A storming fightback by

:27:00. > :27:08.Europe's women stunned their American rivals. Their first one in

:27:08. > :27:11.the Solheim Cup since 2003. Wonderful scenes and I'm delighted

:27:11. > :27:16.to say there are members of the successful team with us this

:27:17. > :27:21.evening. I'm here with the captain of the team, Alison Nicholas,

:27:21. > :27:29.holding the trophy that nobody wants to drop. What an incredible

:27:29. > :27:34.year it was for you guys. Not only did you have to wait since 2003,

:27:34. > :27:36.but it was the way you did it? was magnificent with 30 minutes to

:27:36. > :27:41.go and everyone thought the Americans had won and the girls

:27:41. > :27:45.came back and fought back and they were great and it was just a great

:27:45. > :27:49.victory, great team effort. The determination and the belief they

:27:49. > :27:54.had in themselves was magnificent and I thank them for this trophy.

:27:54. > :27:58.Plenty of pride from the girls, but for you personally after such a

:27:58. > :28:04.wonderful career, was it the highlight? Absolutely. It even beat

:28:04. > :28:08.my US Open Major win. It was terrific to see the girls fight and

:28:08. > :28:14.play so well and to see their faces at the end of it. They were just a

:28:14. > :28:20.great team and it was a team effort. Indeed. Amazing drama. Thank you

:28:20. > :28:25.very much for being here this evening. Thank you. It was in the

:28:25. > :28:28.Walker Cup that our next contender excelled as an amateur. Now he's a

:28:28. > :28:32.model professional. This year he topped the money list on both sides

:28:32. > :28:37.of the Atlantic. He's world number one, the force was certainly with

:28:37. > :28:47.Luke Donald in 2011. My mum said when he was born this one is

:28:47. > :28:55.

:28:55. > :29:00.Use the force, Luke. He was the best player in the world. Highs

:29:00. > :29:07.consistency is second to none. fantastic. You expect him to hit

:29:07. > :29:15.the right shot at the right time. You could almost tell at an early

:29:15. > :29:18.age that he had that mindset to achieve the highest goal in golf.

:29:18. > :29:28.He works so hard on every aspect of his game. That is why I think he's

:29:28. > :29:29.

:29:29. > :29:36.become number one. The force will be with you, always. You have two

:29:36. > :29:41.guys fighting for formed number one. Then to have a playoff to decide it.

:29:41. > :29:51.He doesn't make mistakes, he just grinds them down. He's able to

:29:51. > :29:52.

:29:52. > :29:57.create the pressure because he's Our father passed away three weeks

:29:57. > :30:01.ago, I remember sitting on the sofa, and Luke holed that putt and just

:30:01. > :30:06.dad and I looked at each other and we just sort of held each other's

:30:06. > :30:10.hand and looked at each other. It was a nice moment. Seeing Luke

:30:10. > :30:20.become the best golfer in the world, just a lot of pride, just

:30:20. > :30:23.

:30:24. > :30:27.Because he goes about his business so quietly, you forget what he's

:30:27. > :30:33.done this year. You've got to believe that the majors will be the

:30:34. > :30:43.next step. The sky's the limit. Please welcome the number one

:30:44. > :31:06.

:31:06. > :31:10.We thought it was apt you've been so hot on the golf course this year.

:31:10. > :31:14.While it's been a year of constant highs on the course, it's been a

:31:14. > :31:18.year of highs and lows off it. Just three days after your lost your

:31:18. > :31:22.father, your second child was born. Yeah, that was some of the toughest

:31:22. > :31:26.weeks of my life, obviously, I think the birth of our second

:31:26. > :31:31.daughter shed a little grace on the situation. You can never prepare

:31:31. > :31:34.for something like that. There were so many highs and lows. Just so

:31:34. > :31:39.many emotions running around. It was tough. The only real

:31:39. > :31:43.frustration when it comes to Sophia is that she doesn't yet realise how

:31:43. > :31:48.special her dad is, the first man in the history of the sport to be

:31:48. > :31:56.world number one and top the money lists on both sides of the Atlantic.

:31:56. > :31:59.And to do with it it with a lightsabre. Yes! We all aspire to

:31:59. > :32:05.do something to create history, to do something that no-one has ever

:32:05. > :32:09.done. To win both money list titles was very special for me and a very,

:32:09. > :32:13.very proud moment. I'm sure the force is strong enough to keep it

:32:13. > :32:23.going in 2012. Well done for a fantastic year. Good luck tonight

:32:23. > :32:23.

