Editing London Marathon (section)

==BBC live coverage==
[[File:London_Marathon_Finishers_Medal.jpg|thumb|2019 London Marathon finishers medal]]

The BBC has broadcast live coverage of the London Marathon since its inception in 1981<ref>{{cite web|title=London Marathon to stay on BBC|url=http://sport-onthebox.com/2012/04/20/athletics-london-marathon-to-stay-on-the-bbc-until-2018/|website=Sport on the Box|date=20 April 2012 |access-date=26 April 2015}}</ref> and has broadcast the race in full since 1984. Originally hosted out-of-vision by [[David Coleman]], more recently the main presenters on [[BBC One]] have been [[Sue Barker]], [[Jonathan Edwards (triple jumper)|Jonathan Edwards]] and [[Gabby Logan]]. The highlight presenters on [[BBC Two]] have been Jonathan Edwards (2007–12), [[Sonali Shah]] (2013), and [[Helen Skelton]] (2014–15). The commentators for the Marathon on the BBC were David Coleman, Ron Pickering, Brendan Foster, Paul Dickinson, Steve Cram, Andrew Cotter, Stuart Storey, Paula Radcliffe, Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson, Liz McColgan, and Rob Walker.

===Theme tune===
The theme tune used by the BBC every year is from the film score of ''[[The Trap (1966 film)|The Trap]]'', a 1966 film about a Canadian fur trapper, starring [[Oliver Reed]] and [[Rita Tushingham]]. The music was written by [[Ron Goodwin]] and is performed by the [[Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra]].<ref name="bbcmusic">{{cite web|title=The Trap - The London Marathon Theme|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/tracks/n2x332|publisher=BBC Music|access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="classicfm">{{cite web|title=Ron Goodwin: The Trap|url=http://www.classicfm.com/composers/goodwin/music/the-trap/|publisher=Classic fm|access-date=22 April 2018}}</ref>