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Sue Barker, presenter and tennis player

Desert Island Discs

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A Few Sneakers and a Thing

After commentating on tennis for a few years in other Australian, David Hill offered you a presenting job. He gave me the best introduction into broadcasting because he made me do the continuity between every program on B Sky B. From Wimbledon, you've gone on to front grandstands, the Olympics and Commonwealth Games. Do you feel you've achieved more than you have with your second career? Because I don't think I had any ambition of where I would go with television. And Mr Roberts, dear Arthur, not only did he give me my tennis life, but he also gave me tools to go into a life that wasn't what I'd ever dreamed of.

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