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BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in 2015.
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Match of the Day premiered August 22, 1964. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
BBC's football highlights and analysis. "The longest-running football television programme in the world" as recognised by Guinness World Records in 2015.
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Episode 1
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the opening round of the new Premier League season, including the game between Newcastle and Nottingham Forest.
Guest stars Ian Wright, Steve Wilson, Robyn Cowen, Jonathan Pearce, Guy Mowbray, Simon Brotherton, Steve Bower, Alan Shearer
Episode 2
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from the second round of the new Premier League season, including newly promoted Bournemouth’s trip to champions Manchester City.
Guest stars Alan Shearer, Micah Richards
Episode 3
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of Saturday’s Premier League action, including Tottenham v Wolves, Everton v Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth v Arsenal.
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Episode 4
Gary Lineker and his guests analyse Saturday's Premiership action, including Crystal Palace v Manchester City, Liverpool v Bournemouth and Chelsea v Leicester.
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Episode 5
Highlights of ten midweek Premier League matches, including Manchester City v Nottingham Forest and Liverpool v Newcastle United.
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Episode 6
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of all the day’s Premier League action, including Manchester City’s trip to Aston Villa and the Merseyside derby from Goodison Park.
Guest stars Alan Shearer, Danny Murphy
Episode 7
Gary Lineker presents highlights and analysis of Saturday’s Premier League matches, including Leicester City’s trip to Tottenham Hotspur. Wolves host Man City, and Newcastle face Bournemouth.
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Episode 8
Gary Lineker introduces highlights from Saturday’s seven Premier League matches, including the north London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham.
Guest stars Alan Shearer, Mark Chapman, Ian Wright
Episode 9
Gary Lineker introduces highlights and analysis of Saturday’s five Premier League fixtures, including Tottenham’s trip to Brighton and champions Manchester City v Southampton.
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Episode 10
Gary Lineker introduces highlights and analysis of the day’s Premier League fixtures, including Tottenham v Everton and Crystal Palace’s visit to struggling Leicester.
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Episode 11
A bonus midweek feast of Premier League highlights includes the clash between Manchester United and Tottenham at Old Trafford and West Ham’s trip to Liverpool.
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Episode 12
Gary Lineker introduces highlights and analysis from Saturday’s four Premier League matches, including Manchester United’s trip to London to face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Liverpool travel to Nottingham Forest, Manchester City host Brighton, and Crystal Palace head north to play Everton.
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Episode 13
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of eight Premier League matches, including Manchester City’s visit to Leicester and Graham Potter's return to Brighton for the first time with Chelsea.
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Episode 14
Gary Lineker introduces highlights and analysis from Saturday’s five Premier League matches, including defending champions Manchester City hosting Fulham. Elsewhere, Leicester travel to Merseyside to face Everton, while Leeds United welcome Bournemouth to Elland Road, and Wolves face Brighton.
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Episode 15
Manish Bhasin and guests present all the action and analysis from a bumper day of FA Cup action as the first round gets underway.
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Gary Lineker introduces highlights and analysis from Saturday’s eight Premier League matches, including Newcastle v Chelsea and Manchester City v Brentford.
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Episode 17
Highlights of all the games in the second round of the FA Cup.
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Episode 18
Premier League football returns after a six-week break for the World Cup, with seven Boxing Day fixtures, including Arsenal v West Ham, Brentford v Spurs and Aston Villa v Liverpool.
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Episode 19
Highlights of Saturday’s Premier League fixtures, including Manchester City v Everton, Newcastle v Leeds and Wolves v Manchester United.
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Highlights from the midweek Premier League matches, including Arsenal v Newcastle, Manchester United v Bournemouth and Everton v Brighton.
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Episode 21
Highlights and reaction from 23 third-round ties, including Liverpool v Wolves, Manchester United v Everton and Brentford v West Ham.
