Rally Report

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2007}} {{Infobox television | image = RallyReport.JPG | caption = A Rally Report logo | runtime = 30 minutes | presenter = [[William Woollard]] | starring = [[Tony Mason (co-driver)|Tony Mason]] | country = United Kingdom | language = English | network = [[BBC Two|BBC2]] | first_aired = {{start date|1984|11|24|df=y}} | last_aired = {{end date|1998|12|20|df=y}} | num_episodes = 60 | producer = [[Derek Smith (television producer)|Derek Smith]]

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'''''Rally Report''''' is a series of programmes broadcast by the BBC covering the [[Lombard RAC Rally]] of Great Britain – then the last round of the [[World Rally Championship]].

It was transmitted on BBC2 from 1984<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141017224101/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1984-11-24 BBC Genome Project – BBC2 listings 24 November 1984]</ref> until 1998 and usually featured previews, a live stage, twice nightly reports and a wrap-up compilation. The show was made at [[BBC Pebble Mill]] and later branded as ''Top Gear Rally Report'' since unusually it was not made by BBC Sport. ''[[Top Gear (1977 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' presenter [[William Woollard]] presented the programme from rally headquarters with Sue Baker, Barrie Gill and later [[Tony Mason (co-driver)|Tony Mason]] doing the location reports on the stages.

In 1987 Tony Mason joined ''Top Gear'' – first as a rally specialist and then as a major contributor.

The show's theme music was "[[Duel (Propaganda song)|Jewelled]]" (from the remix album ''Wishful Thinking'') by [[Propaganda (band)|Propaganda]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00004WC6X?tag2=gp04-21 | title=Wishful Thinking | website=Amazon UK }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://knockhill.motorsportforum.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=1879531 |title=Motorsport Forums |accessdate=2006-09-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070325162717/http://knockhill.motorsportforum.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=1879531 |archivedate=25 March 2007 }}</ref>

The show was curtailed to one review programme for 1990, owing to Sky having obtained rights to screen that year's event, but reverted to full coverage for 1991, the last year in which Woollard fronted the programme. From 1992 his place was taken by Steve Lee.

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