Graeme Murray Walker, OBE (known as Murray Walker; born 10 October 1923, Hall Green, Birmingham, England) is a former Formula 1 commentator. For most of his career he worked for the BBC, but he moved to the ITV network after BBC lost the contract for F1 coverage rights. 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. __TOC__
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| - Graeme Murray Walker, OBE (known as Murray Walker; born 10 October 1923, Hall Green, Birmingham, England) is a former Formula 1 commentator. For most of his career he worked for the BBC, but he moved to the ITV network after BBC lost the contract for F1 coverage rights. 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. __TOC__
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| - Graeme Murray Walker, OBE (known as Murray Walker; born 10 October 1923, Hall Green, Birmingham, England) is a former Formula 1 commentator. For most of his career he worked for the BBC, but he moved to the ITV network after BBC lost the contract for F1 coverage rights. He is most famous for his unique and enthusiastic broadcasting style. He regularly made comments (known to many as Walkerisms or Murrayisms, giving him a nickname of Muddly Talker) 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. __TOC__
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