Tv Theme World Of Sport

[AshtonPhoto]

I remember part of the intro, it showed exciting crashes and action but in the actual show it was all horse racing and footy and horse racing and rugby and horse racing and then more horse racing. Still, I'd give anything to get those days back.

[peterpeterxxo]

this isnt the world of sport intro. its a mashup, it finished in 1985 but its got michael owen from wc98. and other bits.

[carabrett1]

giant haystacks and jim breaks, bloody shitpot as my dad would call him,

[scurrie42]

I can't watch this without smiling, how fun were the 70s. Great to see Jackie Pallo at the end of the clip, who was the other wrestler? I seem to remember there was one that called himself Catweazle....

[richtea1971]

@scurrie42 further to your comment that is not Jackie Pallo in the wrestling clip it is Beautiful Bobby Barnes from Maidstone. The other wrestler was infact catweazle who you mentioned, named after the tv character around at the same time. Sadly Catweazle is no longer with us.

[lumarshall]

Such fun Saturdays either this or grandstand or the movie matinees on bbc 2 (usually in black and white) no ps 3s or dvds so it was of to my mates to shoot the action men dressed in german uniforms and other games that involved social interaction. Great times

[DarrenBonJovi]

Heroic times.....

[wesmander]

Real sport ,from a time when men were men

[1968davidcassin]

yes a pity it ever went sky would never have been as powerful as they are now

[MrGondolier]

Is that Boris Johnson at 1:38 ?

[CaptainQuint100]

@MrGondolier  Perhaps the Late Great Jimmy Saville. Remember he used to be a wrestler. RIP Jimmy (1926-2011) a True Broadcasting Legend.

[MrGondolier]

@CaptainQuint100 so true...!

[TheMalamute64]

World of sport with ironically very little sport. Lots of horse racing followed by pantomime wrestling then the footy results. At least all the results came at the same time then. Does anyone remember the comentator getting tongue tied when he read Hamilton accedemicles 4 Forfar 4?

[salvadormarley]

Fucking monumental. The Britain that i REMEMBER and LOVE. RIP.

[ATVmidlands5581]

@salvadormarley

completely agree mate. This was the Britain that i knew and loved too. I barely recognise the place now...and sadly its not for the better.

cheers

ATVmidlands

[custardaghost]

Thumbs up all of you whose dad would up and dance around the living room when this theme started up.

[8492grob]

just like sky sports full of yankee imports grandstand for me every time

[richtea1971]

Dickie Davies is a legend, the greatest sports presenter of all time, there will never be another Dickie Davies

[dummyspitter]

Good afternoon my names dickie davis and im an arse

[cappy00000]

Classic theme.

[vania1013]

i flew that plane many years ago

lost my linence when my eyes went

arrh what shame

[TheHendonKissArmy]

Wonderful. Fantastic memories come flooding back

[MrLesliegreen]

Ah! those were the days all those famous people doing what they did best.

Have too say though not as good as the Grandstand theme tune. Brings back happy

memories watching the programme on a Saturday afternoon. Thank You.

[postoffice56]

Classic stuff!

[taynuilt1]

Great memories. Used to love the wrestling and its legendary commentator - Kent Walton - with his catchphrases "Welcome grapple-fans" and "Have a good week tiiiill next week". Classic telly!

[ashmiles]

Crikey I remember the Evel Knevel jump really well. Motorbike jumps were really popular back then over buses.

[Glenn1967ful]

I feel quite nostalgic for three day weeks, high inflation, power cuts and Edward Heath when I think of this.

[Barcrest]

@Glenn1967ful Don't worry, Cameron is doing his best to get us back there however I don't think he currently has plans to bring back World Of Sport.

[jonnyf1970]

@Barcrest It wasn't in his manifesto so that probably means he will !

[scarletharlot69]

wonder if it cost them a few bob to film the opening credits with aircraft... or where they on loan from the BBC flying club or something? LOL

[fendweller]

I don't remember it going on as long as that!

