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167 shares Sometimes, broadcasters have a public persona that hides their real self. Murray was not like that. Murray was the same in real life as he was behind the microphone. He was vivacious and enthusiastic and passionate and knowledgeable. He loved motor sport with every fibre of his being. And most of all, he had not an ounce of malice in him. I got a message on Twitter on Saturday from an old friend. ‘Was lucky enough to go the British GP once with pit lane passes,’ he wrote. ‘Watched the start stood next to Murray Walker as he commentated. He was a gent to two loons who couldn�...

Murray Walker Credit: Gray Mortimore/ Getty Images Murray Walker, who has died aged 97, was for more than half a century the high-octane voice of British motor sport and a consummate exponent of – and, indeed, with a strong claim to have invented – the “pants-on-fire” school of broadcast commentary. At full throttle at the television microphone for a Formula 1 grand prix, Walker would typically let rip with what he called his “crash, bang, wallop” approach, developed during years of commentating on low-budget motocross and rallycross competitions. “I reacted excitedly and enthu...