2008 Grand National - Coverage

Coverage

Murphy looks over his right shoulder and sees King John's Castle coming at him hard. They race towards the elbow. It's Comply or Die in front. Snowy Morning is coming again, King John's Castle the outside. Comply or Die, punched out by Murphy, leads by three or four lengths, and is going to go on and win the Grand National! It's Comply or Die, Timmy Murphy who wins the Grand National.

The National was televised live in the United Kingdom in a four-hour long broadcast on BBC One, presented by Clare Balding with Rishi Persad and guest presenter Richard Dunwoody. The commentary team of four commentators was Ian Bartlett, Tony O'Hehir, Darren Owen and lead commentator Jim McGrath who called the winner home for the eleventh consecutive year.

The action was broadcast via fifty-two cameras, including cameras situated inside fences, although the use of jockey cams, cameras placed inside riders helmets was not used this year. The famous head-on elevated shot of Becher's Brook, which became synonymous with the fence for almost 50 years was replaced with a low angle shot. This was the 49th annual broadcast of the race live by the BBC but was the first not to be broadcast as part of a Grandstand special.