Lyn Spencer (born 24 October 1951)[1] is a former British broadcaster, best known for her work at Tyne Tees Television. Roger TamesIan Payne Country United Kingdom Year 2003 Type Television Latest from the BFI Latest news, features and opinion. Former ITV Tyne Tees presenter, Mike Neville, was among . Around 1988, Spencer returned to Tyne Tees, again as a continuity announcer. It was the most fitting tribute to wonderful, sour Ayresome of the entire day. In fact, tower blocks are the only other structures which merit a goodbye pageant, and that seems to consist of ex-residents gathering to watch their homes and memories being obliterated. Not surprisingly, this was not an attractive proposition to him and his career with Tyne Tees was at an end. The programmes first commentator was George Taylor, TTTVs long-serving Sports Editor, and someone still involved in football today, as head of Player Liaison at Newcastle United FC. In the late Sixties Shoot had moved to its more familiar Sunday afternoon slot. "Shoot" lasted a further 4 Compared with the rancid crud that ITV pumps out nationally now Tyne Tees was quite entertaining sometimes. matched by the quality. More information Sight & Sound magazine Reviews, interviews and features from the international film magazine. 20 Application Fee Home Apartment Rent Get Your Desired Room Within Your Budget. A news reader for ITV's flagship local news programme Tyne Tees News (which began as Northern Life), between 1979 and 1994, there will be many who will fondly recollect their regular appointment with Paul, just after tea time, where he'd tell them what was going on in the local area. John Bourn takes a nostalgic look at the regional football programme, Shoot. It discussed current issues and once debated status of the 3 top NE teams , and all the representatives were dressed in colours . I'm assuming you're referring to the former Tyne Tees presenter. Thousands have paid tribute to the 70-year-old, including former colleague Mike Neville who said "she had a marvellous way with people, and did so much good with her life." effervescent young Middlesbrough side at Newcastle [14/01/1978]. When a player slices a This year I have presented Premier League coverage, La Liga, the Europa League and now the World Cup. Personally, we have settled in Doha really well. I remember at Ayresome Park and in the first few seasons at the Cellnet, Roger Thames got some stick. Sometimes it seems like every minute of every football match staged anywhere in the world is available live. changed. It is terminally bland ; safe, cautious chat between the host and an expert analyst, who invariably tells us what we can see for ourselves. The days of Darlington v Barnsley It resembled the timer in Marty McFlys DeLorean, making it appear as if Wenger and Ashley Cole were about to travel to some vast uninhabited time and place, such as the Emirates Stadium during a 2019 Europa League tie. My encounter with these frequently underwhelming events came in 1995 on the day of Middlesbroughs final league fixture at Ayresome Park, when Luton Town played the role of baffled +1 party guests. It is a small world. During that time, she set up a public relations company.[4]. So have we. They heard Kathy described as a star and an incredible figure in North East broadcasting. http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/84125/Roger-TAMES. On May 7th 1982, "Shoot" covered Meanwhile, player-manager Bryan Robson, wearing the scowl of a toddler recently informed that the moon is not made from cheese, popped balloons with the studs of his boots. There were no slow-motion replays, indeed For more details of these cookies and how to disable them, for a documentary about Liverpool, their final North-East match did not Newcastle (screened on Saturday afternoon's "World of Sport"), Latterly Soccer Night with endless Roger Tyne John Beresford and Pukka Pies sponsorship. If the material does survive, it is often as raw footage rather than as the final edited programme. football coverage. The programme was invariably followed by the Sunday Matinee, usually some creaky B-picture from the 1950s. Shoot lasted a further 4 seasons with Roger Tames as commentator and George Taylor as studio presenter. She was loved by a generation of viewers as the presenter of the birthday slot announcing celebratory messages. We used to call him Roger Tyne for his mag bias. It was screened late at night, so I didnt watch it myself, but my parents told me about it the next morning. As we approach the new millennium, football coverage on TV is more ubiquitous than ever, yet the quantity is not always matched by the quality. The programme's first commentator was "Shoot"! shot wide of an open goal, it doesn't add to the sum of human knowledge for There were no slow-motion replays, indeed no replays of any kind, unless a goal was scored, in which case a normal speed replay was shown.