Premier League Productions

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Sports media company

Premier League Productions is an IMG-produced company with studio shows and commentators for worldwide viewers of Premier League association football.^[1]

English-language broadcast team

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The company has a group of UK based commentators, pundits, and presenters. Formerly, John Dykes led the presentation team between 2010 and 2017. Currently Steve Bower (lead), Manish Bhasin, Seema Jaswal and Julia Stuart present Matchday Live on weekends with other presenters such as Olivia Buzaglo, Ian Irving and Will Perry filling in as needed. Kelly Cates, Mark Pougatch and Kelly Somers (among others) contribute as presenters for studio shows. Different guest pundits appear on each programme including Michael Owen (lead), Alan Shearer, Ian Wright, Owen Hargreaves, Glenn Hoddle, Steve McManaman, Tim Sherwood, Karen Carney, Izzy Christiansen, Lianne Sanderson, Fara Williams and Joe Ward.

Studio show presenters (2024-2025 season):

All times listed are London Time - UTC+1 from last Sunday in March through Saturday before last Sunday in October, UTC otherwise

Fantasy Premier League Show - Fridays 10:30 LIVE

Fanzone (Friday edition) - Fridays 15:30 LIVE

Fanzone (Monday edition) - Mondays 14:30 LIVE (New time for 2024-2025 season)

Generation xG - Mondays 17:00 LIVE

Matt Holland (every other week)
Leon Osman (every other week)
Leroy Rosenior (co-presenter)

Kelly and Wrighty - Mondays 13:00 LIVE (New time for 2024-2025 season)

Match Officials Mic'd Up - First, second or third Tuesday of each month at 17:00 or 19:00 LIVE

Michael Owen
Howard Webb (former official)

Matchday Live Extra - Saturdays 20:00 LIVE (or 30 minutes after final Premier League match of the day)

Team Talks - Fridays 18:00 LIVE on non-match days, 22:30 LIVE on match days

The Big Interview - Thursdays 13:30 (pre-recorded)

Steve Bower (lead)
Manish Bhasin
Ian Irving
Will Perry
Paul Belvestone
Rebecca Louise Coles
Anita Nneka Jones
Karen Carney
Matt Holland
Alex Aljoe (when interviews are conducted in Italian or Spanish with English subtitles)
Julien Laurens (when interviews are conducted in French with English subtitles)
Natalie Gedra (when interviews are conducted in Portuguese with English subtitles)
Renato Senise (when interviews are conducted in Portuguese with English subtitles)
Park Ji-Sung (when interviews are conducted in Korean with English subtitles)

The Final Word - Mondays 22:30 LIVE (on match days with kickoff time of 20:00 ONLY)

Steve Bower
Michael Owen (lead studio pundit)

The Weekend Wrap - Sundays 20:30 LIVE (or 90 minutes after the conclusion of the final match if it were to kick off at 16:00 or earlier)

Mark Pougatch (primary)
Manish Bhasin
Chris Foy (rules analyst)

Welcome to the Weekend - Fridays 12:00 LIVE (on match weekends ONLY)

Johnathan Joseph
Olivia Buzaglo
Andrew Mensah
Ayo Akinwolere (reporter and backup presenter)
Kyle Walker (reporter)
Anita Nneka Jones (reporter)
Rebecca Louise Coles (reporter)
Ellie Collins (reporter)

Main Commentators (play-by-play):^[2]

Republic of Ireland Conor McNamara (lead)
England Jim Proudfoot (co-lead)
England Jon Champion (Saturdays at 12:30 or 17:30)
England Joe Speight (Goal Rush broadcasts on Saturdays at 1500)
England Phil Blacker (Goal Rush back-up)
England Seb Hutchinson (Data Zone broadcasts with enhanced analytical data for big matches including Sundays at 1630)
England Ian Darke
England Martin Tyler (many Mondays at 20:00)
England Gary Taphouse
England Tony Jones
England Nigel Adderley
England Mark Scott
England Jonathan Beck
England Chris Wise
England Steve Wilson
England Daniel Mann
England Richard Kaufman
England Kevin Keatings
England David Stowell
England Andy Bishop
England Guy Havord
England Rob Palmer
England Bill Leslie
England Alan Parry
England Gary Weaver
England Rob Hawthorne
England Ian Crocker
England Steve Banyard
England Stewart Gardner
Northern Ireland Paul Gilmour
England Jacqui Oatley
Netherlands Pien Meulensteen ^[3]
England Clive Tyldesley
England Jon Driscoll
England Tom Gayle
England John Roder
England Robyn Cowen
England Guy Mowbray
England Paul Dempsey
England Vicki Sparks
England Martin Fisher
England Steven Wyeth
England Sam Matterface
England Rory Hamilton
England Paul Walker
England Ben Andrews
England Dan Roebuck
England James Fielden
England Jonathan Pearce
England Simon Brotherton
England Alistair Mann
England Dan Mason
England Wayne Boyce
England Simon Watts
England Dave Farrar
Scotland Rob MacLean
England Adam Summerton
England Adrian Healey
Scotland Derek Rae
England Rob Daly
England Peter Drury (On loan from NBC Sports and Sky Sports for occasional matches through May 2028)
England Dominic Johnson
England Pete Odgers
England Rob Jones
England Ellen Ellard

