A Question of Sport
| A Question of Sport | |
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| Genre | Sports quiz show |
| Created by | Nick Hunter |
| Presented by |
Current: Sue Barker (1997-) Former: Stuart Hall (1968: Pilot) David Vine (1970-1977) David Coleman (1979-1997) |
| Starring |
Team Captains: Current: Matt Dawson (2004-) Phil Tufnell (2008-) Former: Cliff Morgan (1970-1975) Henry Cooper (1970-1979) Fred Trueman (1976-1977) Brendan Foster (1977-1979) Emlyn Hughes (1979-1981, 1984-1988) Gareth Edwards (1979-1981) Willie Carson (1982-1983) Bill Beaumont (1982-1996) Ian Botham (1989-1996) John Parrott (1996-2002) Ally McCoist (1996-2007) Frankie Dettori (2002-2004) |
| Theme music composer | Richie Close |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 46 |
| No. of episodes | 1,152 (as of 19 April 2017 or Series 46, Episode 30) Landmarks: 4 March 2013: 1,000th episode |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Original network | BBC One |
| First shown in | 2 December 1968 |
| Original release | 5 January 1970 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
A Question of Sport is a long-running BBC sports quiz show.
It involves two teams of sports stars answering questions on their own and other sports.
Each team has a resident captain, each of whom is joined by two stars of the sports world.
On 8 January 2010 episode No. 885 was a celebration episode of A Question of Sport's 40th birthday (Series 39, episode 13).
On 4 March 2013, the 1,000 episode aired. Each captain was joined by two former captains. Winning captain Phil Tufnell was joined by Bill Beaumont and Ally McCoist, while Matt Dawson was joined by Willie Carson and John Parrott. This was Series 42, episode 17.
The rounds played include:
The show was hosted regionally in the North of England by Stuart Hall from 1968, then nationally by David Vine from 1970 to 1977, and then from 1979 until 1997 was anchored by veteran BBC sports commentator David Coleman, although Vine returned for part of one series in 1989 when illness forced Coleman to temporarily stand down from hosting duties. Coleman was also unavailable for two shows in 1996, so one of the team captains, Bill Beaumont, sat in as host (the only team captain to host the programme), while the rugby star Will Carling took Beaumont's place as captain. In Coleman's final series as host, ex-tennis star Sue Barker stood-in for a couple of shows including one at Christmas, a role that she continued after Coleman's retirement.
Many team captains have enjoyed stints on the show down the years, including:
Over the years there have been several guest captains standing in for one of the regulars when they have other commitments. Following Ally McCoist's departure, several guests, including Phil Tufnell, sat in the captain's chair before Tuffnell was eventually selected as McCoist's permanent replacement:
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