Everything about Alan Weeks totally explained
Alan Weeks (
September 8 1923 in
Bristol -
June 11 1996) was a
British television sports reporter and commentator.
He was the son of a mariner and attended Brighton Grammar School. Weeks worked all his broadcasting life with the
BBC. Principally remembered for his commentary on
winter sports such as
ice skating and
ice hockey, Weeks also presented
swimming,
snooker and
gymnastics. Weeks was also a big speedway fan, and broadcast from Wembley Stadium on the World Speedway finals from 1955 to 1969 for the BBC. He reported for the BBC on every
Winter Olympics from 1964 and most
Summer Olympics until his retirement. As such he was on hand to describe the memorable gold medal wins of sports stars such as
Torvill and Dean and
David Wilkie.
His, to some, excessively enthusiastic style of presentation was sometimes parodied and satirised in the media. Once he read out in a loud, high-pitched voice the marks awarded by each individual judge for an ice skater. Clive James commented that Weeks was producing "Television for the blind".
Weeks defended himself by saying that it was a commentator's duty to get excited, and remained cordial towards detractors such as James.
He was also an occasional presenter of
Match of the Day and
Grandstand, and for a time presented the snooker series
Pot Black.
In
1989 British Ice Hockey honoured him by naming the award for Best British Defenseman after him, the
Alan Weeks Trophy.
He made his last broadcast in early 1996 commenting the
World Figure Skating Championship. He then announced he was retiring, before he died in June that year.
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