:32:23. > :33:36.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 99 seconds

:33:36. > :33:46.as well. Ladies and gentleman, Luke Web to be get the bill payer's

:33:46. > :33:56.

:33:56. > :34:01.You've got about ten minutes to pick your favourite before the

:34:01. > :34:05.lines close. Don't delay. It's now time to announce the 2011 Team Of

:34:05. > :34:09.The Year. This award like the coach, overseas an the contenders for the

:34:09. > :34:14.main award, has been decided by a panel of newspaper and magazine

:34:14. > :34:18.editors, worth pointing that ou. To present the award, welcome the 2002

:34:18. > :34:28.Sports Personality Of The Year and Britain's most successful gymnast

:34:28. > :34:42.

:34:42. > :34:52.of all time, Paula Radcliffe and Great to have you both with us for

:34:52. > :34:55.this Team Of The Year award. Let's look at the top three contenders.

:34:55. > :35:00.England cricketers ruled the world in 2011, becoming the number one

:35:00. > :35:04.Test team on the planet after that stunning Ashes triumph and the

:35:04. > :35:09.whitewash of India. Manchester United created history this year,

:35:09. > :35:14.winning a record-breaking 19th top- flight English league title. They

:35:15. > :35:20.also enjoyed success in Europe, reaching the Champions League final.

:35:20. > :35:24.And Wales Rugby Union team enjoyed a fantastic run in the World Cup.

:35:24. > :35:33.They memorabley beat Ireland to reach the semi-s but missed out on

:35:33. > :35:43.the final by just a point. Beth, the winner please.

:35:43. > :36:17.

:36:17. > :36:20.The Team Of The Year for 2011 is Many congratulations Andrew. I'm

:36:20. > :36:24.sure you'd love to say a few words. Yeah I wo. Thank you very much.

:36:24. > :36:28.This is a special award for us to win. I'm delighted to win it for a

:36:28. > :36:32.couple of reasons. Firstly, because there's so many great teams who

:36:32. > :36:36.have won it in the past of the secondly, the one thing we have

:36:36. > :36:40.bought into as a team is the idea that the team is more important

:36:40. > :36:44.than the individual. I think it's been the real basis of why we've

:36:44. > :36:48.done well over the last couple of years and makes it even more

:36:48. > :36:55.special to receive this accolade tonight. A couple of very quick

:36:55. > :36:59.thank yous, if you don't mind. First to Andy Flower and the

:36:59. > :37:04.coaching staff. They've pushed us on, when sometimes we didn't want

:37:05. > :37:08.to push on. I thank you. I would like to thank the support staff and

:37:08. > :37:13.medical staff, who don't often get much praise, but they look after us

:37:13. > :37:16.fantastically well and probably think we're a load of prima Donnas.

:37:16. > :37:20.We appreciate that. We would like to thank our families who go

:37:20. > :37:25.through the trials and tribulations alongside us and probably deserve

:37:25. > :37:29.this a lot more than we do. Thank you very much, cheers.

:37:29. > :37:39.Congratulations England on an outstanding year.

:37:39. > :37:46.

:37:46. > :37:49.It's almost close of play in terms of voting for your 2011 Sports

:37:50. > :37:54.Personality Of The Year. The lines will only be open for a few more

:37:54. > :38:02.minutes, so get dialling. The rugby year began with England

:38:02. > :38:06.flying high. Ireland wrecked the Grand Slam. But still, the best of

:38:06. > :38:11.six. Saracens cut down the opposition to land the English

:38:11. > :38:17.Premiership. Leinster conquered Europe, but their double dreams

:38:17. > :38:22.were hit by old rivals Munster. Rugby league, another stunning

:38:22. > :38:29.Wembley showpiece. Wigan downing Leeds, but Leeds would be back. A

:38:29. > :38:34.grand final revival inspired by the biggest little man in rugby. In the

:38:34. > :38:38.Four Nations, England beat the world champions, but in the final,

:38:38. > :38:48.the kangaroos provided the knock- out punch, a perfect sendoff for

:38:48. > :38:50.

:38:50. > :39:00.the great Darren Lochear. A final call for three more reds. Wilko,

:39:00. > :39:00.

