Despite all BBC TV’s at one time extensive coverage of sport, I doubt whether many people thought of Alan Yentob as a sports fan.
However, when both of us were in the weekly BBC programme review meeting I praised a film marking the 40th anniversary of the Munich air disaster of 1958. In it, 23 people died, including eight Manchester United players. Alan had also liked the film, saying it was good to see the BBC treating the subject with due respect.
