''Late Kick Off'' is a
BBC One
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regional television football programme which was broadcast between 2010 and 2015. Launched on 18 January 2010, it covered
Football League
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teams on a regional or pan-regional basis in a magazine-style format. The show was usually broadcast on Monday nights, although it was broadcast on Sunday evenings during the 2012 series.
The 2014 series of the programme was the last, with the end of the programme announced in December 2014 amid speculation the BBC lost the rights of the Football League to Channel 5, this was confirmed in May 2015 with the final Football League Show airing on 25 May 2015.
The show was in a similar vein to
ITV
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's ''
Soccer Night'', and complemented ''
The Football League Show
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'' which aired throughout the season on Saturday nights.
In three of the regions (North East and Cumbria, East, South/West/South West) the programme was produced by local independent production companies.
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History
When the show was announced in 2010 it was to follow on from the BBC ''Football League Show on Saturday Night'' showing highlights in the regions across England from after Christmas to the end of the season, which happened on ITV in the regions across England when they had the Football League highlights.
Below is a list of hosts for the various regions during the history of the show
* BBC North West:
Tony Livesey
Anthony Livesey (born 11 January 1964, Burnley, Lancashire) is a British journalist and broadcaster who presents 'Drive' for BBC Radio 5 Live.
Early life
Livesey was born in Burnley, Lancashire, and lived in nearby Nelson during the early part o ...
(2010–2014)
* BBC Midlands:
Manish Bhasin
Manish Dev Bhasin (born 21 May 1976 in Leicester, England) is a sports journalist and presenter broadcasting for Premier League Productions as the face of the Premier League's global coverage to over 700 million viewers as well as the BBC in ...
(2010–2014)
* BBC North East and Cumbria:
Mark Clemmit (2010–2014)
* BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire:
Guy Mowbray
Guy Nicholas Mowbray (born 16 February 1972) is an English football commentator, who primarily appears on the BBC and BT Sport. While working for Eurosport at the 1998 World Cup, he became the youngest ever television commentator on a World Cup ...
(2010), George Riley (2011–2014)
* BBC East:
Matt Holland
Matthew Rhys Holland (born 11 April 1974) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Holland began his career at West Ham United, having previously been with Arsenal's academy. During his time at West Ham spent time out on ...
(2010–2011), James Burridge (2012–2014)
* BBC South, West and South West:
Jonathan Pearce (2010),
James Richardson (2011), Tony Husband (2012–2014)
* BBC London and South East:
Leon Banfield (2010–2014)
Episodes
References
External links
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* {{BBC Online, id=latekickoff, title=''Late Kick Off''
2010 British television series debuts
2014 British television series endings
2010s British sports television series
English Football League on television
English-language television shows
BBC Television shows
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