Co-commentators (match analysts):^[2]

Republic of Ireland Jim Beglin (lead)
Republic of Ireland Andy Townsend (co-lead)
England Sierra Leone Leroy Rosenior (Data Zone broadcasts with enhanced analytical data for big matches including Sundays 1630)
England Leon Osman (Data Zone back-up)
England Republic of Ireland Matt Holland (Data Zone back-up)
England Scotland Don Hutchison (Goal Rush broadcasts on Saturdays 1500)
England Dean Ashton (Goal Rush back-up)
England Owen Hargreaves (Goal Rush back-up)
England David Prutton
England Clive Allen
England Nigeria Efan Ekoku
England Chris Sutton
England Matthew Upson
England Steve Sidwell
England Robert Green
England Tony Gale
England Alan Smith
England Gary Neville
England Stephen Warnock
England Terry Gibson
England Lee Hendrie
England Iain Dowie
England Chris Waddle
Republic of Ireland Keith Andrews
England Gibraltar Danny Higginbotham
England Garry Birtles
England Don Goodman
England Andy Hinchcliffe
Republic of Ireland Kevin Kilbane
Scotland Andy Walker
Wales David Phillips
Wales Danny Gabbidon
Wales Dave Edwards
Scotland Davie Provan
England Karen Carney
England Courtney Sweetman-Kirk
England Michael Bridges
England Paul Robinson
Scotland Alan Hutton
England Glenn Murray
England Casey Stoney
England Lucy Ward
England Sue Smith
Australia Mark Schwarzer
England Michael Brown
Scotland Ally McCoist
England Gary Breen
England Michael Gray
England Matt Jackson
England Neil Warnock
England Sam Parkin
England Adam Virgo
England Tony Dorigo
Republic of Ireland Ray Houghton
England Stewart Robson
England Laura Bassett
England Nigel Spackman
England Dean Sturridge
England Nigel Winterburn
England Trevor Francis
England Alan Curbishley
England Barry Horne
England Mark Bright
Scotland James McFadden
England Jamaica Jobi McAnuff
England Izzy Christiansen
Wales Robert Earnshaw
Wales James Collins
England Andros Townsend
Wales Rob Edwards
England Scott Minto
England Phil Jagielka
England Darren Ambrose
England Marc Albrighton

Spanish-language broadcast team

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For the 2022–23 and 2023-24 seasons, Premier League Productions, in conjunction with production partner Telemundo Deportes, employed Latin American Spanish-language señal internacional ("world feed") match commentators working "off tube" (off monitor) from Telemundo Center in Miami, Florida, USA or from Telemundo's Mexico City, Mexico bureau. Their voices were heard each week via streaming video services Paramount+ and Pluto TV in Mexico and Central America, and occasionally via streaming video service Star+ in 9 Spanish-speaking countries in South America. YouTube users in the USA were also able to listen to their voices in highlights clips at the "Telemundo Deportes" account.

For the 2024-25 season, Premier League Productions has ordered Latin American Spanish-language world feed commentary for up to 4 matches each match week and will continue to rely on production partner Telemundo Deportes to produce Spanish-language world feed commentary from Telemundo Center in Miami or from Telemundo's Mexico City bureau. Premier League Productions is offering Spanish-language world feed commentary to rightsholders OUTSIDE the Americas and Spain (such as Optus Sport in Australia) where significant immigrant populations from Spanish-speaking Latin America exist. TNT Sports Mexico will also use Spanish-language world feed commentary if it were to broadcast 5 or more matches on a single calendar day. Note that other rightsholders in Spanish-speaking Latin America (including ESPN South America and Fox Sports Mexico) are NOT using Spanish-language world feed commentary during the 2024-25 season.

Narradores/Relatores (main commentators/"play-by-play"):