Simon Reed

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Simon Reed (born 5 August 1947) is a British broadcaster, known as a commentator on a variety of sports. His voice has also been heard on Dancing on Ice. He is the half-brother of actor Oliver Reed, nephew of film director Sir Carol Reed and grandson of RADA founder Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Educated at King's College School, Reed captained Teddington Cricket Club from 1982 to 1986. His career began in the 1970s at Thames Television, as a sports reporter, commentator and presenter. He covered a wide range of sports including ice dancing, providing the commentary on Torvill and Dean's European Championship winning performance of Bolero in 1984. Simon began commentating on tennis in 1984 for Channel Four. He has been a commentator on Eurosport since 1991. He has been head of their commentary team since 1995. Since 2000, he has been part of the BBC's Wimbledon commentary team. In 2009, Reed discussed tennis being part of the Olympic games and said "The whole Olympic issue is a funny one...

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