:39:00. > :40:30.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 99 seconds

:40:30. > :40:34.Thank you very much Ngati Ranana. I hope you found that inspirational

:40:34. > :40:43.and the Haka certainly inspired the hosts at the Rugby World Cup, where

:40:43. > :40:47.New Zealand danced to a winning tune. In theory, it was all too

:40:47. > :40:52.easy, New Zealand hadn't won the World Cup for 24 years, but they

:40:52. > :40:57.were the best team in the world and now they had home advantage. This

:40:57. > :41:04.was the World Cup of fractured perceptions all set against the

:41:04. > :41:13.real fracture of the Christ Church earthquake. Dan Carter, the best

:41:13. > :41:16.player in this best team, went down injured. And the screw in Ritchie's

:41:16. > :41:22.McCall's metatarsal meant the All Blacks would have to do it the hard

:41:22. > :41:26.way. And who might challenge them? Not England. On the field

:41:26. > :41:32.unconvincing, off it, uncontrollable. Whatever their

:41:32. > :41:39.World Cup target was, England miss today by a mile. -- missed it by a

:41:39. > :41:44.mile. Even Johnny missed. It was memorable for tonga, nearly. For

:41:44. > :41:49.Scotland, who did everything bar score when it mattered, they

:41:49. > :41:54.defended dogedly until it mattered. Ireland did finish one job,

:41:54. > :42:00.emerging unbeaten from their pool, victory over Australia opened up a

:42:00. > :42:04.pathway for them... Nearly. It was nearly Wales's World Cup. They

:42:04. > :42:08.would eventually be tipped into the black hole of a captain sent off

:42:08. > :42:13.and missed kicks. But until then, they lit up the tournament. Wales

:42:13. > :42:20.were beaten in the semi-final by France, the most mute nus crew at

:42:20. > :42:24.the World Cup, the worst it -- worst team it was said to reach the

:42:24. > :42:28.final. But on the night they advanced on New Zealand's Haka, and

:42:28. > :42:32.were the better team who lost. The best team won the World Cup, but

:42:32. > :42:40.how difficult it was for them and the World Cup was all the better

:42:40. > :42:45.for it being anything but easy. the very emotional World Cup

:42:45. > :42:51.victory. The All Blacks were not the only antipodeans to rule in

:42:51. > :42:55.2011. Australian Casey Stoner won the MotoGP world championship title

:42:55. > :43:00.N Formula One, the season was dominated by one team, one car and

:43:00. > :43:08.crucially, one man, from the very start. Pole position was the

:43:08. > :43:12.possession of Sebastien Vettel. Formula One, for some of us, it's

:43:12. > :43:22.all about instinct. You keep pushing to the limit. Sometimes

:43:22. > :43:23.

:43:23. > :43:29.beyond. The chasing pack are relentless in their pursuit.

:43:29. > :43:36.COMMENTATOR: Button is flying. Beautiful to list ton it. He goes

:43:36. > :43:39.round the outside. Alonso leads. Another brave and sensational move.

:43:39. > :43:47.When the moment of victory arrives...

:43:47. > :43:53.COMMENTATOR: The reigning world champion.... You feel invincible.

:43:53. > :43:59.It is an emotion beyond words. The youngest ever double world champion.

:44:00. > :44:08.COMMENTATOR: The new world champion, Sebastien Vettel. Now a time to

:44:08. > :44:11.reflect, but soon enough, the hunt resumes. The checkered flag has

:44:11. > :44:15.been waved on voting for this year's Sports Personality Of The

:44:15. > :44:22.Year. The phone lines are now closed. Please do not call as the

:44:22. > :44:32.vote won't count and you may still be charged. Here's a taster of a

:44:32. > :44:55.

:44:55. > :45:00.little something coming your way COMMENTATOR: Usain Bolt! So, the

:45:01. > :45:06.countdown is well and truly on. There's just 217 days to go until

:45:06. > :45:11.the Olympic flame is lit by this very torch and the greatest show on

:45:11. > :45:15.earth begins in London. That brings us on to our Lifetime Achievement

:45:15. > :45:21.Award winner who as an athlete is simply out of this world. He's an

:45:21. > :45:26.Olympic giant in every sense of the word. He put his family and his

:45:26. > :45:30.body through hell to achieve what he achieved. Had he stopped after

:45:30. > :45:40.Atlantic he wouldn't be remembered. -- Atlanta, he wouldn't be

:45:40. > :45:43.remembered. Four gold in a row. If anyone sees me go near a boat you

:45:43. > :45:47.have my permission to shoot me. Sydney established him as a

:45:47. > :45:54.sporting icon in Britain, if not the world. He would have won gold

:45:54. > :45:59.in each of the five Games and no athlete has ever done that in an

:45:59. > :46:07.endurance event. For us, it was everyday life. We always knew he

:46:07. > :46:11.was quite special. For us he was just dad. Every interview, every

:46:11. > :46:16.newspaper journalist was all about, are you going to win your fifth?