[pjsage921]

this music is perfect whether your team won or lost you always had a good mood at 5pm on saturday

[2100Rose]

@pjsage921 Never a great sport fan myself , but being such a good piece of music like this is somehow I can see where you are coming from on this one .

[igglepickles]

just had to say wonderfull wonderfull wonderfull

sat afternoon again homework to do

on the floor shouting at the black & white tv

easy easy easy !!!!!!!! what joy oh to be fourteen again with 50p pocket money

[Hirsute63]

Can't imagine Football, "Up it's, and the Premiership's own arse" Focus, showing fun things like this in the opening credits ever again... Sadly

[LOCOMOTIONNUMBER1]

The best bit was the closing credits, then you could turn over to BBC 1 and watch Dads Army or Star Trek.

World of Sport only covered footie, nag racing and rigged westling matches...what a choice! Put me off boring sport programmes for life.

[Kaldhore]

oh the memories :P

[lambo4866ify]

I agree with that , the opening looks so promising and then all you got was shite , horse racing and at your local bar everyone running next door to make a bet,

[Kaldhore]

@lambo4866ify Noo Big Daddy and giant haystacks wrestling.

[Kaldhore]

@lambo4866ify lol

[TheMusicman12ize]

sheer class this was when telly was telly way way better

[OldSchoolRasslin]

wrestling was a real sport back in those days, not like the fake american stuff we get today. Big Daddy once killed a man by smashing him in the ring.

[eddiewillers1]

Ah! Those cheezy 70's at their finest!

[cphater1]

Are mein jit gaya!

[mcunk1]

The days when you could watch a wide range of sport, yes sport!! not the show buisiness money spinning tripe we have now. great days- great sportsmen and women.....

[fifthof]

Nostalgia on a stick !

[sirtinycreep]

LOL, not heard this for ages. Great theme tune. Thanks for posting.

[flammasherman]

Actually called World Of Sport March, a classic if ever there was one along with the ORIGINAL Grandstand theme, these tunes stick in the memory forever , reminding us of the security of family life and a bygone era.

[2JAMMY]

Kin ell the good old days. If I only knew then what I know now - those were magic days. The old man sitting there beating the crap outta the sofa screaming at big daddy to beat the shit outta giant haystacks, boring steve never missing a shot. I don't miss the sport - I woulda gone out more and played with the girls and invested some money and lived it up while it was still good - luv the theme tune for WOS.

[xjr1300paul]

magic just magic.......thank you tvtestcard

[hankeyj84]

lol this is top notch entertainment!

[spib65]

@hankeyj84

They use to cater for the obscure judging by some of the vents i spotted on the credits.

Entertaining yes.

[TheDeane64]

Still remember the old Women trying to should at the wrestlers they didn't like.

[LOCOMOTIONNUMBER1]

Football, darts, horse racing and westling. I lived on this diet of crap telly as a kid. Still hate sport.

[Feisty1967]

Great days! They should never have cancelled this show. I remember many happy afternoons of my childhood watching the wrestling and waiting for your mum and dad to come back from shopping and hoping they bought you something nice.

[gallafey]

ITV sould bring back World Of Sport & BBC should bring back Granstand i used to watch both depending what was on either program

[Noodles37UK]

Dickie Davies turned down the role of Damien in the 3rd Omen movie.

[cosworth6nut]

I am not a fan of sport, but I have to admit, this brought back some memories, particularly of watching the wrestling at 4:00pm and Dickie Davies. Complete with Bob Colston (sp?) with the football result and doing the Littlewoods pools to see if we won anything... needless to say, we never did. Thank you ever so much for the memory, god I feel old *LOL*

[krakenwave]

at the end - 1.23 - Catweazle and ? Adrian Street.

[ellandrd1306]

@krakenwave no my friend it was catweazle v bobby barnes adrian streets tag partner

[cosworth6nut]

@ellandrd1306

Thanks for that, I recognised Catweazle instantly, but I did not remember the other one. Wonder whatever happened to Catweazle...

[Feverwitch]

@cosworth6nut Aaah Jacky Pallo, Mick McManu, am I making up Billy Two Rivers?, didn't he carry a tomahawk, surely in contravention of today's health and safety laws!

