Ok - this is just an idea and I haven't really worked on the dialogue properly. I'm wondering if the Max Mosely sex scandal is well enough known to justify the sketch? It was front page of News of the World and has been in other papers, but that's not to say most people have read about it. http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/3003_nazi_orgy.shtml
If it's a goer, I can tweak. Productive night!
TWO BBC SPORT STAFF. JIM AND BOB
JIM: So we didn't get the Premiership rights.
BOB: No, we didn't want them. We've got something better. Championship football. Just the name says quality. (STRETCHES WORD OUT) ch-am-pi-on-ship. And we get first pick of 10 matches per season. Everyone's seen Arsenal v Liverpool. Man Utd v Chelsea is old hat. Ronaldo's goals are shown on news broadcasts, Rooney's chubby face is all over the tabloids. But, but how many people can say they've watched Bristol City v QPR on a Sunday afternoon? How many people can say they've seen Steve Howard in full flight.
JIM: Hmm, and losing the FA Cup rights?
BOB: You win some, you lose some. We haven't got the FA Cup, but we have got the Carling Cup. Probably the best Cup in the world.
JIM: The best cup? Spurs won it
BOB: Fair point. Ok, but we have more sport than ever.
JIM: Really? Really? You sure about that? Cricket's on Sky, there's little boxing on the BBC and we can't even afford Kabadi.
BOB: We've still got a few of the sporting crown jewels. Wimbledon's staying put. We've got the Olympics, which has the added bonus of giving us great news footage. Those Tibetan monks are great value. We kill two birds with one stone on that one. And cycling, let's not forget cycling – the one sport we're actually quite good at.
JIM: Yes, well, it's hardly...
BOB (EXCITED, INTERUPTING) Oh – oh. I nearly forgot. The biggie, formula 1. That's back on the beeb.
JIM: Now you're talking. Lewis Hamilton crowned champion...
BOB: Yeah, maybe. That's not why we spent all that money, though. We got the video rights, and I don't mean to cars doing 80 laps in formation. No, the full rights to F1 boss Max Mosely's video stash. Mad Max wearing more chains than the mayor of Nottingham. Max and a bevvie of beauties exploring the a to z of his S&M catalgoue. We're going to stick it on BBC Three. It will revive the channel at a stroke.