# Rally Report

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1984 British TV series or programme

Rally Report A Rally Report logo Presented by William Woollard Starring Tony Mason Country of origin United Kingdom Original language English No. of episodes 60 Production Producer Derek Smith Dennis Adams Tom Ross Running time 30 minutes Original release Network BBC2 Release 24 November 1984 (1984-11-24) – 20 December 1998 (1998-12-20)

***Rally Report*** is a series of programmes broadcast by the BBC covering the [Lombard RAC Rally](/source/Lombard_RAC_Rally) of Great Britain – then the last round of the [World Rally Championship](/source/World_Rally_Championship).

It was transmitted on BBC2 from 1984[1] 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](/source/BBC_Pebble_Mill) and later branded as *Top Gear Rally Report* since unusually it was not made by BBC Sport. *[Top Gear](/source/Top_Gear_(1977_TV_series))* presenter [William Woollard](/source/William_Woollard) presented the programme from rally headquarters with Sue Baker, Barrie Gill and later [Tony Mason](/source/Tony_Mason_(co-driver)) 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 "[Jewelled](/source/Duel_(Propaganda_song))" (from the remix album *Wishful Thinking*) by [Propaganda](/source/Propaganda_(band)).[2][3]

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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## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [BBC Genome Project – BBC2 listings 24 November 1984](https://web.archive.org/web/20141017224101/http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/bbctwo/england/1984-11-24)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Wishful Thinking"](https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00004WC6X?tag2=gp04-21). *Amazon UK*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Motorsport Forums"](https://web.archive.org/web/20070325162717/http://knockhill.motorsportforum.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=1879531). Archived from [the original](http://knockhill.motorsportforum.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=1879531) on 25 March 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2006.

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