[cosworth6nut]

@Feverwitch Unfortunately, I am a little too young to remember Bill Two Rivers, though I do remember many others. It used to be a religion event on Saturday afternoon at 4pm for my Father to watch the Wrestling. He got so passionate about it, particularly when "Fit Finley" or "Giant Haystacks" would break the rules. Do you remember the "Royal Brothers" and "Vic Faulkner"? One thing my Father always used to say "I know they are acting, but it takes a lot to lift a bloke above your head".

[Feverwitch]

@cosworth6nut Dads!, they don't make 'em like they used to! Mum could never watch, she took it all a bit too seriously. I certainly remember Vic Faulkner. Do remember the moves - half nelson, boston crab - brilliant! What do we get now of an afternoon?, blokes who should know better doing the paso doble. Mind you Ann Widdecombe would make up half of a very good tag team, if not all of it.

[cosworth6nut]

@Feverwitch You betcha. I have not watched Strictly this year, but have seen it in the past. In January, my wife and a number of her friends went to see it live in Liverpool and had a great time. Anyway, back to the wrestling - there was another show on S4C (Welsh Channel 4) and although we could not understand word 1, we did not need to - the show was called "Reslo" and had female wrestling - boy that was violent - far worse than the blokes.

[moosey62]

Gorgeous Bobby Barnes vs Catweazle. LOL!

[MRSstraightA]

Reminds me of a time when someone could streak at a FA cup quarter final and get shuffled off by a couple of coppers to a cheering and entertained crowd and laughing TV audience- rather than the streaker getting battered by security guards arrested by the police and prosecuted by the CPS because the FA's corporate sponsors and shareholders would demand nothing less.

Bring back Dickie Davis !!

[Apophisguard]

Yep, good old Saturdays of the 70's. Before big money raped sport!

[t0mme1981]

@Apophisguard: Short and to the point. Money has raped sport and there is no enjoyment any more... take the 2010 World Cup. Can you remember one memorable game or even moment?

[Apophisguard]

@t0mme1981 Not one! Mind you, I gave up on football when sponsorship entered the game.

[rfn59]

..who needs Sky Sports ??

[colinsmyth99]

Fantastic. thanks for loading.

[MinutemanUK]

Loved the nostalgia :)

[RICHIEPR63]

less complicated in those days,only one live football match a season, the FA Cup final on both channels!Why were 70s theme tunes so much better then they are now?

[Flashboyg]

Brian Moore in there in amongst that feast of old footage, vivid reminders of Sunny Saturday afternoons in the late 70's sitting with my Granda howling with laughter at the wrestling while mum was at the shops with my Granny.

Was that Evel Knievel in there as well?? Loved the stock car racing with the old 50's American Cars.

[admiralhanson]

@Flashboyg Jeez, didn't ITV's World Cup coverage show how much they miss Brian Moore ?

[Tbaldwin1971]

@admiralhanson I agree with you there.Good old Brian Moore.

Grew up watching him commentating on the footy.

These days its all very mediocre and hype.

[AngryOfMayfair]

heh-heh... Anyone remember Benny Hill doing a take on World Of Sport? He was Dickie Davies, and I remember when the cameras go back on him after a commericial break, he was cutting his toenails on the desk....

[goldyn12345]

in the end grandstand kicked its ass!!!

[staffsyeoman]

@goldyn12345 ahhh yes... but WoS had the wrestling.... Have a Goooood Week... Til Neeeext Week...

[goldyn12345]

@staffsyeoman lol yeah  bid daddy !!! which did you prefer?

[staffsyeoman]

@goldyn12345 Personally? Jackie Pallo or Big Daddy. But the school hero was Kendo Nagasaki for weird reason that a teacher had the nickname 'Gindo' (no idea why) and the chant would go up... 'There's only one Gindo.... Gindo Nagasaki...'

[goldyn12345]

@staffsyeoman lol yeah kendo nagasaki was a lot of peoples favourite. aahh it was such a different time!!

[tubedougz]

We need a Saturday Sports programme back on mainstream TV.

