World of Sport (British TV programme)

World of Sport
Dickie Davies in the World of Sport studio, c. 1973
Presented by	Eamonn Andrews Dickie Davies Fred Dinenage Steve Rider Jim Rosenthal Elton Welsby Gerald Sinstadt
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of episodes	1067
Production
Production locations	Teddington Studios (1965–1968) Wembley Studios (1968–1972) South Bank Television Centre (1972–1985) Thames Television House (Bank holidays, 1968–1985)
Running time	Various
Production companies	ABC (1965–1968) LWT (1968–1985) Thames (Bank holidays, 1968–1985)
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	2 January 1965 (1965-01-02) – 28 September 1985 (1985-09-28)
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World of Sport is a British television sport programme which ran on ITV between 2 January 1965 and 28 September 1985 in competition with the BBC's Grandstand. Like Grandstand, the programme ran throughout Saturday afternoon.

From the programme's launch until the lifting of restrictions on broadcasting hours in 1972, sports coverage was one of the few programming areas which was exempt from the restrictions. Originally sporting coverage and outside broadcasts were provided with a separate quota of broadcasting hours per year. By the start of World of Sport this amounted to 350 hours per year. This meant World of Sport was a key part of ITV's Saturday schedules, as the time the programme was on the air did not count to the overall 50 hours a week restriction on normal broadcasting hours.