11-03-2023, 09:12 PM
A BBC specific commentary by Sara Orchard appears on the iPlayer highlights of the Italy v. Wales rugby, so it looks that as things stand the chaos has not spread to the BBC's rugby coverage ahead of their live coverage tomorrow.
Looking at who appeared on 5 Live's reduced football coverage today, most if not all were probably staff (like Ian Dennis made clear in his intro). Ian was without a co-commentator for the 3pm kick-off. I'm not sure if Sara Orchard is staff or freelance (she has occasionaly appeared on BT Sport's European rugby coverage in the past but >95% of her work is on the BBC).
Worth noting that I believe the BBC are host broadcaster for tomorrow's match.
www.bbc.co.uk
Looking at who appeared on 5 Live's reduced football coverage today, most if not all were probably staff (like Ian Dennis made clear in his intro). Ian was without a co-commentator for the 3pm kick-off. I'm not sure if Sara Orchard is staff or freelance (she has occasionaly appeared on BT Sport's European rugby coverage in the past but >95% of her work is on the BBC).
Worth noting that I believe the BBC are host broadcaster for tomorrow's match.
www.bbc.co.uk