:46:16. > :46:26.Every time you have to say, yes, I am. He knew it was the most

:46:26. > :46:27.

:46:27. > :46:35.important six minutes of his life. 1997 he became a diabetic.

:46:35. > :46:39.normal person would have said, "I can't carry on." He wouldn't be the

:46:39. > :46:42.first to suggest that if you weren't performing in trials that

:46:42. > :46:46.you didn't deserve a place on the team, so there were different times

:46:46. > :46:52.in that four years. Is it worth it? Are the big Games worth going

:46:52. > :46:58.through this hassle for? Absolutely miserable and you could tell he was

:46:58. > :47:02.in sporting hell. Hold on boys, the Italians are coming strong. By the

:47:02. > :47:09.time he got his diabetes controlled as best he could he was back in

:47:09. > :47:19.full fitness and I have never seen him pull harder. He was showing

:47:19. > :47:21.

:47:21. > :47:28.himself, I'm the best in the world." There was so much riding on

:47:28. > :47:38.this race, it was very much very different to the previous one.

:47:38. > :47:38.

:47:38. > :47:41.COMMENTATOR: Five in a row. What a great limb wan quan -- limb quan.

:47:41. > :47:50.- Olympian. We should have been saying thank you to him, but he was

:47:50. > :47:54.saying it to us. He's truly inspirational. He's my daddy!

:47:55. > :47:58.present the trophy I'm delighted to be joined by Her Royal Highness,

:47:58. > :48:00.the Princess Royal, herself a former recipient of the Sports

:48:00. > :48:05.Personality of the Year. Also here are family friends and colleagues

:48:05. > :48:06.from the world of rowing to honour this year's Lifetime Achievement

:48:06. > :48:16.Award winner, it's Sir Steve Redgrave.

:48:16. > :48:16.

:48:16. > :49:51.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 99 seconds

:49:51. > :49:55.What an ovation and well deserved. We'll hear from Sir Steve in one

:49:55. > :50:00.moment, but ma'am, how would you sum up this man's achievements?

:50:00. > :50:05.think he does everything the hard way, but he's been a pleasure to

:50:05. > :50:09.have been able to give him one or two awards over the passage of time,

:50:09. > :50:12.but nothing gives my more pleasure than that, because it's a lifetime

:50:12. > :50:19.of achievement. It's hard to believe the first time I met this

:50:19. > :50:25.chap he was the quiet unassuming one. That was the first of his gold

:50:25. > :50:29.medals and we know how difficult it is or was to achieve that

:50:29. > :50:32.extraordinary level of success throughout his Olympic career. But,

:50:32. > :50:37.can I just add something that doesn't come out in there, just how

:50:37. > :50:42.much he's contributed in other ways? Frankly, I don't think we

:50:42. > :50:46.would have done nearly so well in our Olympic bid if it hadn't been

:50:46. > :50:53.for Steve's eloquance and passion in his delivery and the fact he

:50:53. > :50:56.also had some very, very pertinent instructions to give to some rather

:50:56. > :51:02.more experienced public speakers at the very important bid in Singapore,

:51:02. > :51:07.which may even have made the crucial difference. His fundraising

:51:07. > :51:11.activity. We have shed one -- shared one or two platforms for

:51:11. > :51:17.fellow athletes, but he's also continued that not just with his

:51:17. > :51:20.own foundation, but with sports up and down the country. When it says

:51:20. > :51:29.lifetime achievement, this really does mean it, through sport, but

:51:29. > :51:39.everything he's done during sport and since and I hope this is

:51:39. > :51:48.

:51:48. > :51:51.Lifetime Achievement Award so far! APPLAUSE

:51:51. > :51:57.Your Royal Highness, thank you very much for giving me another award.

:51:57. > :52:02.Two lick pim gold medals and this BBC Lifetime Achievement Award.

:52:02. > :52:07.Thank you very much for recognising me in this way -- Olympic. I never

:52:07. > :52:09.thought I would be here again, eleven years ago, when I was

:52:09. > :52:11.receiving the BBC Sports Personality of the Year and I

:52:11. > :52:18.thought that was probably going to be the last time that I achieved an

:52:18. > :52:24.award of any sort. I suppose I better explain this in some ways.

:52:24. > :52:27.Rumour has it hive been trying out for the 2012 Games and it's gone

:52:27. > :52:31.wrong. It's not really. I had a small operation yesterday morning.

