featuring the presentation to the Sports Personality of the Year by Lord Killanin, President of the International Olympic Committee. For the 22nd year, the leading names of sport gather together in the BBC Television Theatre to relive the outstanding events and performances of the year.
1975: a year that provided us with a golden summer of sport.
Athletics: the crowds came back to cheer the stars -Alan Pascoe , Brendan Foster , David Jenkins , Andrea Lynch
Cricket: a memorable first World Cup, and The Ashes' encounter with Australia, which produced a new hero in David Steele
Tennis: Arthur Ashe triumphed at Wimbledon
Racing: Ascot saw one of the greatest races of all time -
Golf: the dramatic play-off in The Open
1975 was a year which also produced a double World Champion in swimmer David Wilkie ; our Speedway riders retained the world team title; Britain's girls kept the Wightman Cup; Alan Taylor was West Ham's Cup Final hero; Muhammad AH fought the greatest fight of his life; and several famous names finally retired from their sport.
Tonight's programme features action from more than a dozen sports, and presentations to The Team of the Year The Outstanding
Overseas Personality
Introduced by Frank Bough and Harry Carpenter
Lighting NIGEL WRIGHT Designer KEITH HARRIS
Associate producer PAUL 1ANG Producer BRIAN VENNER Editor ALAN HART