Some people would argue that terrestrial TV is not being watched as much. That's because the best bits have been taken off. It's got nothing to do with changing times, the clever buggars at the 'top' have stuffed things up in the name of 'progress'.

And I'm a fat bastard who hates sports!

[emmyjo720]

ITV was good then. I found that clip with Eric Morecombe is it very funny.

[eclectica1]

Did I notice an impostor clip in there? Surely the rugby footage with the scores in the corner of the screen were not from the 80s?

[admiralhanson]

@eclectica1 That's because the clip is actually taken from the 'World Of Sport' tribute that ITV did for the 50th Anniversary of ITV .... Hence the stuff that occured post-WoS, like the F1 racing and the Rugby Union World Cup, merely interwoven with the original World Of Sport title sequence.

Anyone going to post an 'origianal' sequence and maybe even an end credits bit ... There was a great one on here a few years ago, but has since been removed.

[Glenn1967ful]

What killed WOS was its lack of commitment to serious sport. Apart from racing, it was dominated by wrestling, imported sports and darts. By the mid eighties it was looking very old fashioned and had to go.

[JimShadyUK]

@Glenn1967ful It's a shame as it introduced me to so many sports I wouldn't have seen otherwise. It was the first time I saw NFL and NBA, and it also introduced me to Aussie Rules which has become a lifelong passion of mine. Let's not forget the other stuff like motorbike jumping, surfing, cliff diving (when did you last see THAT on telly?), stock car racing and other brilliant sports like that.

[Glenn1967ful]

@JimShadyUK

Jim

It was more light hearted than Grandstand but the suits at LWT saw it as not serious enough and the move of racing to Channel 4 killed it off. I did enjoy WOS, though.

[admiralhanson]

@JimShadyUK ... Spot on with American Football. World Of Sport was the only place to see it prior to Channel 4. The same goes for the excellent Aussie Rules ....

[MacrossMike]

Indeed;DAVIS!!

[Shrimpyboy]

DAVIS!

[etienne1234567]

world of sport was garbage, apart from on the ball

[Pulsar205]

What an ego boost to have your name flying from a plane lol! Used to think he was preety important :D

[Pulsar205]

@ingravegreen You're a realist. I've tried being one oh how I've tried..but the drudgery of this world compels me to live in a fantasy world on the net! *shakes head with heaving sobs*

[dramatatus]

I love and unerstand how you are all trying to say, look on to brighter times. But is that really going to happen? It will In a surealistict belife of clinging on for the best.  But no one here suggests what they are doing, as to what the best may be?

[dramatatus]

Great sport coverage. I was 8 when this was out, and I felt at home to listen to it. I rememeber the Footy and the Wrestling! Plus the Saturday pissed up peodophiles were honest back then. A man used to come in from the Pub and abuse his wife and kids with pride. I loved it, the money we won on the Saturday sports used to make up our Sunday. Fuck you all!!!! lol

[ellandrd1306]

@ingravegreen you are right my friend but the 70's rocked

[tarqogan]

No, let's keep things as they are now, CRAP! CRAP! CRAP!

[Glenn1967ful]

@ingravegreen

It was of its time, but apart from the racing, there was very little serious sport on it and the show was panned out with wrestling, novelty sports and old clips. The sports establishment sneered at World of Sport and ITV decided to scrap it.

[Pulsar205]

@Glenn1967ful Yeah I remember it used to be all wrestling. That format wouldn't be tolerated in this sport on demand time. I think it was just outdated by then. People weren't so sport obsessesd.

[ellandrd1306]

@ingravegreen would be nice to turn the clock back to the teleprinter,on the ball and kent walton and dickie davies game on. i think this is an era long gone i remember me and my dad going to watch barton town together in the late 70's and running home to catch the results !

[JeddyMooMoo]

Can anyone else remember the stunt man in the red costume, was he called The Human Fly ? I am sure that he did bizarre stunts like being strapped to the top of an airliner, and jumping a line of cars/trucks or bus's on a rocket powered bike and failing miserably..... Are there any other clips out there of this stunt genius !!!!!

