''A Question of Sport'' (known as ''Question of Sport'' from 2021 until 2023) is a British television sports quiz show produced and broadcast by the

BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...

. It was the "world's longest running TV sports quiz". Following a pilot episode in December 1968, broadcast only in the north of England, the series ran from 1970 (except in 1973 and 1978) until production ceased in 2023. The final presenter was

Paddy McGuinness Patrick Joseph McGuinness (born 14 August 1973) is an English comedian, actor, writer, and television presenter. He rose to fame with the help of fellow comedian Peter Kay, who invited him to appear on the television comedy series '' That Peter ...

, with team captains

Sam Quek Samantha Ann Quek (born 18 October 1988) is an English former field hockey player and television presenter. She played as a defender for both the England women's national field hockey team, England and Great Britain women's national field hockey ...

and Ugo Monye. The show's viewing figures slumped from around 4 million in 2021 to around 800,000 in 2023 following an overhaul of the staff.

History

First edition

The first edition of ''A Question of Sport'' was broadcast on 5 January 1970. Presenter David Vine was joined by captains

Henry Cooper Sir Henry Cooper (3 May 19341 May 2011) was a British heavyweight boxer. He was undefeated in British and Commonwealth heavyweight championship contests for twelve years and held the European heavyweight title for three years. In a 1963 fi ...

and Cliff Morgan. The teams were composed of

George Best George Best (22 May 1946 – 25 November 2005) was a Northern Irish professional association football, footballer who played as a winger (association football), winger, spending most of his club career at Manchester United F.C., Manchester Un ...

, Lillian Board, Tom Finney and

Ray Illingworth Raymond Illingworth Commander of the Order of the British Empire, CBE (8 June 1932 – 25 December 2021) was an English cricketer, cricket commentator and administrator. , he was one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20, ...

40th anniversary

On 8 January 2010, the

broadcast a 40th-anniversary special. Joining presenter

Sue Barker Susan Barker (born 19 April 1956) is a British former television presenter and professional tennis player. During her playing career, Barker won 15 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including a major at the 1976 French Open. She reached a career- ...

and captains Matt Dawson and

Phil Tufnell Philip Clive Roderick Tufnell (born 29 April 1966) is an English former international cricketer and current television and radio personality. A slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler, he played in 42 Test matches and 20 One Day Internationals ...

were

Pat Cash Patrick Hart Cash (born 27 May 1965) is an Australian former professional tennis player and coach. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 4 in May 1988 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 6 in August 1988. Upo ...

David Coulthard David Marshall Coulthard (born 27 March 1971) is a British former racing driver and sports broadcasting, broadcaster from Scotland who competed in Formula One from to . Nicknamed "DC", Coulthard was runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers' ...

, Laura Davies and Michael Johnson.

2012 Summer Olympics specials

Following the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, ''A Question of Sport'' aired two special editions featuring champions from the aforementioned Olympics.

Gold Medal Winners special

On 1 September 2012, Katherine Grainger and Jason Kenny were among the gold medal winners featured.

2012 Olympics special

On 29 September 2012, Tim Baillie, Jade Jones, Laura Kenny, Greg Rutherford and

Etienne Stott Etienne Stott Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 30 June 1979) is an English Whitewater slalom, slalom canoeist who started competing at the international level in 2002, initially in the K1 category, but switching to C2 in 2005 ...

partook.

1,000th episode

On 4 March 2013, ''A Question of Sport'' marked its 1,000th episode. Each captain was joined by two former captains. Dawson was joined by

Willie Carson William Fisher Hunter Carson, OBE (born 16 November 1942) is a retired jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. Life and career Best known as "Willie", Carson was born in Stirling, Scotland in 1942. He was apprenticed ...

and John Parrott, while Tufnell was joined by Bill Beaumont and

Ally McCoist Alistair Murdoch McCoist (; born 24 September 1962) is a Scottish former association football, footballer who has since worked as a Manager (association football), manager and TV pundit. McCoist began his playing career with Scottish club St Jo ...

. Tufnell's team won.

2016 Summer Olympics specials

Shortly after the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

, ''A Question of Sport'' held two special editions featuring champions from the above-mentioned Olympics.

The Olympic Champions special

On 7 September 2016, the Olympic Champions special featured gold medal winners, including Callum Skinner.

