Barry Davies began broadcasting with BFBS in Cologne and spent a year
on BBC Radio with "Sport Report". He joined "The Times" in 1963 and
began commentating on Football in February 1966. He covered the World
Cup for ITV. He commentated for ABC TV (1966-1968) and for Granada
(1968-1969). He became an all round commentator for the BBC from 1969
to his retirement in 2004. He has covered athletics, badminton,
football, tennis and water skiing.
He was educated at Cranbrook School in Kent and graduated from London
University. He is married to Penny and they have a daughter Giselle and
a son Mark. He received the M.B.E. in HM The Queen's New Year's Honours
List 2005 for services to Sports Broadcasting.
Gained his first experience of broadcasting with British Forces Network
in Cologne.
Retired from commentating on sport for BBC TV in 2004 after many years
service.
He was awarded the M.B.E. (Member of the order of the British Empire)
in the 2005 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Sports
Broadcasting.
Murray Walker is a one-off and he's brilliant at the way that he does it, but he's a man who spends his whole life looking for a full stop and has yet to find one.
[on changes in broadcasting] My children speak more quickly than I do and their children will probably be speaking even quicker.