Helen Rollason programme was a report on the street children of Bogotá, a subject that deeply moved her and reduced her to tears on screen. In 1990, Rollason joined BBC Sport and became the first female presenter of "Grandstand", where her down-to-earth presenting style quickly made her popular with viewers, and earned her a regular presenting role on BBC Two's "Sport on Friday", as well as a raft of other sporting programmes. Among her credits with the BBC are coverage of the Wimbledon Championships, the 1992 Summer Olympics from Barcelona and 1996 Summer Olympics from Atlanta, together with the 1994 Commonwealth Games,
Grandstand (TV programme) other programmes. In August 2001 the "Football Focus" section, having been the first feature on "Grandstand" since 1974, separated to become a programme in its own right. This meant that "Grandstand"'s start time was now 13:00 rather than 12:15. At the same time, "Final Score" was also separated from "Grandstand", also becoming a programme in its own right, running from 16:30 meaning that Grandstand only broadcast between 13:00 and 16:30 rather than 12:15 to 17:15. "Around the Grounds" and the half time sequence did remain within the "Grandstand" programme. In 2004, following the success of Sky Sports' "Soccer Saturday" programme