Name: Match of the Day
Genre: Talk

Match Of The Day Episode 31.02 20th August 1994

Match Of The Day Episode 31.02 20th August 1994

Episode Premiere

August 20, 1994

Genre

Talk

Production Company

BBC Sport

Official Site

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007t9y1

Information

Episode Premiere

August 20, 1994

Genre

Talk

Period

1964 -

Production Co

BBC Sport

Distributor

BBC One

Official Site

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007t9y1

Cast and Crew

Additional Cast

Des Lynam
Clive Tyldesley
Trevor Brooking
Alan Hansen
John Motson

Synopsis

Few programmes can boast a 10,000 per cent increase in their viewing audience since first going on air. But Match of the Day, which celebrates its 30th birthday this week, proudly makes that claim. It was in August 1964 that Kenneth Wolstenholme introduced highlights of the game between league champions Liverpool and Arsenal. The programme went out at 6.30pm on BBC2 and attracted just 50,000 viewers. Tonight, when highlights of the Premiership match between reigning champions Manchester United and, coincidentally, Arsenal is screened, it is estimated that the audience will be in excess of five million.