Phil Liggett and Nickolas Bird.
Before the pandemic, tackling post on the feature doc Phil Liggett: The Voice of Cycling would have been a straightforward task for Eleanor Sharpe and Nickolas Bird.
The filmmakers spent a total of 11 weeks in South Africa, the UK, Australia and France to chronicle the 51-year career of Liggett, the 76-year-old English cycling commentator/journalist, as he faces retirement.
Adding pathos to the film, the 2019 cycling season was the first for Liggett since the death from a heart attack of his long time broadcast partner Paul Sherwen.
“This is not a cycling film. It’s a film about a man facing retirement, reflecting on his amazing life,” Bird tells If. “It’s about grief, courage and ageing.”
Working from home, the current challenge for Bird and Sharpe is liaising with lead editor Tony Stevens and post production supervisor Darius Family.
The producers/directors did not...
Before the pandemic, tackling post on the feature doc Phil Liggett: The Voice of Cycling would have been a straightforward task for Eleanor Sharpe and Nickolas Bird.
The filmmakers spent a total of 11 weeks in South Africa, the UK, Australia and France to chronicle the 51-year career of Liggett, the 76-year-old English cycling commentator/journalist, as he faces retirement.
Adding pathos to the film, the 2019 cycling season was the first for Liggett since the death from a heart attack of his long time broadcast partner Paul Sherwen.
“This is not a cycling film. It’s a film about a man facing retirement, reflecting on his amazing life,” Bird tells If. “It’s about grief, courage and ageing.”
Working from home, the current challenge for Bird and Sharpe is liaising with lead editor Tony Stevens and post production supervisor Darius Family.
The producers/directors did not...
- 4/13/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
NBC and Nbcsn present complete coverage of the 2015 Tour de France cycling race from July 4-26. Coverage is also available through a subscription to NBC Sports Tour de France Live on computers or mobile devices. All stages will be televised live, and Nbcsn airs a nightly Tour Primetime show on most days, complete with highlights, race replays, analysis and more. 2014 Tour de France winner Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) looks to defend his title against top contenders including Chris Froome (Team Sky), Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team). Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen call the live race actionwith reporters Steve … Continue reading →
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The post 2015 Tour de France TV coverage on Nbcsn and NBC appeared first on Channel Guide Magazine.
- 7/4/2015
- by Ryan Berenz
- ChannelGuideMag
OLN got off to a yellow-jersey start with its live coverage of the 2005 Tour de France this weekend, posting its highest numbers ever with an average .48 household rating. With viewership up a full 80% from 2004, the network averaged a total audience of 418,735 for Saturday and Sunday. For the sake of comparison, last year the Comcast-owned OLN drew around 99,000 viewers in the course of an average non-Tour weekend. This year marks the fifth year of Tour coverage for OLN, although Nielsen did not begin tracking OLN's ratings until 2002. Besides tuning in to track the progress of retiring American cyclist Lance Armstrong, who's gunning for his seventh consecutive Tour victory, viewers have been won over by the plummy tones and erudite observations of commentators Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen. The Tour wraps up July 21.
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