We should probably distinguish between genuine commentary and faked commentary, the latter being far more common because either the fiction writers are creating an imaginary time and place (not placing the fiction in a historical date) or because they don't have access to the rights (or don't think it's necessary to acquire them if they can just get a minor actor to fake it).
Grimsby. Which wasn’t one of Sacha Baron Cohen’s greatest moments.
It briefly featured England beating Germany in the 2016 ‘Cup Final’ via a goal from Raheem Sterling (who appeared as himself). None of which was especially convincing.
In Hollywood movies having football on TV in the background is a reliable indication that those watching are Bad Guys. It's in The Equalizer (Russian mob), Taken 2, and assorted Latin American settings.
Whereas the dozing American security guard or cop is not a Bad Guy, just incompetent, so the game he's distracted by is usually baseball or some other non-corrupting sport.
As we all know, the football commentary will be in Foreign, and a goal will be scored at a critical moment distracting the Bad Guys allowing our hero to sneak past and into the building they are protecting. Sometimes just at the last possible moment - which suggests some absolutely brilliant planning on the part of our hero to shove brown paper envelopes to the players to time the goal perfectly.
In Jason Bourne the assassin (bad guy) is at home watching football on TV when he is contacted by the CIA and given his kill orders. Looks like a Serbian league game. (Jason has never shown any interest in football, despite his impressive command of European languages, immersion in local culture and array of passports).
I know this is relating to a programme about football but I've got to mention it.
The last "commentary" that Brian Moore ever uttered on television was for the one-off part comedy drama, part mockumentary Bostock's Cup, shown the night before the 1999 Champions League final and never repeated, released on physical media or made available to stream due to the rights nightmare of clearing all the licensed 70s music and match footage.
Yeah, there was a better one I ripped from there a couple of years ago that's since disappeared. I'm surprised any upload of it survives on there for any length of time.
Not commentary but the first Mission:Impossible film has a scene where the Premier League results from one of the 1994\95 season's weekends are heard on a radio.
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