Barry Davies

Barry Davies has been a leading commentator for the BBC since 1969.

In that time he has applied his skills to a variety of sports, including football, tennis, skating, ice hockey, ice skating, hockey, gymnastics, badminton and the University Boat Race.

He has been involved in many major sporting occasions including the World Cup, Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games and Wimbledon. He also presented the highly regarded Maestro series for BBC TV.

Barry commentated on the 1994 World Cup Final, the 1995 and 1996 FA Cup Final, Euro '96, including the semi-final between England and West Germany at Wembley, the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, 1998 Winter Olympics in Japan, and the 1998 World Cup Finals in France.

In January 2000, he commentated on Match of the Day Live's coverage for BBC One of Manchester United's games in the Fifa World Club Championship.

Educated at Cranbrook School, Kent, which has also produced two other noted sports commentators, Brian Moore and Peter West, he also attended London University before entering the Royal Army Dental Corps.

He left the Army and joined BBC Radio in 1963, and was also a football correspondent for The Times.

Barry did his first television commentary for ITV on Chelsea v AC Milan in 1966.

He was then chosen as part of the ITV commentary team for the 1966 World Cup. He also reported for ITV on the 1968 Olympic Games, covering a variety of sports.