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Some of our ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sport offices around Television Centre are beginning to empty as our production team moves to Liverpool for this year's .

The set is being installed; rehearsals in the will soon be under way; and then the giants of the sporting world will be converging on Merseyside ready for Sunday night's programme.

As ever, there's plenty of press comment - mainly around the incredibly competitive shortlist for this year's main awards, though there's the usual mixture of wit, wisdom and acid comments about the show itself.

I have no problem with commentators commenting - and people like always make me laugh in the most positive sense - but it's worth explaining why Sports Personality has changed over the years.