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murray walker interviews himself how it all began murray walker interviews himself how it all began..Walker made his debut in 1949 alongside Max Robertson, although it wasn't until the late 1970s that each Formula 1 race was given extensive coverage on British television. He did occasional Formula 1 commentaries during the 1970s, going full-time for the 1978 season. He commentated on Formula 1 through to the 2001 United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis. His first regular work was on radio coverage of the Isle of Man TT, initially alongside his father. After Graham's death in 1962, Murray took over the lead role. He covered motocross (initially for ITV) during the 1960s and rallycross in the 1970s and early 1980s. He occasionally commentated on motorcycle racing and rallying. Murray also covered the BTCC for the BBC between 1988 and 1997, and the Macao event for Hong Kong TV on nine occasions. [1] On Formula One coverage from 1980 to 1993, Walker struck up a surprisingly successful double act with recently retired driver James Hunt. Initially they did not get on, as Hunt's interests, personality and private life appeared to have little in common with Walker's. However, the pair were to work together for more than a decade at the BBC until Hunt died from a heart attack. Walker would provide the animated descriptions of the action, with Hunt bringing in his expert knowledge in his co-commentary role. Walker remained with the BBC until ITV won the rights to coverage from the start of the 1997 season and he switched channels. There were a few Grand Prix between 1978 and 1996 that Walker did not commentate on while employed by the BBC. The 1981 German Grand Prix and 1984 German Grand Prix (both commentated by Barry Gill, the 1985 German Grand Prix (Tony Jardine) and 1988 Hungarian Grand Prix (Simon Taylor). He also wrote a series of annuals for the Grand Prix season, Murray Walker's Grand Prix Year, for Hazelton Publishing from 1987 to 1997. Walker spent most of his working life in advertising, only commentating full-time after he had passed retirement age. Walker's final Formula One television commentary was the 2001 United States Grand Prix which was also the second F1 race held at Indianapolis, United States. Upon his retirement, Walker was awarded an original brick from "The Brickyard" (the Indianapolis Motor Speedway) by track president Tony George, an honour very rarely bestowed on anyone other than the winning driver of a major race at the venue. In November 1997, Murray Walker was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters Degree from Bournemouth University.[2] He was later honoured, in July 2005, with an Honorary Doctorate from the Middlesex University, London...Graeme Murray Walker, OBE (known as Murray Walker; born 10 October 1923,[1] Hall Green, Birmingham, England) is a Formula 1 (F1) motorsport commentator. For most of his career he worked for the BBC, but when it lost the contract for F1 coverage to the company ITV, Walker continued his commentating there. He is famous in the United Kingdom for his very distinctive enthusiastic commentary style. He regularly made comments (known to many as Walkerisms or Murrayisms) in the heat of the moment that, upon analysis a moment later, were ridiculous; for example, as a car arrived for a pit stop during a race he once said "...I'll stop the startwatch!". He was also an exponent of the commentator's curse, describing how well a driver was racing or that they would win the race, only to have them retire or crash out of the race shortly thereafter.