BBC Sport has confirmed the cancellation of Ski Sunday, ending a run over nearly five decades.
The show debuted in 1978, and the BBC says that “changing audience behaviours and the tough financial decisions needed to meet savings requirements mean BBC Sport must continually review how it delivers value for licence fee payers and serves audiences across all platforms. This decision forms part of that process.”
Philip Bernie, Head of BBC Sport Events, said: “Ski Sunday has been a truly iconic programme and a much-loved part of BBC Sport’s output for many years. Generations of viewers have enjoyed its coverage of the best in winter sports. We are enormously proud of the role it has played in bringing these moments to audiences across the UK, and extremely grateful to the brilliant people who have delivered them, not least the current outstanding team.
“These decisions are never easy, but as audience viewing habits evolve and we work to deliver value for licence fee payers, we have to make tough choices. We remain committed to bringing audiences the very best of winter sport, above all at the Winter Olympics, across BBC Sport’s platforms.”
Jon Creamer
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