Which BBC Radio Lancashire presenter succeeded Tim Gudgin as reader of the sports results on Grandstand and Final Score?
Tim Gudgin on 19 November 2011. He later cited several reasons for his retirement including his age, the distance he would have to travel following BBC Sport's relocation to Salford and his granddaughter's wedding in Australia which he wanted to attend. His successor on "Final Score" was Mike West, who was the presenter of sports bulletins on BBC Radio Lancashire. Gudgin died on 8 November 2017, aged 87. Tim Gudgin Tim Gudgin (25 November 1929 – 8 November 2017) was a British radio presenter and voiceover artist. He is best known for announcing the football results on the BBC sports programmes "Grandstand"
Tim Gudgin Tim Gudgin Tim Gudgin (25 November 1929 – 8 November 2017) was a British radio presenter and voiceover artist. He is best known for announcing the football results on the BBC sports programmes "Grandstand" and "Final Score" between 1995 and 2011. He read the results out for the last time on 19 November 2011, just a week before his 82nd birthday. Gudgin was educated at the independent Whitgift School in South Croydon, London, but did not go to university. He carried out his National Service during the 1940s, and he started his broadcasting career during that time in Germany in