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And Away We Go F1 Podcast

Ep53: Formula 1 and sports broadcaster, Chris Holding, the man behind the epic montage

November 18, 2025 • Dianne Bortoletto • Season 1 • Episode 53

Chris Holding is the owner of Palm Seven Films, a production company that creates content for brands and broadcasts. He is one of the most experienced sports broadcasters in the country. Chris has worked with every major UK broadcaster including BBC, ITV, and Channel 4 as well as ESPN, IMG, NewsCorp, Discovery and more.

And in Australia, Channels 7, 9 and 10 and he’s worked on every major sporting code you can imagine including three years full-time in Formula 1 plus more, the World Rally Championship, Grand Slam Tennis, the English Premier League, the Olympics, the Paralympics, amongst others.

Di sits down with Chris to talk about his incredible career, his time in Formula 1, working on a documentary with Lewis Hamilton during his GP2 campaign, Singapore Rocks, and Drive to Survive and much more.

Chris was also the producer of the most epic Formula 1 montage, the ITV Farewell Montage after ITV’s three-year broadcast rights tenure ended with F1. It features so many F1 drivers who are lip syncing and dancing, including a young Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber, Jenson Button, Nico Rosberg, Sebastian Vettel, David Coulthard, Michael Schumacher, Felipe Massa, Rubens Barrichello, Jacques Villeneuve, Mika Häkkinen, Kimi Raikkonen, and more.
Plus team bosses Jean Todt, Jackie Stewart, Ron Dennis, and others, F1 media personalities the late Murray Walker, Martin Brundle, Ted Kravitz, and others, team personnel, crew, catering, and a whole lot of track action and cinema-worthy crashes.

There’s even a clip of Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone who look like they are having an argument! Posh and Becks even make an appearance. There’s a link below to check it out.

WATCH the F1 ITV Season Ending Montage 2008, My Chemical Romance by The Black Parade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXl1658Qg4M

I hope you enjoy our chat.

You can connect with Chris Holding on Instagram or follow him on LinkedIn.

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