Gold Rush special

On 14 September 2016, for a Gold Rush special, ''A Question of Sport'' were joined by Maddie Hinch, Jason Kenny, Laura Kenny and

50th anniversary

''A Question of Sport at 50''

On 27 December 2019, the BBC aired a documentary that looked back on the programme's history. As well as looking back through the archives, ''A Question of Sport at 50'' saw a number of sportspeople recount their memories, these included: Jessica Ennis-Hill,

Colin Jackson Colin Ray Jackson, (born 18 February 1967) is a British former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. During a career in which he represented Great Britain and Wales, he won an Olympic silver medal, became w ...

, and Denise Lewis. Sue Barker, Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell also shared their experiences.

50 Not Out

On 3 January 2020, Sue Barker presented a 50th-anniversary special. Matt Dawson captained a team composed of Laura Davies and

Beth Tweddle Elizabeth Kimberly Tweddle (born 1 April 1985) is a retired English Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. Renowned for her uneven bar and floor routines, she was the first female gymnast from Great Britain to win a medal at the Rhythmic Gymnas ...

, while Phil Tufnell led

and

Martin Offiah Martin Nwokocha Offiah MBE ( (''original pronunciation''), (''commonly used'')); born 29 December 1965) is an English former professional rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. Offiah was inducted ...

. Dawson's team won, the 1,255th episode, by 19 points to 16.

Theme tune

There have been four theme tunes over the years. The current theme was introduced in the mid-1980s and has been remixed and updated several times since that time, most recently in 2021.

Cancellation

Following the programme producers' decision in 2021 to "refresh" the Question of Sport by introducing a new host (Paddy McGuiness) and revising the structure of the quiz there was an ensuing drop-off in audience figures and, in December 2023, after two series of the revamped production, the BBC announced a decision to "shelve" the programme citing "inflation and funding challenges". The BBC did not rule out a future return of the programme.

Rounds

The rounds regularly played during series 48, include:

Picture Board

Twelve numbered squares each reveal a sportsperson to be identified during this one-minute round.

One Minute Round

Each team is asked nine questions in 60 seconds.

Sports Action

Contestants are asked questions about a montage of sporting action.

Observation Round

Sports action is shown and contestants are asked questions about details of what they have just seen, e.g. "What colour hat was a certain person wearing?" or "How many balls were there?"

Mystery Guest

Each team tries to identify a sportsperson in unfamiliar circumstances and using unconventional camera angles.

Home or Away

Each contestant can answer a one-point "home question" on the sport they participate or participated in or can answer an "away question" on a different sport for up to three points—away questions require three answers, a point per correct answer.

Buzzer Round

The teams play head-to-head, answering as many questions as possible in 60 seconds. At this point, the round immediately ends, even if each presenter is halfway through asking a question.

Sprint Finish

The captains have 60 seconds to act out up to ten sporting terms for the remaining members of the team to guess.

Presenters and captains

Presenters

The 1968 pilot episode, broadcast only in the north of England, was hosted by Stuart Hall. The first series was broadcast nationally from January 1970, with David Vine at the helm for the first five series. David Coleman succeeded Vine, and remained as presenter until 1997. Vine returned to the series as a guest host in 1989, presenting the final five episodes of series 18 in Coleman's absence.

presented ''A Question of Sport'' from 1997 until 2021. She won the 1976 French Open tennis tournament and reached a World Ranking of 3. The final presenter was

, who took over in 2021.

Captains

''A Question of Sport''s first captains were boxer

and

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player Cliff Morgan. Over the history of the show, some captains have had long tenures: these include rugby union player Bill Beaumont making 319 appearances and

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

making 363 appearances. The show's longest-serving captain is Matt Dawson, who appeared on the show for 17 years from 2004 to 2021. The final team captains, who began on the show in 2021, were Ugo Monye and

. Monye is a former

international, who won 14

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for

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; he played club rugby for Harlequins and also played for the British & Irish Lions. Quek is a former

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international, who won gold as part of the Great Britain women's national field hockey team at the

; she was the first female team captain on ''A Question of Sport''. Captains include:
5 rugby union players:
Cliff Morgan (1970–1972 and 1974–1975),

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(1979–1982), Bill Beaumont (1982–1996), Matt Dawson (2004–2021) and Ugo Monye (2021–2023) 3 cricketers:

Fred Trueman Frederick Sewards Trueman, (6 February 1931 – 1 July 2006) was an English cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team. He had professional status and later became an author and broadcaster. Acknowled ...

