David Coleman at his home in Berkshire after a short illness. David Coleman David Robert Coleman OBE (26 April 1926 – 21 December 2013) was a British sports commentator and TV presenter who worked for the BBC for 46 years. He covered eleven Summer Olympic Games from 1960 to 2000 and six football World Cups. Coleman presented some of the BBC's leading sporting programmes, including "Grandstand" and "Sportsnight", and was the host of "A Question of Sport" for 18 years. He retired from the BBC in 2000. Later that year he became the first broadcaster to receive the Olympic Order award, in
Jonathan Coleman (presenter) television. In 1992, Coleman worked as an announcer and sidekick on the Lifetime game show "Born Lucky" hosted by former one-time "Wheel of Fortune" host and "Entertainment Tonight" reporter Bob Goen. Coleman also appeared in the British television programmes, BBC's "Food and Drink", "Noel's House Party" on ITV, BSkyB's "Swing Shift", "Hit the Road" on BBC, "Celebrity Fit Club", "Celebrities Under Pressure", "I'm Famous and Frightened!" and "Have I Been Here Before?", and he provides the voice of the narrator for the children's show "The Koala Brothers". In 1996, Coleman appeared in an episode of the ITV sitcom "Is It