Sports TV presenter Gary Newbon launches his book in Birmingham - with the help of Jasper Carrott
- 4 months ago
Brummie comedian Jasper Carrott brought the house down at the launch of legendary TV football presenter Gary Newbon's new book about his long life in sports journalism.
Newbon has enjoyed a career spanning more than 50 years with ATV, Central, ITV and Sky. He has interviewed everyone from Pele to Billie Jean King and Sebastian Coe, and even once earned a kiss on the cheek from Forest boss Brian Clough.
Throw in other stars like Muhammad Ali and F1 World Champion Nigel Mansell, plus being in Munich during the 1972 Olympics terror attack on Israeli athletes, and you might think that nothing could faze father-of-three Newbon.
But standing in front of an audience while comedian Carrott told a few anecdotes, there was a delicious sense of self-confessed big-head Newbon turning into putty in a window fitters’ hands – as you can see in this video.
Newbon has enjoyed a career spanning more than 50 years with ATV, Central, ITV and Sky. He has interviewed everyone from Pele to Billie Jean King and Sebastian Coe, and even once earned a kiss on the cheek from Forest boss Brian Clough.
Throw in other stars like Muhammad Ali and F1 World Champion Nigel Mansell, plus being in Munich during the 1972 Olympics terror attack on Israeli athletes, and you might think that nothing could faze father-of-three Newbon.
But standing in front of an audience while comedian Carrott told a few anecdotes, there was a delicious sense of self-confessed big-head Newbon turning into putty in a window fitters’ hands – as you can see in this video.