''Trans World Sport'' (TWS), originally stylised ''Transworld Sport'' (still used in some television listings and

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s) is a

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-orientated

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produced by

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, England. It is shown worldwide, on a variety of syndicated television channels. It is the world's longest running weekly international television sports programme, and has been in continuous production every week since . Today, it is shown over fifty countries, with a household reach of nearly two-hundred million. For over 25 years, ''Trans World Sport'' has brought the top names and events, together with off-beat and esoteric stories from the world of sport. The show was the brainchild of IMG founder, and sports marketing pioneer,

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. Since its very first show, ''Trans World Sport's'' objective has remained the same; to bring its viewers the best, the most interesting, and most informative stories from the world of sport. Their mantra has always been that there is no hierarchy in sport, and the idea is that what happens in

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has always been as important as what happens at the

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. They have had features on several sports stars, including a 16 year-old Carlos Alcaraz, a 14-year-old

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, a teenage

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, and

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, and on a 12-year-old

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and her 11-year-old sister,

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. ''Trans World Sport'' has covered hundreds of different sports, and filmed with a countless number of World and

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s. Out of the 203

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(IOC) member nations, they have been to 183 of them; including

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and

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, while in 2012, they even filmed in

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. The first show was narrated by

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. After a succession of different narrators in the early nineties, the show settled on its current narrators,

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and Bruce Hammal.

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Trans World Sport
– official website, at IMGprogramming.com * {{sport 1987 British television series debuts 1980s British sports television series 1990s British sports television series 2000s British sports television series 2010s British sports television series 2020s British sports television series Channel 4 original programming Sports television in the United Kingdom

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