Gabby Logan: 'The Olympics was positive for female presenters - we got the chance to show what we could do'

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was the sport for over a decade. But this summer has been a breakthrough for women on television, said

On a misty morning in February, a group of sports journalists BBC visited the Olympic Park. The site is mainly mud and scaffolding seemed bleak, however, in the van, the intoxicating spirit of sport this summer was busy fermentation.

"Clare Balding and I laughed back," says Gabby Logan, who was the star of the team that brought the Olympics viewers. "It was a bad day, the worst way possible to see the park, but we were like naughty schoolgirls. There was nothing wrong about our level of excitement. "

Looking back, Logan believes that women emissions weighting London unprecedented BBC report in 2012 gave a rating of contagious happiness that matched the mood of the public. Your own late night talk show

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, in particular, had a playfully want to try again. "I loved it, but I did not have much luck in the shows that I do."

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Saturday said, does not give the same level. "There's only so far you can go with Alan Hansen and Alan Shearer! This is another kind of jokes., But I like to do more comedy."

The elegant Logan, 39, face a changing cast celebrities and experts all athletes winning Olympic night in the studio and became a sparkling jewel in a fortnight in protest against Women television. With a strong chain anchored coverage easily. This month, the new Director General of the BBC, George Entwistle, has promised to put more women in front of the camera, so that the lesson seems to have sunk in.

"It was an opportunity for us to show what we can do," said Logan, noting that she and Balding, Hazel Irvine and with Sue Barker, were already there, covering the sport. "We all worked on our own niches, but changed the perception of people just to see everyone doing side by side. Hopefully it was something positive. "

During the closing ceremony swelled to a climax, Logan finds himself in tears. "I was very private, sitting there in the cabinet. Wondering if he would do something new in my life as much pleasure in broadcasting I will make sure I do. "

His only regret, he says, is that the show meant he missed most of the action. "My children have watched events in the park every day, however, and he told me what happened." Logan seven year old twins, Lois and Reuben, with her husband, former Scottish rugby player Kenny Logan.

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this, she said, opened the door to other departments of the BBC. "We have good roads in the presentation and production, in particular for women who know their subject and may have a journalistic background. Was fairly representative since Helen Rollason was the first woman to

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suspect Olympics were considered capable of presenting because of the residual strength to cover football. During his visit grew a football field after another, as the daughter of Terry Yorath, an international actor and director, Logan is sighted on the dark side of the beautiful game She met little sexism in games Olympics, but we see some covering Euro 2012.

"Football is really the last bastion of all that. Sometimes it was a feeling of" Oh, this is a woman of these issues. And it's funny because a lot of sports Olympics are more technical One would think that men would be more suspicious about women who talk about sports, while soccer is not everywhere and really difficult to understand -. Though you can spend a lifetime trying to remember xis first. "

• The only gender issue concerned Logan has recently faced appearance. A question mark hung briefly on what she calls her "love of dress-up": "The BBC had the idea to look for someone to see what your presenters wear and warned me that said- it, it was too glamorous. "
• Logan was perplexed. "I do not wear plunging necklines, not wear short skirts.'m Not obscene! They asked me if I wanted to use for dishwashing. Never forget." The presenter responded with indignation she had a dishwasher at home and, anyway, she did the dishes, but with live TV at 10.30 h. "People at home expect a little more TV," he explains. "And I like being smart. 'm Not naturally good scolding. "

announced this month that the model swimwear Speedo, Logan had a succession of elegant dresses for Olympic spectacle that was planned in advance. "I borrowed from Stella McCartney, and use my own clothes and some new parts. Was so great to have everything went well. This meant that I could go up in the last minute before the show ".

The presenter wanted time to investigate your guests. It is this preparation, she said, allowing the "free" on the screen. "When people realize that they have fun with them and for them, it's great."

It has been tested, however, when Olga Korbut, the former Russian gymnast, go with the full force of his singular personality. "She said there were stars as it has now become." El Show de Olga and, after leaving the studio, my other guest, Michael Johnson, who is usually very quiet, his mouth: "Well done!" For me. "
If Logan is fresh on the set, she attributes to a hard-won perspective of life. In 1992, his brother, Daniel, died of undiagnosed heart disease at age 15, as I was about to go to Durham University to study law. Loss forever changed attitude.

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