Football Focus

Television series

Football Focus was a BBC television magazine programme broadcast from 31 August 1974 until 1988, and from 1992 until 24 May 2026, live on BBC One on Saturday lunchtimes during the football season. The programme, alongside Final Score, was a segment of the flagship sports show Grandstand, which for decades dominated the BBC One Saturday afternoon TV schedules. Football Focus became a programme in its own right in 2001.

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BBC Cancels Football Focus

The long-running BBC sports program Football Focus is being axed after more than five decades on television.

Alex Scott breaks silence as BBC axe iconic football show after 50 years Daily Star — Apr 23, 20:56 PM
Full BBC statement as Football Focus cancelled after more than 50 years Chronicle Live — Apr 23, 19:43 PM
BBC axes iconic Football Focus after 52 years Metro — Apr 23, 17:30 PM
Football Focus to end after 52 years BBC News — Apr 23, 14:53 PM
Alex Scott breaks her silence after BBC scrapped 'woke' Football Focus: Presenter reveals she was going to QUIT iconic show before Beeb pulled the plug amid huge decline in viewing figures Daily Mail — Apr 23, 19:02 PM
BBC axes Football Focus after 52 years on British screens ITV — Apr 23, 16:49 PM
BBC blows final whistle on Football Focus as show scrapped after 52 years The Guardian — Apr 23, 15:22 PM
BBC blows final whistle on Football Focus as iconic show axed after more than 50 years on air Irish Independent — Apr 23, 18:03 PM
Football Focus to end after 52 years on BBC TV The Standard — Apr 23, 16:34 PM
Football Focus axed by BBC after 52 years The Independent — Apr 23, 15:06 PM
BBC blows final whistle on Football Focus as iconic show to be taken off air after more than 50 years Irish Independent — Apr 23, 18:03 PM
BBC blows final whistle on Football Focus as show scrapped after 52 years Irish Times — Apr 23, 16:22 PM
BBC axes Football Focus after 50 years on air Liverpool Echo — Apr 23, 15:59 PM
BREAKING: BBC AXE Football Focus in shock move as flagship show cancelled after over 50 years Mirror — Apr 23, 14:58 PM
Football Focus host Alex Scott filled with ‘anxiety and dread’ ahead of BBC announcement The Independent — Apr 23, 18:19 PM
BBC axes iconic Football Focus after 52 years Sky News — Apr 23, 14:59 PM
BBC scrap Football Focus after 52 YEARS: Iconic show to be cancelled at the end of the season after huge decline in viewing figures as Beeb addresses Alex Scott's future Daily Mail — Apr 23, 15:14 PM
BBC make drastic schedule change as iconic football show axed after 50 years Daily Star — Apr 23, 15:13 PM
Football Focus to be axed but Alex Scott to remain key BBC Sport presenter City AM — Apr 23, 15:17 PM
BBC axe iconic football show after 52 years as Alex Scott moved on Wales Online — Apr 23, 15:36 PM