World of Sport was a British television sport anthology programme launched on ITV on January 2, 1965 in response to Grandstand. Like Grandstand, the programme ran for several hours every Saturday afternoon. Independent Television (ITV) is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to the BBC. In England and Wales the channel was recently rebranded ITV1 by ITV plc who own the regional broadcasting licences for the regions. ... January 2 is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... The British television sport programme Grandstand is one of BBCs longest running sports shows, alongside BBC Sports Personality of the Year. ... Saturday is the day of the week between Friday and Sunday. ...

Eamonn Andrews was the first host but he was replaced by Dickie Davies in 1968. The show included not only popular segments such as On The Ball, The ITV 7 and wrestling, but also in its later years, minor sports such as women's hockey, netball and lacrosse. The programme also occasionally acquired genuinely major sporting events such as FA Cup matches. Eamonn Andrews (19 December 1922 – 5 November 1987) was a Irish born television presenter in the United Kingdom. ... // Professional wrestling is a form of performance art where the participants engage in simulated sporting matches. ... A game of field hockey in progress Field Hockey is a popular sport for men and women in many countries around the world. ... Originally known as womens basketball and adapted from basketball in the USA, netball, while basically unknown in its homeland, is the preeminent womens team sport (both as a spectator and participant sport) in Australia and New Zealand and is popular in the United Kingdom, Jamaica, South Africa, and... High School lacrosse action. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ...

The programme was "compiled for Independent Television" originally by Associated British Corporation (ABC) and later by London Weekend Television - under the ITV Sport banner, with the other ITV stations supplying footage of events in their regions. ABC logo, 1960s ABC Television or ABC Weekend TV was the British Independent Television (ITV) (commercial television) contractor on Saturdays and Sundays in the Midlands and North of England between 1956 and 1968. ... Now known as ITV London (Weekends) London Weekend Television logo, 1978-1996 London Weekend Television Limited (LWT) is the ITV contractor for London, Friday 5:15pm to Monday, 5:59am. ...

It became the first sports programme to gain cult status, running for twenty years, but was cancelled in 1985. However, its wrestling programming has recently been re-run on The Wrestling Channel since March, 2004. Cult television, like cult figures, cult film and cult radio, attracts a band of aficionados devoted to a specific television program or unreal universe. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Wrestling Channel (TWC) is the worlds first dedicated professional wrestling television channel, showing many different promotions from the wrestling spectrum. ...

The programme's title is similar to Wide World of Sports, but it is not clear if the American show inspired the title. ABCs Wide World of Sports is a long-running sports anthology show on American television. ...

External link

• ITV Wrestling listings
• The Wrestling Channel