- Born
- Birth nameBarry George Davies
- Barry Davies began broadcasting with BFBS in Cologne and spent a year on BBC Radio with "Sport Report". He joined "The Times" in 1963 and began commentating on Football in February 1966. He covered the World Cup for ITV. He commentated for ABC TV (1966-1968) and for Granada (1968-1969). He became an all round commentator for the BBC from 1969 to his retirement in 2004. He has covered athletics, badminton, football, tennis and water skiing.
He was educated at Cranbrook School in Kent and graduated from London University. He is married to Penny and they have a daughter Giselle and a son Mark. He received the M.B.E. in HM The Queen's New Year's Honours List 2005 for services to Sports Broadcasting.
- IMDb mini biography by: Huw Nathan
- SpousePenny(? - present) (2 children)
- Joined BBC Radio in 1963.
- Educated at Cranbrook School, Kent.
- Gained his first experience of broadcasting with British Forces Network in Cologne.
- Retired from commentating on sport for BBC TV in 2004 after many years service.
- He was awarded the M.B.E. (Member of the order of the British Empire) in the 2005 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Sports Broadcasting.
- Murray Walker is a one-off and he's brilliant at the way that he does it, but he's a man who spends his whole life looking for a full stop and has yet to find one.
- [on changes in broadcasting] My children speak more quickly than I do and their children will probably be speaking even quicker.
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