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Steve Rider
Multi award winning presenter, STEVE RIDER, is now one of televisions foremost sports presenters. The former Grandstand and Sportsnight presenter is a golfing authority, Olympic stalwart and motoring racing commentator. Steve is an entertaining After Dinner Speaker and is also in high demand as a compère and host for corporate events.
Corporate Events
Steve Rider's easy going air and professionalism have led him to becoming one of the most sought after speakers and awards hosts for corporate events, whether a gala dinner, company awards, client seminar or his particular favourite, a new car launch!
Career in the Media
Steve Rider has a journalistic background both in local newspapers and press/public relations, but his television career began at Anglia, where he was Sports Editor. Two years later he joined Thames Television where he was widely regarded as one of ITV sports top presenters and reporters.
In 1985 he accepted an invitation from the BBC to take over from Harry Carpenter as presenter of Sportsnight, a role he filled for six years. In 1991 he switched positions to become the main host of BBC Sports flagship programme Grandstand. During this period he also took over as BBC’s golf presenter and has become closely associated with the Ryder Cup, The Open, the US Masters and World Matchplay.
Having hosted Commonwealth Games and Winter Olympics, he is one of the stalwart Olympic presenters – Barcelona 1996, Sydney 2000 and was the main anchor for BBC’s Olympic coverage in Athens 2004.
Steve presented “The Cricket World Cup” in 1999 and three major documentaries on “The Open” for the BBC during 2000. He presented the award winning documentary on Ayrton Senna and Motormonth a weekly look at motor racing around the country. 1998 saw Steve host Wimbledon and front the Whitbread Round The World yacht race. He has hosted the Boat Race for several years and the BBC’s rowing coverage.
He developed the BBC’s domestic motor sports profile and pioneered the highly successful British Touring Car Championship through BHP and has since become strongly involved in corporate video and presentation for the motor industry.
In 2006 Steve Rider moved back from BBC to where he began at ITV, he can be seen presenting the major sporting events on ITV such as the Formula 1 and the Football World Cup
