The first broadcast of the programme came at the 1978 Monaco Grand Prix. The corporation had initially shown the odd race that featured on the calendar before they showed some of the races live in "Sunday Grandstand" and the rest as highlights in "Grand Prix". The show had featured one of the most iconic theme tunes in sport, with Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain". 1979 saw James Hunt join the commentary booth alongside Walker after Hunt announced his retirement from racing that year. By the 1990s all of the European races were broadcast live with the summer races shown as part of "Sunday Grandstand", with highlights on the "Grand Prix" programme. Some races were shown on "Grand Prix" due to either race times in the morning/evening or because "Grandstand" was showing another major event like tennis or snooker at the same time. 1992 saw Jonathan Palmer join as a pit reporter for the live races but following the 1993 Canadian Grand Prix, Hunt died from a heart attack and was replaced in the commentary box by Jonathan Palmer. For the following race in France, BBC aired a tribute show to Hunt following their highlights show. In 1995, all the races were shown live and all qualifying sessions were shown live in 1996. previously qualifying was shown as a brief report during "Grandstand", apart from qualifying for the British Grand Prix which was generally shown live and in full. Many of these live races were fronted by either Steve Rider or Sue Barker.