Still brill clips of cliff diving from Acapulco what a good memory jolt.

[captainsteve58]

christ i thought i was the only one.... this was such a good show !!!

[AngloAmalgamated]

That's time to switch over to BBC2 for the afternoon movie before my idiot big brother gets a look in.

[langley2205]

Great memories of the 70s! Shows the variety of sports that were on tv in those days, unlike now.

[keithch74]

This brings back memories!

[hairynews]

excellent!

[ellandrd1306]

bring back on the ball it was far better then football focus

[chatham43]

..was that the wrestler Adrian Street at the end...?

[ellandrd1306]

@chatham43 it was his tag partner bobby barnes my friend

[pharbi1]

What's wrong with the world. Bring back world of sport with dickie. I want to see championship log chopping from moosejaw! I also want to see final score with the teleprinter.....and I hate football!

[sabbathwho]

@pharbi1 I know what you mean we live in a different age where everybody with any importance lies to you and everything seems so shallow. I know the current real world is pretty crap but i wish those in charge, on television, in parliament etc were honest about it

[GRAZIERS7777]

@pharbi1 Here here good for you.

[nickthefox72]

funny this guy does a montage including some bbc clips.happy memories mind i am in ulster now but anybody a clip of titles to central region sunday football programme before it became central and was still ATV? the programme was called ATV STAR SOCCER i believe .i was only a nipper im 37 now

[welshnick300365]

World of Sport was terrible. At that time the BBC had everything as shown by the fact that fishing is shown in the opening sequence !!!!

[nickthefox72]

skysports shows fishing welshnick300365

[69waveydavey]

@welshnick300365 I think the clue is in the name "World of Sport" unlike the BBC version"Football all afternoon" Ok if you like football which I don't

[welshnick300365]

@69waveydavey

I accept that though I am not a huge footall fan either. My main gripe with WOS was that it did try to pass itself off as a top sports show when it wasn't. Grandstand wasn't much better thinking about it as it showed Rugby League in the mud every Saturday. For a sports fan I don't think anyone can complain about the coverage of ALL sports across cable channels if you are prepared to pay for it.

[UKSazzy67]

Yeah, I agree, he's on a different planet man.

[kev113113]

Youtube is class. Listened to this and I was there, back in the day, sitting with my Granda . Great memories.

[cmor5705]

Haven't seen this in years, it brings back happy memories of Saturday afternoons.

I remember the ballet dancing wrestler at the end, he was really funny, does anyone remember his name?

[richtea1971]

The wrestler you refer to is Bobby Barnes from maidstone but he wasnt a ballet dancer. There used to be a ballet dancer who was a wrestler though and his name was Rikki Starr

[cmor5705]

Thanks for that richtea.

Quite right, it must have been Ricky Starr I was thinking of................it was a long time ago.

[ellandrd1306]

his name was bobby barnes

[colonelgeorgegrivas]

Does anyone know where i can find the theme to World of sports Results Service. DA DA DADADA DA DA DA DA DA DA .......... Anybody remember it??

[norrisinthetree]

colonelgeorgegrivas - type 'the midweek match qpr' in youtube search.Not quite the results service but part of it.

[colonelgeorgegrivas]

Thanks it was great to hear that jingle again

[UKSazzy67]

Yeah, I remember it, I'm a woman of 41 and it brings back Saturday afternoons of my early adolescence. I'm sure you can find it somewhere.

[colonelgeorgegrivas]

You can hear it if you type 'the midweek match qpr' Thanks to norrisinthetree for that one

[unigateman]

r u bubbly and beutiful???

[landyman110]

Christ!! I forgot Kendo.... Thanks for reminding me, all those little old ladies at the front, handbags at the ready... Sigh...!!!

[ellandrd1306]

remember kendo being unmasked by his manager gorgeous george at wembley arena in 1975

[colonelgeorgegrivas]

My old man would never miss the Wrestling for nothing Mick McManus, Mick McMichael, Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks, and not forgetting Kendo Nagasaki...... great show i used to love the theme from the results service 4.40 pm glued to the Telly. Who won Who lost Who drew. Ahh Memories

[landyman110]

from an era when the viewer was a "grapple fan". long live giant haystacks,,!!!

