Freelance Broadcaster | John Roder

About Me

Please see below for my recent client list and career history.

Current Clients

BBC TV SPORT

Football commentator on the Premier League for Match of the Day on BBC1 and BBC2. Commentator on the Championship and Carling Cup for the Football League Show. Commentator on 2006, 2008 and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations; 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games; 2007 Womens World Cup; 2009 Confederations Cup; with live matches shown on BBC3 and via the red interactive button. Reporter for Final Score on BBC1.

PITCH INTERNATIONAL

Football Commentator on international matches, Champions League and UEFA Cup. My commentary is used as a “world feed,” with the matches sold to various TV stations around the globe. Regular commentaries include all of Germany’s home international fixtures, the German Pokal Cup; and South American World Cup qualifying.

BT MEDIA/CSI SPORT

Commentator on live Championship and Carling Cup matches for world distribution and highlights use on BBC Sport and BT Vision. Presenter of the Football League highlights show shown around the world.

EUROSPORT and BRITISH EUROSPORT

Commentator on live matches from a wide variety of competitions and tournaments. Presenter of Eurogoals and other football programmes. Between 2002 and 2005 I was commentator for live Serie A matches and presenter of Gol!, the weekly Serie A highlights programme. Commentator for Euro 2004 and 2002, 2004 and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.

INPUT VIDEO

Voiceover Presenter of the FA Cup highlights programme distributed around the world. Commentary and presentation of beach volleyball programmes.

SETANTA SPORTS IRELAND & NORTH AMERICA

Football commentator on the Champions League; Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Cup for Setanta Ireland. These live matches are frequently simulcast on Setanta channels in North America, Canada and Australia. Commentator on live Champions League matches directly for Setanta North America.

KOTV

Presenter of Goalissimo, a weekly football highlights programme. Occasional presenter of KOTV, a weekly boxing magazine show and of beach volleyball programmes.

CHANNEL 5

Occasional football commentator, including live matches.

BBC RADIO SPORT

Football reporter and commentator for Radio 5 Live. Sports presenter on the Radio 1 breakfast show between 1995-97. In the past I have also been the presenter of sports desks on Radio 2, Radio 4, 5 Live and the BBC World Service.

MATCHROOM SPORT

Commentary on the PGA Europro Golf Tour (shown on Sky Sports) and on various other golf programmes.

EXCELLENT VOICE COMPANY

My agents. Voiceovers and trails for many different channels; and a variety of adverts for both radio and TV.

Previous Clients

SETANTA SPORTS UK

(2006-09) Commentator on FA Cup, Italian Serie A, German Bundeslegia, Blue Square Premier and pre-season matches.

NORTH ONE TV

(2005-07) Commentator on Italian Serie A shown on Bravo . Commentator for 2006 World Cup, shown on UKTV G2.

TELEVIDEO

(1996-2004) Presenter, commentator and interviewer for football DVD’s and videos.

UEFA

(2002-04) Football commentator and programme presenter on Uefa.com.

WARWICKSHIRE CCC

(1995-2007) Match day host for 20/20 cricket; and the Sunday League. In 2007 and 2008 I acted as host for corporate guests in the main hospitality rooms at Test matches and One Day Internationals.

ITV SPORT

(1998-2003) Reporter for The Goal Rush for ITV1 and ITV2.

MERIDIAN TV (ITV1)

(1997-2003) Football commentator for Soccer Sunday and the Meridian Match, including live editions of Soccer Sunday.

ITV SPORT CHANNEL

(2001-02) Football commentator and reporter.

CHANNEL 4

(1999-2002) Football commentator on Italian Serie A.

SKY SPORTS

(1994-2000) Football commentator, reporter and voiceovers for Premiership and Nationwide league coverage.

ESPN STAR SPORTS

(1999-2001) Football commentator on Italian Serie A, Spanish La Liga and the Champions League.

ISL

(1998-2001) Presenter of FIFA TV. Commentator on Brazilian football. Narration for videos, including the official video of Euro 2000.

TODAY FM

(Republic of Ireland 1998-2003) Commentator on Premiership football.

I have also provided voiceovers for Football Mundial for TWI and World Football for CSI, worked for the sports department at Sky News, and presented on BBC World Service. Before leaving BBC radio in 1994 to freelance, I worked in local and national radio.