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Episode 22
Mark Chapman introduces the goals and drama from Sunday’s eight third-round ties, including the titanic clash between Manchester City and Chelsea and Leeds’s trip to Cardiff.
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Episode 23
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the Manchester derby, plus Liverpool’s visit to Brighton and an East Midlands derby between Nottingham Forest and Leicester City.
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Episode 24
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of a busy day of Premier League football, featuring the blockbuster contest between Liverpool and Chelsea at Anfield.
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Episode 25
All the goals and highlights from the FA Cup fourth-round ties that have taken place so far this weekend, including Manchester City's game against Arsenal on Friday.
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Episode 26
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the latest round of Premier League games, including the clash between Everton and title hopefuls Arsenal at Goodison Park.
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Episode 27
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of Saturday's Premier League matches, including West Ham v Chelsea, Leicester v Tottenham and Bournemouth v Newcastle.
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Episode 28
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the latest round of Premier League matches, including Liverpool’s trip to St James’ Park to face Eddie Howe’s Newcastle United.
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Episode 29
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the latest round of Premier League matches, with Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City all in action.
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Episode 30
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of Arsenal v Bournemouth, Manchester City v Newcastle, Wolves v Tottenham and Chelsea v Leeds.
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Episode 31
Highlights of the latest Premier League matches, including Crystal Palace v Manchester City at Selhurst Park and Bournemouth v Liverpool at Vitality Stadium. An Erling Haaland hat-trick helped the Citizens come back from 2-0 down when they hosted Palace in August, while Liverpool claimed a Premier record-equalling 9-0 win when they faced the Cherries at Anfield. Plus, Everton v Brentford, Leeds United v Brighton & Hove Albion, Leicester City v Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest
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Episode 32
Highlights of the latest round of Premier League matches with Manchester City, Tottenham and Liverpool all in action.
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Episode 33
Arsenal hosted Leeds, while back-to-back champions Manchester City were at home to Liverpool, the team they took the title off two years ago. Other games included Chelsea v Aston Villa and Fulham’s trip to relegation-threatened Bournemouth.
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Episode 34
Highlights of the midweek Premier League game, including Chelsea v Liverpool, Brighton v Bournemouth and West Ham v Newcastle.
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Episode 35
Gary Lineker introduces highlights and analysis of the day’s eight Premier League games, including Manchester United v Everton and Spurs against surprise top-four rivals Brighton.
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Episode 36
Gary Lineker introduces highlights and analysis of today’s seven Premier League games, including Manchester City v Leicester, Southampton v Crystal Palace and Everton v Fulham.
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Episode 37
Gary Lineker introduces highlights and analysis of today’s Premier League games, including Leicester City v Wolves, Liverpool v Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace v Everton.
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Episode 38
Gary Lineker presents highlights of the midweek Premier League fixtures, including title-chasing Arsenal’s trip to face defending champions Manchester City.
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Episode 39
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of today’s four Premier League games, including two London derbies. Title-chasing Arsenal host Chelsea, and West Ham travel to Crystal Palace.
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Episode 40
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of today’s Premier League games, including Liverpool v Brentford, Bournemouth v Chelsea and Manchester City v Leeds United.
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Episode 41
Gary Lineker and guests review highlights from Saturday's Premier League fixtures, including vital games at both ends of the table.
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Episode 42
Gary Lineker presents highlights of the day’s six Premier League games, including relegation-threatened sides Nottingham Forest and Everton's matches against Arsenal and Wolves.
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Episode 43
Gary Lineker introduces highlights of the final day of the 2022/23 Premier League season, with plenty still to be decided in England’s top division.
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Episode 44
Watch the best of the action from Wembley as Manchester City take on Manchester United for the first time in an FA Cup final.
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Kenneth WolstenholmeSelf - Commentator
Gary LinekerSelf - Presenter
Des LynamSelf - Presenter
Jimmy HillSelf - Presenter
David ColemanSelf - Presenter
Alan WeeksCommentator
Alan ParryCommentator
Bob WilsonNews round-up
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