:52:32. > :52:38.This will be off tomorrow, so it's no big deal, but it looks pretty

:52:38. > :52:45.dramatic. To receive this lifetime achievement is a great honour for

:52:45. > :52:50.me, but without these people around me this would never happen. It's --

:52:50. > :52:54.I should have said eleven years ago that I didn't say and I'll get

:52:54. > :53:01.there shortly, to put it right, that Clive was the first guy that I

:53:01. > :53:08.actually went out on the water with, many years ago, 1976. That's how my

:53:08. > :53:12.career started. Then with Pete and we rowed up to junior level, but

:53:12. > :53:20.never selected to go to the world championships and then our paths

:53:20. > :53:25.went a separate way. 1980, with Adam Clist, being in the junior

:53:25. > :53:31.double, -- we won a silver medal and we were disgusted with that and

:53:31. > :53:35.walked out in different directions. From that we made British rowing

:53:35. > :53:40.stronger from that, the coaching and the support staff and it has

:53:40. > :53:45.made a real huge difference. All the guys that I have won Olympic

:53:45. > :53:50.goad medals with are here tonight, apart from one. And rye Holmes lost

:53:50. > :53:55.his life just over a year ago and it would have been great to see him

:53:55. > :53:59.here tonight. Unfortunately, from that point of view. I've had great

:53:59. > :54:04.memories with these guys, rowing up and down the river. The boring old

:54:04. > :54:10.sport going backwards! 2012 is only a few days away. It's going to be a

:54:10. > :54:14.great sporting year. We have had a great sporting year in 2011. I

:54:15. > :54:19.think 2012 will be even better and our rowing team is much, much

:54:19. > :54:22.stronger than any of the years that I was involved in the sport. Expect

:54:22. > :54:27.some big things, putting the pressure on the team now. One or

:54:27. > :54:31.two are standing to the side of me now. To the BBC for giving me this

:54:31. > :54:37.opportunity and that one person that I forgot to mention eleven

:54:37. > :54:43.years ago was my wife. I mentioned everybody else on that occasion,

:54:43. > :54:47.but forgot to mention my wife. My wife was an Olympic athlete in her

:54:47. > :54:52.own right. Silver and bronze at the Commonwealth Games and in her own

:54:52. > :54:57.right as an athlete and then has been the team doctor on and off for

:54:57. > :55:00.the last 15 years and now helping the team in their preparations for

:55:00. > :55:04.next year. Without family and friends, my parents and all the

:55:04. > :55:07.support that I've had from that close-knit family, I would never

:55:07. > :55:11.have been able to achieve the sort of things I've done within sports.

:55:11. > :55:15.The last eleven years have been trying to help others achieve other

:55:15. > :55:20.things and actually Sport Relief was actually put together in my

:55:20. > :55:23.front room at my house in 2000. That's going from strength to

:55:23. > :55:27.strength, so please go out there and run your mile or be part of the

:55:27. > :55:31.mile next year and make it one of the biggest events the world has

:55:31. > :55:36.ever seen and that money raised will help people around the world

:55:37. > :55:40.doing some very special things. Thank you to all these guys here

:55:40. > :55:44.today and Princess Royal and the BBC to put that wrong right of my

:55:44. > :55:49.wife of thanking her for all her support through thick and thin.

:55:49. > :55:53.This was one of the minor things in my career, but she has helped me

:55:53. > :55:57.through most of the major ones as well. Thank you to all of you for

:55:58. > :56:07.giving me this opportunity. APPLAUSE

:56:08. > :56:36.

:56:36. > :56:39.Congratulations to Sir Steve Britain is winning. For the fourth

:56:39. > :56:49.time Chrissie Wellington is world champion. So many of the best

:56:49. > :56:59.athletes on the planet are now from this island. It's gold for Keri-

:56:59. > :57:13.

:57:13. > :57:23.Anne Payne of Britain. In water. On land. Across the globe.

:57:23. > :57:24.

:57:24. > :57:32.champion of the world. World champion. Helen Jenkins is the

:57:32. > :57:39.world number one. When we salute a truly golden generation of British

:57:39. > :57:49.men and women. Rebecca Adlington, who in 2011 took it to the world

:57:49. > :57:50.

