14-400: The Adventure Show is a sport programme produced by Adventure Show Productions for BBC Sport Scotland , formerly broadcast on BBC Two Scotland and since 2019 on BBC Scotland . It is hosted by Dougie Vipond . In the show's original format, Vipond was supported on screen by reporters Duncan McCallum and Deziree Wilson, while Cameron McNeish contributed a regular mountain walking slot. When
28-720: A play on the currently rested Lunchtime Sportscene programme. Hazel Irvine Hazel Jane Irvine MBE (born 24 May 1965) is a Scottish sports presenter . Irvine was born in St Andrews , Scotland. She has a younger brother, David William Irvine (born 1968). Educated at Hermitage Academy in Helensburgh , she achieved an MA in History of Art at the University of St Andrews , and competed in golf, netball and athletics at university level. In her final year she
42-400: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a BBC television programme is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . BBC Sport Scotland Sportscene is the name of a range of Scottish sports television programmes produced by BBC Scotland . Sportscene' s predecessors were Sports Special from Scotland and Sportsreel , which
56-585: Is on "adventure" sports, usually concentrating on one or two main events in each edition. Sports featured include climbing , kayaking , sailing , windsurfing and kitesurfing , various forms of bicycle racing , and cross-country running, especially ultramarathon and multi-discipline events. The show also includes features on people working in the adventure sports industry, such as medical crews and instructors. In its original format, camping tips, including consumer reviews and items on outdoor cookery, were often featured during spring and summer. From time to time,
70-558: The 1990 World Cup . Irvine joined the BBC in 1990, working as presenter on BBC Scotland 's Sportscene programme and becoming the youngest-ever presenter of the BBC's flagship sports programme Grandstand on 19 June 1993. She also anchored BBC Scotland 's coverage of Children in Need for ten years. In 1994, Irvine co-hosted the BBC's Hogmanay Live , and in 1995 she introduced coverage of
84-748: The 2012 Games in London . Irvine also presented BBC coverage of the Winter Olympics in 2014 and 2018 , the Commonwealth Games in 2014 and 2018 and the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro . Irvine covered golf for the BBC as a reporter and presenter for 25 years, finishing with the Masters in April 2017. Irvine also presented the 2019 Netball World Cup from Liverpool for
98-657: The FIFA Women's World Cup and began reporting for Football Focus . Irvine has presented for the BBC at every Summer Olympics since Barcelona 1992 , as well as five Winter Olympics and four FIFA World Cup tournaments. In December 1996, she became the lead presenter of Ski Sunday , initially with Julian Tutt, but then alone from 1997. She is also a regular presenter of the Triple Crown snooker tournaments (the World Snooker Championship ,
112-595: The Masters and the UK Championship ) since 2002 and has regularly presented the sports news on major BBC evening news bulletins, as well as reporting on events such as Wimbledon and the London Marathon . In August 2008, Irvine presented Olympic Breakfast as well as being one of the commentators for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing . She reprised these roles for
126-599: The BBC Sport website and the BBC Sport Mobile app . The UEFA Cup tie between Molde and Rangers was one of the first to feature online. Most programmes now feature on the BBC iPlayer service, depending on rights restrictions. The programme is regularly parodied in the Scottish football impressionist show Only an Excuse? . Munchtime Sportscene is a name often used by the programme's makers, presumably
140-442: The series transferred to BBC Scotland in 2019, the show was reformatted as a weekly two-hour programme branded as The Adventure Show Live (or The Adventure Show Extreme for pre-recorded editions) and concentrating on one specific sport in each edition, in contrast to the previous magazine format. The new presenting team comprised Vipond, Patrick Winterton (who serves as lead commentator) and Lauren McCallum. The show's main focus
154-590: The show would feature either Vipond, McCallum or Wilson taking part in a long-distance event to give the viewer an idea of what is involved. In 2012, Wilson achieved a third-place finish in the women's section at the Isle of Arran Goat Fell hill race while reporting for the programme. The Adventure Show special, The Great Climb , broadcast live on 28 August 2010, won a Scottish BAFTA Award for Live Event Coverage. This article relating to television in Scotland
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#1732798289885168-485: Was Senior Student of Hamilton Hall. Irvine began her broadcasting career on Radio Clyde in 1986, before moving to work for Scottish Television in 1988 as a continuity announcer and latterly, as a sports reporter/presenter. This led to slots on the national ITV network co-presenting coverage of the 1988 Olympics alongside Dickie Davies , and presenting reports from the Scotland football team 's training camp at
182-520: Was broadcast every Saturday at around 5pm (results and reports) and 10pm (highlights) in the 1950s, 1960s and the early 1970s. By the mid-1970s, a Sportscene format of a 5pm programme called Scoreboard presented by Gordon Hewitt (as a regional opt-out from Grandstand ), plus a 10pm show with highlights from one English and one Scottish league or cup match, was established. Sportscene also covered European and international matches, which usually involved highlights but occasionally live coverage. The show
196-1477: Was presented by Archie Macpherson with commentary by Macpherson, Alastair Alexander or Peter Thomson . A number of shows come under the Sportscene brand. Sportscene's main anchors are David Currie and Jonathan Sutherland . Previous Sportscene presenters include Peter Thomson, Sandy McLeish, Bill Malcolm, Archie Henry, Murdoch McPherson, Glen Gibson, Brian Marjoribanks, Alastair Alexander, Charles Munro, Archie Macpherson , Gordon Hewitt, Andrew Alexander, Dougie Donnelly , Bill McFarlan, Jim Craig , Derek Johnstone , Laura McGhie, Hazel Irvine , Jock Brown , Mark Souster , Alison Walker , Mike Abbott, Richard Gordon , Jill Douglas , Amy Irons, John Beattie , Dougie Vipond , and Stuart Cosgrove . The programme's main commentary and reporting team consists of; lead commentator Liam McLeod , Paul Mitchell , John Barnes, Kheredine Idessane, Al Lamont , Jane Lewis and Chris McLaughlin. Previous lead commentators have been Archie MacPherson (1969–1990), Jock Brown (1990–1997), Rob MacLean (1997–2004) and Paul Mitchell (2004–2010). Reporters on Sportscene Results have included Jonathan Sutherland , Chris McLaughlin, Brian McLauchlin, Tam McManus , Kenny Crawford, Scott Davie, Martin Dowden, Jim Spence, Charlie Mann and Sandra Brown. Sportscene has begun simulcasting certain live matches via both
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