Walker and Hunt initally had a turbulous relationship but the two eventually developed into a strong team who provided excellent Grand Prix coverage in which the duo single handedly attracted a large viewing base for Formula One within the United Kingdom.

Towards the end of the 1979 Formula One season, Walker was joined in the commentary box by the 1976 Formula One World Champion James Hunt. The season saw the first time in which Murray Walker, the future broadcasting legend fronted a Formula One season full time providing the commentary for both the full races and those only broadcast as highlights. Viewing numbers began to increase during the 1976 Formula One season after the titanic duel between Britain's James Hunt and Austria's Niki Lauda for the championship. The race, however, was marred by the death of Roger Williamson which naturally acted as a detractor from the sport which was considered by the majority of people at that period of time as rather unpopular and an extremely deadly sport.

It was not until the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix in which the BBC broadcast the first live Formula One race to British audiences. Full race coverage usually consisted of generally only the British Grand Prix and the Monaco Grand Prix and occasionally the season opener or season finale.

Full F1 races only began to be broadcast during the 1960's and were never displayed live. The British Broadcasting Corporation first began televising Formula One during the 1950s in which it provided reviews and highlights of various races within the Formula One seasons.

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