:57:50. > :57:54.and won! Some great achievements and there was more success at the

:57:54. > :58:01.Special Olympics, where Great Britain won an incredible 187

:58:01. > :58:05.medals, including 72 golds. At the European paralimb pick -- the

:58:05. > :58:10.European Paralympic Swimming Championships the GB team took 27

:58:10. > :58:13.golds with Susie Rodgers winning five titles. It's almost time to

:58:13. > :58:18.reveal the name of the Sports Personality of the Year, but before

:58:18. > :58:28.we do, let's now take some time to reflect and remember so many of our

:58:28. > :58:28.

:58:28. > :01:41.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 99 seconds

:01:41. > :01:46.sporting friends, who we sadly lost A wonderful tribute interest to

:01:46. > :01:50.some of the very special -- there to some of the very special friends.

:01:50. > :02:00.We miss you all. In a moment we'll reveal the 2011 Sports Personality

:02:00. > :02:09.

:02:09. > :02:13.of the Year, but first, here's a reminder of the ten contenders:

:02:14. > :02:19.would feel humble that people voted for me. It's been a truly wonderful

:02:19. > :02:22.year for me and this would cap it off. Just to be nominated is a

:02:22. > :02:28.great feeling. It's probably the highest accolade you can have

:02:28. > :02:31.bestowed on you. Just to be a nominee is massive, but to win it,

:02:31. > :02:35.I would be quite lost for words. would be one of the highlights of

:02:35. > :02:39.my career so far. There's a great list of winners and one I would

:02:39. > :02:47.like to try to join. We don't play sport for accolades, but it would

:02:47. > :02:53.be incredible. It's time. Ladies and gentlemen, to announce the

:02:53. > :02:58.winner of the 2011 Sports Personality of the Year. To present

:02:58. > :03:08.the awards, please welcome two sporting legends, Sir Bobby

:03:08. > :03:16.

:03:16. > :03:20.Charlton and Baroness Tanni Grey- All votes have been counted and

:03:20. > :03:30.independently verified. Tanni, if I can ask you to reveal who is in

:03:30. > :04:08.

:04:08. > :04:18.third place. Third place is Mo Congratulationss to Mo Farah. Tanni,

:04:18. > :04:48.

:04:48. > :04:53.the runner up, please. And the BBC Sports Personality Of

:04:53. > :05:03.The Year 2011? The 2011 BBC Sports Personality Of The Year is... Mark

:05:03. > :05:03.

:05:03. > :06:21.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 99 seconds

:06:21. > :06:27.I'm absolutely speechless, really. I think a few of the guise, my

:06:27. > :06:32.team-mates, they'll say that's a rare thing, you know. But it's

:06:32. > :06:38.those guys, without those guys this wouldn't even be close to possible,

:06:38. > :06:44.I guarantee you that. I had a group of guys in Copenhagen who road

:06:44. > :06:54.incredible this year. That brought a rainbow Jersey back to Great

:06:54. > :06:54.

:06:54. > :06:59.Britain after nearly half a decade. That's a massive thing. Erm...

:06:59. > :07:02.Really, I'd like to thank obviously those guys as well, everyone who

:07:02. > :07:12.supports me. Obviously my girlfriend and her little bump as

:07:12. > :07:12.

:07:12. > :07:16.well. Yeah, obviously well done to all the other people, the nine

:07:16. > :07:20.other nominations, just to even be nominated in the top ten this year

:07:20. > :07:25.in such an incredible year for British sport, absolutely

:07:25. > :07:31.incredible, that we can provide, produce such champions from such a

:07:31. > :07:37.small place. It's remarkable. Then to be nominated against nine

:07:37. > :07:42.inspirational people this year, to get this, it's, really I'm lost for

:07:42. > :07:49.words. I want to thank everybody, who supports me here and everybody

:07:49. > :07:56.at home who's voted. I think it shows, for me, it's a landmark in

:07:56. > :08:01.cycling. I think I take this on behalf of cycling. For cycling to

:08:01. > :08:06.be recognised in a non-Olympic year, a few years ago, it's unheard of.

:08:06. > :08:11.It would have been unthought of. It's happened you know. It's

:08:11. > :08:17.incredible to see. It's incredible to be part of that. And to see the

:08:17. > :08:23.amount of people out riding bikes to work, commuting and doing it as

:08:23. > :08:28.a hobby. They can appreciate what it is to ride. You know, the pain

:08:28. > :08:36.that it takes, the dedication it takes. It's the same with every

:08:36. > :08:40.sport. That's why we're doing so great. We're just putting so much

:08:40. > :08:45.in. You've seen the returns. Now I'm going to shut up now because

:08:45. > :08:53.I'm just mumbling on. Thank you everybody, thank you. It's an

:08:53. > :08:57.honour. APPLAUSE