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Rugby League Raw was a regional
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television programme featuring
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action and behind-the-scenes footage from the National Leagues play-offs. The series began in 2000 as a regional programme on
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and switched to the
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in 2004. The programme was narrated by Mark Chapman, and later,
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, with match commentary from Dave Woods, David Oates and John Helm. The documentary-style programme picked up two Royal Television Society awards and several nominations. ''Rugby League Raw'' was broadcast in the BBC's North East & Cumbria, Yorkshire & North Midlands, East Yorkshire & Lincolnshire and
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regions and attracted over 400,000 viewers, despite its late night timeslot. The series can also be viewed online or downloaded using
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in the UK. The 2007 series was the last to be made as
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began to show National League rugby.


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BBC Sport BBC Sport is the sports division of the BBC, providing national sports coverage for BBC television, radio and online. The BBC holds the television and radio UK broadcasting rights to several sports, broadcasting the sport live or alongside flag ...
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Super League Show The ''Super League Show'' is the BBC's principal rugby league programme, shown on BBC One in the North of England on Monday evenings, repeated nationally on BBC Two on Tuesday lunchtimes and also on BBC iPlayer. The programme, produced by PDI M ...


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