'Heart of the Game' - 45 years of VFL AFL on Seven - Terrific 2001 documentary

Screened on AFL Grand Final eve, 2001, Heart of the Game is a look back on 45 years of Channel Seven’s football coverage. It was Seven’s last hurrah before losing the AFL rights to Channel 9 and Ten. Heart of the game is a entertaining slice of footy nostalgia with plenty of priceless footage. A melancholy nod to the network’s footy love affair. From the video sleeve: "When Channel Seven broadcast the last quarter of ab Essendon v Collingwood game on Easter Sunday in 1957, a new era in television and sport was born. A ride which for 45 years has seen magical moments, ,controversies, heroes and characters all pass by our TV screens, and Seven was there for every one of them. Narrated by Kevin Harrington (Seachange, The Dish), Heart of the Game captures all of the shows, the commentators, and the memories which have captured our imagination thought the decades. From ‘Football Inquest’ to ‘World of Sport’, to the glamour and fashions at the Brownlows, those infamous Grand Final pre-match entertainments, the great and not so great calls, the stuff-ups and bloopers, and, of course, the footy with all its unforgettable marks, goals and inspirational highlights. Heart of the Game is a fun and nostalgic look back at the 45 years of football shows on Channel Seven, as Seen through the camera lens… and from the armchair."