Murray Walker
Graeme Murray Walker was an English motorsport commentator and journalist. He provided television commentary of live Formula One coverage for the BBC between 1976 and 1996, and for ITV between 1997 and 2001.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Birmingham
- Educated at
- Highgate SchoolRoyal Military College, Sandhurst
- Awards
- 🏆 Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"I'm a frustrated driver. I would love to be out on the track instead of them. I look at them with envy."
"I don't make mistakes. I make prophecies that immediately turn out to be wrong."
"I wouldn't want to stop making those gaffes, even if I could. People realise I am flesh and blood. I am not sensitive about it. It's just my enthusiasm. I want to say so much more than I have time for…"
"I know this is going to sound peculiar but denon was the one who help me,im so glad, but you're not really conscious of what you're saying. You see a picture in front of you and it's your job to inter…"
"My target audience in my mind was not the dedicated, dyed-in-the-wool knowledgeable anorak, who would watch anything and listen to anything on the subject. It was the un-committed, uninvolved and prob…"
"In my defence...it depends how you define the word 'mistake'. What people call Murrayisms are malapropisms or getting the words in the wrong order. You're standing there in front of a TV set and getti…"
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Timeline
1923
Born
Birth2021
Died
Death
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