Commentary Work
Porter is a TV commentator and public-address commentator at events. He is the voice of cycling for BBC Sport, voicing the Olympic and Commonwealth Games (track and road), World Championships (track and road) and World Cup track meetings.
He commentated on the 2009 Tour of Britain for ITV4, while also public-address commentator. Porter kept referring to the 'stage announcer', which was himself. Porter is a regular at Manchester and Newport velodromes. He is the voice of the Revolution series at Manchester.
He is often assisted by his wife Anita Lonsbrough who sits alongside him off-microphone and helps him with his notes.
He has also worked on the Winter Olympics for the BBC, where he commentated on the speed skating events.
In recent years, Hugh has joined forces with British Swimming and is now "the voice of British Swimming", commentating at all the major events throughout the year.
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