30th July 1988 - The weather news with Bill Giles is followed by the opening 35 minutes of that afternoon's Grandstand hosted by Steve Rider, including a news summary from Moira Stuart
The BBC used that same instrumental cut of "The Boys of Summer" a few months later for the Grand National. I remember this as I was hovering over the telly with a tape recorder catching as much of the music as I could gather!
@@grahamfozyif Sky didn't secure the rights to broadcast Premier League football, they would have gone bust I reckon. That certainly saved them and ensured their future.
The reason why it was the wettest July since the 1800's Bill, was due to the fact that it was raining. A lot. Very often as well. After Michael Fish's infamous forecast about the October weather incident in 1987, I didn't take what they said seriously. If wanted to see what the weather was, I would look outside.
Adrian Moorhouse would win gold in Seoul, but then we’d have a 20 year wait for swimming gold that was ended by Becky Adlington in Beijing in 2008. 🏊🏻♀️🥇🇬🇧
