Jul 21, 2021 -- 9:16AM, Stark wrote:Anyone else remember a TV documentary about Alex Bird aired in the 1980s? Although he did most of his volume on photos, it wasn't the be all and end all to him. Memory is vague now, I remember him being asked to select from a TV race whilst at home. If memory serves, he picked an Eddery mount (each way) at around the 9-2 mark. I think it placed, but not 100% sure - mists of time and all that...I remember it well. Think it was around 1987, give or take a year. He went on to BBC teletext to confirm the result. Think it was 2nd, and 9/2 clicks a memory cell. Remember Alex Bird saying something like 'there, it made a little profit', or some such words. Can you imagine the beeb showing that now?
I think that was a prog when Chris Searle (ex Thats life) was doing a job swap thingy as a bookmaker ?