Steve Rider

Acting

Steve Rider

Born

1950-04-28 (76)

Place of birth

Dartford, Kent, England, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

14 titles

Steve Rider, born on April 28, 1950, in Dartford, Kent, England, is a distinguished British sports presenter and journalist with a career spanning over four decades. He began his broadcasting journey in the 1970s, working with Anglia Television and Thames Television, where he covered a variety of sports events. In 1985, Rider joined the BBC, taking over from Harry Carpenter as the presenter of Sportsnight. He later became the main host of the BBC's flagship sports program, Grandstand, and was closely associated with major events such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards. Rider's versatility extended to motorsports, where he presented F…

Known for

Match of the Day poster
7.6

BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in 2015.

Match of the Day

1964

Celebrity Mastermind poster
6.0

Celebrity Mastermind is a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. The show is a spin-off of the long-running quiz show Mastermind, with the exception that all the contestants are celebrities. As with the main show, John Humphrys is the host and question-master. Magnus Magnusson was quizmaster on the 2003/04 episodes featuring Jonathan Meades as winner.

Celebrity Mastermind

2003

Goodnight Sweetheart poster
7.3

Gary Sparrow is an ordinary bloke in 1990s Britain, married to the ambitious Yvonne and working as a TV repairman. Then his whole world changes when he stumbles upon a portal to WWII-era London and begins a dual life as an accidental time traveler.

Goodnight Sweetheart

1993

BTCC 1989 Review poster
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For a second season BHP Sport provided BBC television with comprehensive coverage of Britain's Top Saloon Car Championship, treating Grandstand viewers to some of the most enthralling motorsport action around. This three hour compilation of the best of the season conveys the excitement of the bumper to bumper racing and the fierce rivalies of some highly motivated drivers. Highlights includ Frank Sytner against James Weaver, open warfare in the BMW ranks in the first part of the season. And then it was Rouse in the Kaliber Sierra Cosworth battling against Gravett at the head of the field, both trying to hold off the challenge from Tim Harvey and Laurence Bristow. On board cameras with all the leading runners, bumper cameras and fender cameras convey the speed and spectacle. Enthusiastic and informed commentary is by Murray Walker and Tiff Needell.

BTCC 1989 Review

1989

British Touring Car Championship Highlights poster
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Highlights from the British Touring Car Championship Highlights.

British Touring Car Championship Highlights

2017

Driven: The Billy Monger Story poster
7.7

Following the remarkable story of 18-year-old Billy Monger, one of Britain's most exciting young racing drivers, who in April 2017 was involved in a devastating crash, resulting in the amputation of his legs. Incredibly, soon after his accident, Billy resolved to get back to racing, in the hope of becoming the first ever amputee to race competitively in a single-seater racing car. This film follows the extraordinary story of Billy and his family, as he pursues his dream to one day race in Formula One. With the support of the racing community and his hero Lewis Hamilton, Billy has to change the rules of motorsport and learn to drive again without legs, all while coming to terms with life as a disabled person - a term Billy is reluctant to accept. This heartwarming and inspirational story is about the incredible will of one young man, but also the extraordinary support his family provides during the toughest time of their lives.

Driven: The Billy Monger Story

2018

Film credits

2010s · 1 titles

1990s · 5 titles

Ayrton Senna poster
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The BBC's award winning documentary looking at the impact the death of Ayrton Senna had upon the world of motor racing. Featuring interviews with key people from Senna's life in motor sport.

Ayrton Senna

1995

BTCC 1995 Review poster
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1st April 1995 saw the launch of another dramatic, all-action BTCC season at the start of a long, hot summer in which the world’s best saloon racers raised the temperature to boiling point. All 13 race weekends (apart from the British Grand Prix) featured two thrilling tin-top rounds and this terrific three hour review includes the very best of BBC TV’s extensive coverage, presented by Steve Rider, with commentary by the one and only Murray Walker.

BTCC 1995 Review

1995

BTCC 1994 Review poster
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Thrilling action and fierce on-track rivalry between BMW, Ford, Alfa Romeo, Vauxhall, Renault and more made the 1994 British Touring Car Championship Britain’s biggest motorsport spectacle. This comprehensive summary of the season includes the very best action from all 21 rounds. Gabriele Tarquini’s domination of the early season races in the flying Alfa gave way to round-after-round of ultra-close battles between the Alfa team, reigning champion Jo Winkelhock (BMW), Paul Radisich (Ford), Alain Menu (Renault) and John Cleland (Vauxhall) - and that’s not forgetting Jan Lammers in the Volvo estate and Patrick Watts in the Peugeot!

BTCC 1994 Review

1994

BTCC 1996 Review poster
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Even before the green light went up on a packed 1996 schedule, the pundits were predicting this season could be the best ever for the world’s most prestigious Super Touring series - the British Touring Car Championship. And how right they were! Throughout the year, fans were able to witness every driver to have ever won the FIA Touring Car World Cup or the World Championship lined up on the grid in cars representing no less than 10 manufacturers. Cutting edge cars from Audi, Volvo, Renault, Honda, BMW and Vauxhall were piloted by drivers noted for spectacular displays of tin-top driving - Biela, Rydell, Menu, Leslie, Ravaglia and more - competing for one of the world’s most sought after motorsport titles. Add to this the most diverse range of machinery seen to date, featuring engines with four, five and six cylinders and transmissions providing front, rear and four-wheel drive and you have the ingredients for a cocktail of pure, explosive, motorsport!

BTCC 1996 Review

1996

BTCC 1990 Review poster
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For the third season, independent producers BHP have provided BBC Grandstand with comphensive coverage of Britain's premier saloon car competition. This three hour production tells the full story of another highly competitive season in the Esso British Touring Car Championship. It's the last year of the mighty Class A Sierras, where Robb Gravett displays his talents to the full as he meets the challenge of Andy Rouse. Behind them the new 2 litre class and a fierce battle between Vauxhall and BMW.

BTCC 1990 Review

1990

1980s · 2 titles

BTCC 1989 Review poster
NR

For a second season BHP Sport provided BBC television with comprehensive coverage of Britain's Top Saloon Car Championship, treating Grandstand viewers to some of the most enthralling motorsport action around. This three hour compilation of the best of the season conveys the excitement of the bumper to bumper racing and the fierce rivalies of some highly motivated drivers. Highlights includ Frank Sytner against James Weaver, open warfare in the BMW ranks in the first part of the season. And then it was Rouse in the Kaliber Sierra Cosworth battling against Gravett at the head of the field, both trying to hold off the challenge from Tim Harvey and Laurence Bristow. On board cameras with all the leading runners, bumper cameras and fender cameras convey the speed and spectacle. Enthusiastic and informed commentary is by Murray Walker and Tiff Needell.

BTCC 1989 Review

1989

BTCC 1988 Review poster
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When BHP Sport were commissioned by BBC Grandstand to cover the Dunlop RAC British Touring Car Championship it guaranteed that British viewers were in for some of the most action-packed motorsport ever seen on television. The recording was to be supplemented by sometimes as many as four on board cameras among the front runners in the field, ensuring that every major incident in all the twelve rounds of the championship would receive first class coverage. But it still needed the drivers to respond, and in Britain's premier saloon car championship, they did so superbly. Andy Rouse set the pace in the Kaliber Ford Sierra Cosworth, but was hounded by his great rival Steve Soper. Frank Sytner mounted his championship challenge from the fiercely contested ranks of the BMW M3's. And all through the season we saw door handle racing with many hopes ending in the catch fencing and sometimes beyond.

BTCC 1988 Review

1988

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