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| Genre | Phone-in |
|---|---|
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 5 (1991–1994) BBC Radio 5 Live (1994–present) |
| Hosted by | Robbie Savage |
| Starring | Chris Sutton |
| Recording studio | Media City UK, Salford / BBC New Broadcasting House, London |
| Original release | 1991 – Present |
| Audio format | MW, Digital radio, Digital TV and online |
| Opening theme | "Psycho" by Muse |
| Website | Official Website |
| Podcast | Official Podcast |
606 (pronounced six-oh-six) is a weekend early evening football phone-in programme, broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live throughout the British football season. It covers topics relating to the current affairs of football in the United Kingdom.
The programme got its name from the approximate time the show started on a Saturday evening – six minutes past six – following Sports Report.[1]
Since the start of the 2022–23 season, the programme is broadcast between 19:30 and 21:00 on Saturdays, and 18:30 and 20:00 on Sundays, and has been produced by Shooting Shark Productions Limited since 2015: it was formerly made by Campbell Davison Media from 2003, then Somethin' Else Productions from 2009. As well as listeners phoning in, a selection of texts and e-mails to the studio are read out.
The programme was inspired by long-running BBC Local Radio football phone-ins, such as the BBC Radio Sheffield programme Praise or Grumble.[2]
606's current theme tune is an arrangement of "Psycho" from Muse.
- ^ Plunkett, John; "Tim Lovejoy to host 606 phone-in on Five Live" Guardian.co.uk, 26 July 2007, retrieved: 15 August 2009
- ^ "The original football phone-in" BBC South Yorkshire, 26 October 2007, retrieved: 15 August 2009
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