The Super League Show was the BBC's principal rugby league programme, produced by PDI Media at BBC Yorkshire's studios in Leeds. The show was last presented by Tanya Arnold, with match commentary from Dave Woods and Andy Giddings and analysis from a variety of studio guests.
| Super League Show | |
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| Genre | Rugby League |
| Developed by | BBC Sport |
| Presented by | Harry Gration (1999-2011) Tanya Arnold (2012-2023) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Production locations | BBC Yorkshire, Leeds |
| Running time | 60 minutes (highlights) |
| Production companies | PDI Media BBC Yorkshire BBC English Regions |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One North BBC Two (repeat) |
| Release | 9 May 1999 – 25 September 2023[1] |
Broadcasts
The programme was broadcast to the North West, Yorkshire & North Midlands, North East & Cumbria, and East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire regions on Monday nights at 10.40 p.m. From 2008, it was repeated nationally on BBC Two, originally overnight on Mondays, but then Tuesday lunchtimes,[2] and streamed in the UK on BBC iPlayer. End of season play-offs and World Club Challenge highlights were shown across the whole country in a highlights package.
Before being succeeded by Tanya Arnold, Harry Gration presented the programme from 1999 until the latter part of the 2011 season. For the 2012 season, the programme was moved from Sundays to its fixed Monday night timeslot.
According to Harry Gration, one of the programme's first pundits, ex-Great Britain captain Garry Schofield, was effectively removed from the show for being too controversial.[3]
In February 2024, BBC Sport announced a three-year deal with the league, replacing Channel 4 as the league's live free-to-air partner.[4] The deal added 15 live matches a year to the broadcaster's platforms, but ended the show after 25 years, with condensed highlights of all games instead being added to iPlayer within 24 hours.
Awards
The Super League Show picked up the Royal Television Society Sports Awards for best Nations and Regions Sports Actuality Programme in May 2007.[5] It followed this up by winning Best Sports Programme at the Royal Television Society North West awards evening in November 2007.[6]
