David Coleman 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 recognition of his contribution to the Olympic movement. Born
David Lowe (television and radio composer) 1999 his themes have been remixed numerous times for BBC News in the UK as well as the international channel, BBC World News. Two CDs of Lowe's music have been released by the BBC. "BBC World: The Music", released in 2001, is a compilation of some of Lowe's work for BBC World, made available after significant demand from viewers. David Lowe's first television composition was the 1983 title music for "BBC Midlands Today", followed in 1988 by "BBC Wales Today" and he went back to BBC Birmingham and "Midlands Today" again in 1992, creating title music for both "Midlands Today"