Clare Bloomin Balding

[vernonk]

so I tune in to Wimbledon hi litres prog expecting to see John INVERDALE as I have for about 20 years and find its yet another prog fronted by Clare Bloomin Balding. Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy always her????.

[Cloverjo]

She made a mistake when mentioning the jockey's teeth that time, but she's been brilliant with her sports presenting since then, especially at the Olympics, and she was good today on the Wimb highlights tonight. John Inverdale was boring and not very good. I'm not sure his faux pas about what he said about Marion Bartolli has a lot to do with his not being rehired this year. He and Bartolli worked together on ITV 4 for coverage of the French Open and there didn't seem to be a problem between them.

[Baldric]

Quite a few opinions here as to why he was dropped

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[thesecondlaw]

Whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy always her?
Er, because she's good at her job, I reckon.

[PankySmooch]

He messed up again back in March by dropping the C-Bomb in a radio interview where he said "Rose C---ed Glasses" instead of "Rose Tinted Glasses".

Not a fan of either of them to be honest

[vulcan42]

I miss the commentators of old, the likes of Dan Maskell, Richie Benaud, Kenneth Wolstenholme,etc, who knew when to shut up. They realised we didn't need a running commentary as we could see what was happening. Most of today's commentators seem to be afraid of dead air and just don't understand that constant talking isn't necessary.

[agchristie]

Couldn't agree more Vulcan. Broadcasting is an art form but these days we have channel bosses who would rather see celebrities galore or people more suited to radio who forget that they are on TV and forget that we can actually see what is occurring.

Benaud, Alliss, Everton, Lowe are/were great and many more sadly replaced by mediocrity in numbers. Who could forget Neville assisting at the World Cup Eng v Ita, just dreadful!!

I actually think Baldwin and also Irvine are quite decent.

[Sycamore3House]

They use Clare Balding as she is freelance and does not have a contract with the BBC. Hence she is also on Channel 4 racing and her chat show on BBC2