A League of Their Own (UK game show)
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| Genre | Comedy panel game |
| Created by | Paul Brassey |
| Presented by | James Corden |
| Starring |
Andrew Flintoff Jamie Redknapp Jack Whitehall |
| Theme music composer | Will Slater |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 11 |
| No. of episodes | 128 (As of 24 November 2016[update]) (list of episodes) |
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| Location(s) |
Pinewood Studios (2010) Elstree Studios (2011–) |
| Running time | 60mins (episode 1, series 3–, Specials) 30mins (series 1–2) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sky 1 |
| Picture format | 16:9 (1080i HDTV) |
| Original release | 11 March 2010 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
A League of Their Own is a British sports-based comedy panel game that was first broadcast on Sky 1 on 11 March 2010. It is hosted by Gavin and Stacey star James Corden and features Andrew Flintoff and Jamie Redknapp as team captains. John Bishop and Georgie Thompson were regular panellists for the first four series alongside two weekly guests. Jack Whitehall joined the cast as a regular panellist from the fifth series onwards.
On 23 April 2014, Sky announced that they have signed a three-year contract deal, which will see the show on the air until 2017.
The show is a standard panel quiz show where two teams of three, the Red and Blue teams compete for points awarded in three rounds, to find the overall winning team by points total.
The show is hosted by James Corden, a comedy writer best known for co-writing and starring in Gavin & Stacey. The Red Team is captained by retired footballer Jamie Redknapp, who was formerly joined by once regular panellist and stand up comedian John Bishop. The Blue Team is captained by retired England cricketer Andrew Flintoff, formerly joined by once regular panellist and Sky Sports F1 presenter Georgie Thompson. As of series 5, comedian Jack Whitehall has replaced Georgie Thompson as regular panellist on the blue team due to Georgie's F1 commitments. In series 5, John Bishop was absent for several episodes due to his Sport Relief challenge, eventually leaving the show altogether. Each week the teams are supplemented by special guests.
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