Rob Curling

Rob Curling (born 8 September 1957, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya) is a British television presenter and journalist. He presents the sport for Sky News. He also fronts the tennis coverage for British Eurosport. Up to and including 2011, he anchored BBC Sport's interactive television coverage of: Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Wimbledon, Open Golf, Six Nations Rugby and World Athletics Championships. He was the host of the game show Turnabout,^[1] which aired on BBC One for eight series between 1990 and 1996.^[2]^[3] He presented the Halford Tour Series cycling for ITV4, and commentated on table tennis on the BBC at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.^[4]

He has hosted podcasts for The Guardian, including the 2007 Cricket World Cup.^[5]

Curling appeared on the show Banzai and TV's 100 Funniest Moments for Channel 4, Sky One's Brainiac, The Basil Brush Show (BBC One), and Through the Keyhole (BBC One & Sky). He also starred in the last series of Beadle's About.^{[citation needed]}

He also appeared in the film Children of Men.

He appeared in the Netflix show The Crown series 4, episode 1 ("Gold Stick"), as the commentator at Princess Anne's circuit at Badminton trials.

Podcasts

In addition to appearing on many tennis-based podcasts as a guest, Rob hosts his own aviation podcast, Top Landing Gear, with Scouting for Girls frontman Roy Stride, Rob's brother Jeremy and pilot James Cartner.

Education

Curling was educated at the independent Cranleigh School in Cranleigh, Surrey.

Video narration

Curling has narrated various videos about railway lines, including:

Bakerloo line and Waterloo & City line
Jubilee line
Circle line and Hammersmith & City line
Northern line
Piccadilly line
East London line and District line
Central line
Victoria line
Metropolitan line
Hammersmith & City line and District line
North London line by Silverlink Metro
Reading to London Waterloo by South West Trains
Thames Branches by First Great Western
Devon Branches Exmouth to Barnstaple by First Great Western
Devon Branches Plymouth to Gunnislake and Newton Abbot to Paignton by First Great Western
Tyne Valley line, Carlisle to Newcastle by Northern Rail
The Berks And Hants Route (Great Western Railway)
Penzance to Exeter St Davids (Great Western Railway)
North Downs Line (Gatwick Airport to Reading ) (Great Western Railway)
Portsmouth Direct (Portsmouth Harbour to London Waterloo Via Guildford) (South Western Railway)
Trams in Lisbon, Portugal

Life and career

One of Curling's earliest jobs was in the BBC's Film Archive Library. His on-screen career began in 1987 as a newsreader and co-presenter of the BBC's regional news programme BBC London Plus, later to become Newsroom South East. He was a member of the BAFTA-winning team for the BBC's series of outside broadcasts commemorating 50 years of the end of World War II: D-Day Remembered, VE-50 & VJ-50. He was also nominated for a BAFTA for BBC Education's current affairs series Issues & The Geography Programme.^{[citation needed]}

Curling presents numerous programmes and videos on aviation, including a history of the Spitfire for ITV. He also narrates a series of Drivers' Eye View videos for Video 125 about the London Underground, Reading to Waterloo, Thames Branchlines and Devon Branchlines. As well as a broadcaster, Curling is a conference and awards host, after dinner speaker and media trainer.

References

External links

Rob Curling at IMDb
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[1] ttps://www.theguardian.com/culture/tvandradioblog/2008/oct/13/going-for-gold-revival

[2] ttps://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6e2cf8956aff452187b62451c8de70f3

[3] ttps://tv.apple.com/gb/person/rob-curling/umc.cpc.hdq4elc1hfmejn7x47yfeqif

[4] ttp://www.fletcherassociates.net/Fletcher_Associates_2024/Fletcher_Associates___Agent___Rob_Curling___Sports_Presenter___Credits.html

[5] ttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/series/thecricketworldcupshow

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