Dan Dawson, the darts commentator, has recently spoke 'The Weekly Dartscast'. He mentions how it is to work for Sky Sports, his hopes for future work and his current venture into the podcast scene.
Dawson commentated on the World Cup of Darts for Sky Sports earlier in the year and in this podcast he reflects on the experience.
“It was
great, it was a great tournament as well the world cup and getting to
commentate aside Wayne in particular who I’ve done a bit of work with prior to
that. It was great, I’ve been working in darts for a number of years now and
even before I was working in it, the pinnacle was always to work for Sky.”
“To get the
chance to do it was a privilege. I’m going to be doing work for the Slams and
hopefully the World Championships so I’m enjoying the opportunities and trying
to make the most of it.”
Dawson has recently been involved in hosting 'Love The Darts' podcast with Sky Sports, Dan Dawson mentions where he feels darts is going and how important it is to get to know the players involved within the sport.
“Darts is
still a very niche sport and no matter how great the work is that you’re doing
is you’re still talking to a pretty limited audience. We are never going to be
a Joe Rogan here but there is important stories to tell.”
“There is
very little room in the TV production to see the personal sides or the
characters because there is an awful lot of darts to cram in there. If you go
and watch eight hours of darts in a double session, then the majority of it will
be people throwing at the board there is very little time in between. If you
compare that to the football where you have an hour and a half game, there
might be three hours of build up and two hours of dissection. There’s lots of
stuff you can do with that, its not like that in darts its just bang, bang,
bang with all the action. We need that space to tell those stories and to bring
those characters to life so people can understand them and know a bit about
them, empathise with them and root for them.”