6-0-6

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show_name = 606 Football Phone-In


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format = Phone-in
runtime = Saturdays 6.06pm,
Sundays 6.00pm,
Wednesdays 10.00pm
country = UK
language = English
home_station = BBC Radio 5 Live
previously BBC Radio 5
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record_location = London, England
first_aired = 1991
last_aired = Present
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audio_format = FM, Digital radio and Digital TV
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website = [http://www.bbc.co.uk/fivelive/programmes/606.shtml Official Website]
podcast = [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/606/ Official Podcast]

6-0-6 (pronounced six-oh-six) is a football phone-in, broadcast on BBC Radio Five Live throughout the football season; when the programme started, it typically went on air at 6:06pm on a matchday (when schedules allow). It covers topics relating to the current affairs of football in the United Kingdom. There are three shows most weeks, Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday,with a Tuesday show usually embedded for midweek cup and league matches each with a different presenter. As well as listeners phoning in, a selection of texts and e-mails to the studio are read out.

The programme was inspired by long running BBC Local radio football phone-ins such as the BBC Radio Sheffield programme [http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/content/articles/2007/10/19/first_football_phone_in.shtml Praise or Grumble] .

6-0-6's current theme tune is initially "Everybody" by Martin Solveig, followed immediately by an arrangement of Bohemian Like You from The Dandy Warhols.

Background and Presenters

Originally the programme was broadcast only once a week, on Saturdays after Sports Report. It gets its name from the (approximate) time the show starts on a Saturday evening - six minutes past six. [ [http://media.guardian.co.uk/radio/story/0,,2112013,00.html Tim Lovejoy to host 606 phone-in on Five Live | Media | MediaGuardian ] ] Its original host was Danny Baker (1991-1992, 1996-1997, 2008). David Mellor (1992-2001) presented 6-0-6 for much of the 1990s and early on in the 2000s and was for a long time its regular Wednesday evening presenter. Other previous hosts have included Richard Littlejohn (1997-2002), Dominik Diamond, Adrian Chiles (2001-2006) and Jonathan Pearce (2002-2003).

Current regular presenters include Tim Lovejoy who normally does Wednesdays DJ Spoony who usually does Sundays and Alan Green, who has normally commentated on a game the same day (mostly Saturdays. Occasional presenters include Mark Lawrenson, Steve Claridge, Mark Chapman, Mark Bright, Ray Stubbs and Manish Bhasin. Danny Baker returned to 6-0-6 to present six Euro 2008 specials. He proved a big hit with the listeners and was invited back to present regularly on Tuesdays. [http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jul/31/bbc.radio]

6-0-6 Online Forum

In addition to the phone-in programme, there is also an online version of 6-0-6 in the form of an Internet message board, although in June 2006 the site was forced to temporarily close due to the large amount of web traffic and forum threads. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/sports_talk/4655158.stm|title=BBC SPORT - Have Your Say - Message boards: our response|accessdate=2007-04-03] Football, cricket, rugby union, rugby league, snooker, motorsport and several other sports have messageboards embedded into 606.

Spin Offs

Other sports occasionally get the 6-0-6 treatment. These inlcude Tennis, where the show became 6 Love 6 presented by John Inverdale, Cricket and Formula 1 where Murray Walker presents.

References

External links

*cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/606/default.stm|title=BBC SPORT - 606|accessdate=2007-04-03