Hugh Ferris

Hugh is a presenter for BBC Sports News, having worked in the broadcast industry for more than 20 years. His experience on television and radio includes more than a decade with BBC radio and television: he appears on BBC One, BBC Breakfast and the BBC News Channel, while he’s also presented on Radio 5 Live, the World Service, and the Radio 2 Breakfast Show with both Zoe Ball and previously Chris Evans.

Hugh has been based in Manchester since 2002, and in reporting on Manchester United and Manchester City for commercial radio in the city attended three Champions League finals, four FA Cup finals, and four League Cup finals; he's also reported on ten Premier League triumphs, most recently City’s victory in 2021 which ended an 11-year spell of hosting the club’s match day television show, broadcast live at the ground.

Prior to joining the BBC, Hugh hosted at the Olympic Stadium and Velodrome during London 2012, as well as at an Ashes cricket series and ICC Champions Trophy; and from 2016 until 2022 he presented the Set Piece Menu Podcast, which was nominated three times for a Football Supporters Association Award.

Beth Tweddle

As Britain’s greatest ever-female gymnast, Beth’s impressive achievements include being an Olympic Bronze Medalist, a triple World Champion, a six-times European Champion, a Commonwealth Champion and seven-times consecutive National Champion.

Along with her unrivalled success Beth has competed at three Olympic Games; Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012 - where she won Bronze in the Uneven Bars.

Since starting out at the age of seven, Beth has helped to reinvent British gymnastics and her achievements place her in the ‘greatest of all time’ category within her sport.

Her medals haul started at the 2002 Commonwealth Games where she collected Gold and two Silvers. Over the next decade she would go on to win over 20 more Gold medals, competing all over the World in major Championships.

In 2007, Beth also found time to graduate from Liverpool John Moores University with a 2:1 in Sports Science and subsequently was accepted to study Physiotherapy at the University of Liverpool, which she deferred to allow her to fully concentrate on training for the 2012 Games.

In 2010, Beth was included in the Queen's New Years Honours List, and received an MBE for her success, commitment and dedication to gymnastics.

Following her Olympic success, Beth took a break from competitive gymnastics, taking part in the 2013 series of ITV's Dancing on Ice, which she won with skating partner Daniel Whiston.

Beth has since retired from competitive gymnastics but is very much involved with her beloved sport, as a director and ambassador of Beth Tweddle Gymnastics. Beth and fellow Olympian, Steve Parry, set up the company to provide the opportunity for as many children as possible to take up gymnastics, within schools, leisure centres and gymnastics clubs to help develop the sport around the country.