Desert Island Discs

Gabby Logan, broadcaster


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Gabby Logan presents a range of popular BBC sports programmes and hosts high-profile sporting events including the Olympics, Premiership football and the World Cup.

Gabby was born in Leeds and her father Terry Yorath is a former footballer and manager who played for Leeds United and for the Welsh national team. As a young girl she was a rhythmic gymnast and represented Wales in the Commonwealth Games in 1990. She retired from the sport the following year after struggling with severe back pain.

In 1996 she joined Sky Sports as a presenter, moving to ITV two years later where she became one of the first female sports anchors to break into terrestrial television and the first woman to host the channel’s football coverage.

Gabby joined the BBC in 2007 where she has presented Final Score, Inside Sport and Match of the Day. She also co-presents the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards show. In 2021 Gabby was awarded an MBE for services to sports broadcasting and the promotion of women in sport.

Gabby is married to the former rugby union player Kenny Logan and they have two children.

DISC ONE: Abide With Me by Emeli Sandé

DISC TWO: Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell
DISC THREE: Summertime by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
DISC FOUR: Going Home: Theme Of The Local Hero (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, 1983) by Dire Straits
DISC FIVE: Daniel by Elton John
DISC SIX: Belter by Gerry Cinnamon
DISC SEVEN: As by George Michael & Mary J. Blige
DISC EIGHT: You Got the Love by The Source, featuring Candi Staton

BOOK CHOICE: Every Ruddy Word by Alan Partridge

LUXURY ITEM: A piano
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: You Got the Love by The Source, featuring Candi Staton

Presenter Lauren Laverne

Producer Paula McGinley

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