Rob Bonnet

Rob Bonnet has been one of the UK’s most renowned sports news broadcasters since joining the BBC TV Newsroom in the late 1980s. Over the years, he has covered some of the world’s most prestigious sporting events, including the Olympic Games, the Football and Rugby Union World Cups, and the Commonwealth Games as well as international golf tournaments like the Open Championship and the Ryder Cup.

Rob was BBC TV News sports correspondent for seven years (1988 - 1995), covering both national and international news stories. His work earned him the RTS award for his coverage in 1993 of the unsuccessful British bid to host the 2000 Olympics. Following this, he spent ten years hosting the sports news on BBC 1 TV Breakfast. He combined this with further international experience, eventually interviewing well over two hundred leading sports stars and administrators for the BBC World TV programme Extra Time. There was a further seventeen years with the flagship news and current affairs radio programme, Today, before his retirement in August 2024 after 47 years at the BBC.

Rob has hosted conferences in Sydney, Beijing, Qatar and Brasilia, filmed major transportation projects in Romania and covered corporate golf events from as far afield as Dubai and Miami. He greatly enjoys hosting whether it’s sitting between Pele and Maradonna and running a debate about the Beautiful Game or assessing the relative merits of sponsorship versus advertising.

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