[ellandrd1306]

and from acapulco live cliff diving then the calgary stampede and to finish with wrestling from woking !

[tittetybumpety]

your quite right i remember the cliff divin

i remember once they had this speedway thing on snow from Norway,i used to like the teleprinter best

[ellandrd1306]

wrestling was best at the end kent walton commentating on big daddy les kellett mike marino and jackie pallo !

[usernameemanresu]

1:06

Has anybody come across the full clip of Jimmy Hill being asked to run the line?

[solcuerda]

meat or accident

[BuddyFantastic]

I was, and still am, not into sports programmes, however, after looking back this was far more entertaining than watching it's straight faced rival on BBC1 (i.e Grandstand)

[bigboaby0000]

just watched this clip, brought back memories of happier times when you could rely on your bank, your MP was a pillar of the community and a man could be called dickie.

[theseus27]

What happened to the rest of the theme?

[markirish37]

i really loved this, havent heard it in years, brings back good memories,,, but,,, why was it cut short? Thanks for posting this

[somit53]

wonderful!! thankyou.

[markrskinner]

Fred Dineage lol

[SeventiesMania]

lol @ Fred Dineage at the computer predictor, I've seen that clip, it's funny.

[Bevboys]

I love Adrian Street on the last frame - how camp was he!

[ellandrd1306]

it wasn't adrian street it was his tag partner bobby barnes still camp though lol !

[sexylance4]

I too remember this show oh so well as always loved wrestling, now I too wrestle, I also have this music in MP3 format,anyone interested in re-living the theme tune, in its enriety, please message me your email address and its as good as sent.Many thanks for uploading this to here,Lance a.k.a. RedCloud2009

[anorak64]

Nice memories. The music was written, I think, by the Australian Don Harper.

[williebeable21too]

Don Jackson

[anorak64]

Thanks, I stand corrected.

[crazyclive]

Don Jackson and the Oscar Brandenburg Orchestra, to give it the full name. It was an all-encompassing nom de guerre for Alan Moorhouse, Neil Richardson and Johnny Pearson.

[francilius]

Grandstand AND World of Sport were the two finest sports programmes ever to be shown on British television.

[richtea1971]

A great show and Dickie presenting with his stripe in his hair lol. This version rules not like the later one that they had in the early 80s which was nowhere near as good a theme

[francilius]

Absolutely agree with you, richtea1971.

[kev113113]

We had a girl in our class, I won't mention her first name, but her surname was Davies and she had head lice, no prizes for guessing her nickname, bless her.

[alanlovedog]

no wonder it ended if it was reduced to showing frisbee catching and the world sawing championships!

[kev113113]

Sky killed it, along with all quality tv. Now you pay Sky along with your tv license and get bombarded with adverts.

[WELLBRAN]

I remember the guy in red lycra He was strapped to the top of a jumbo jet and it took off! LMAO The human fly they called him and he did all manner of stunts on the World of sport "extra" slots High diving with Dana Kunze that was another EPIC!

[stewbhoy1980]

bring back world of sport and grandstand!

[hardylass101]

it just comes flooding back! saturday mornin in my jamas watching swop shop then world of sport and wrestling love it!

[eaglehead70]

ditto

[eclectica1]

Wot no Tiswas?

[hardylass101]

sorry no. swap shop girl me lol

[00simonwise]

Not the full original titles of course, but a surprisingly good montage made up by ITV Sport for the networks golden jubilee.

[MoleinaHole]

Davies, Tarby, Greaves, Dineage, Morecambe. God I am proud to be British and born in the 70's!

[PortVienna80]

Aaaah,it was great growing up in the Seventies and watching World of Sport all afternoon after Tizwas on Saturdays.

[BlakeVII]

BLOODY HELL!!!!

How many decades since I last saw World of Sport... wow

[commanderkoenig]

good old dickie davis with his shock of grey hair. ahh the

[BlakeVII]

Funny enough, World of Sport would be after your show... Space 1999. hahah...