For many, the real start of Gary Lineker's broadcasting career was one of the most difficult days in British sporting history.
It was 1997, and the Grand National at Aintree had had to be postponed because of two coded IRA bomb threats which had forced the entire racecourse to be evacuated.
The BBC were hosting the famous race on their flagship Grandstand sports show, with presenter Des Lynam in situ in Liverpool, and forced to tell viewers that he and the entire production team were among the 60,000 spectators who were having to leave Aintree due to the very real concerns.