(1976–1977), Ian Botham (1988–1996) and

(2008–2021) 2 jockeys:

(1982–1984) and Frankie Dettori (2002–2004) 2 footballers:

Emlyn Hughes Emlyn Walter Hughes (28 August 1947 – 9 November 2004) was an English footballer. He started his career at Blackpool in 1964 before moving to Liverpool in 1967. He made 665 appearances for Liverpool and captained the side to three league ti ...

(1979–1982, 1984–1988) and

(1996–2007) 1 boxer:

(1970–1972, 1974–1977 and 1979) 1 long-distance runner:

Brendan Foster Sir Brendan Foster (born 12 January 1948) is a British former long-distance runner, athletics commentator and road race organiser. He founded the Great North Run, one of the sport's most high profile half-marathon races. As an athlete, he wo ...

(1977 and 1979) 1 snooker player:
John Parrott (1996–2002) 1 hockey player:

(2021–2023)

Guest captains

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 Tufnell was eventually selected as McCoist's permanent replacement: *

Bobby Moore Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore (12 April 1941 – 24 February 1993) was an English professional footballer. He captained West Ham United for more than ten years, and was the captain of the England national team that won the 1966 FIFA ...

, footballer (1968, 1970, 1972 and 1974) *

Johnny Haynes John Norman Haynes (17 October 1934 – 18 October 2005) was an English association footballer who played as an inside forward. He made 56 appearances for his country including 22 as captain. He was selected for three World Cup finals squads ...

, footballer (1970) *

Bobby Charlton Sir Robert Charlton (11 October 1937 – 21 October 2023) was an English professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder, left winger or centre-forward. Widely considered one of the greatest players of all time, he was a member ...

, footballer (1972 and 1974–75) * Mary Peters, athlete (1976) * Alan Pascoe, athlete (1976) *

John Barnes John Charles Bryan Barnes (born 7 November 1963) is a former professional football player and manager. Often considered one of the greatest England players of all time and one of Liverpool's greatest ever players, Barnes currently works as an ...

, footballer (1992) * Roger Black, track and field athlete (1992) * John Parrott, snooker (1992) *

, footballer (1996) *

Will Carling William David Charles Carling (born 12 December 1965) is an English former rugby union player. He was England's youngest captain, aged 22, and won 72 caps from 1988 to 1996, captaining England 59 times. Under his captaincy, England won Five N ...

, rugby union player (1996) *

Sam Torrance Samuel Robert Torrance (born 24 August 1953) is a Scotland, Scottish professional golfer and sports commentator. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid-1970s to the late 1990s, with 21 Tour wins. Torrance was a membe ...

, golfer (1997–98 and 2003) * Rob Wainwright, rugby union player (1997) * Jonathan Davies, rugby union player (1998) * David Ginola, footballer (2000) * Matthew Pinsent, rower (2003) *

Alan Hansen Alan David Hansen MBE (born 13 June 1955) is a Scottish former footballer and BBC television football pundit. Regarded as one of the greatest defenders of all time and one of Liverpool's best ever centre-backs, he enjoyed a highly decorated ...

, footballer (2003) *

Neil Ruddock Neil "Razor" Ruddock (born 9 May 1968) is an English former professional footballer and television personality who is a club director at Enfield. As a player he was a central defender from 1986 to 2003, and was voted the 17th "hardest footbal ...

, footballer (2003–04) *

Michael Owen Michael James Owen (born 14 December 1979) is an English former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Striker (association football), striker for Liverpool F.C., Liverpool, Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid, Newcastle United ...

, footballer (2004) *

David Seaman David Andrew Seaman (born 19 September 1963) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. In a career lasting from 1981 to 2004, he is best known for his time playing for Arsenal. He won 75 caps for England, and is the country ...

, footballer (2004) * Matt Dawson, rugby union player (2004) * Bill Beaumont, rugby union player (2004) *

Tim Henman Timothy Henry Henman (born 6 September 1974) is a British former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) during the early 2000s. Henman won 15 career ATP Tour titl ...

, tennis player (2004) * Jamie Redknapp, footballer (2007) *

Shane Warne Shane Keith Warne (13 September 1969 – 4 March 2022) was an Australian international cricketer whose career ran from 1992 to 2007. Warne played as a right-arm leg spin bowler and a lower-order right-handed batter for Victoria, Hampshire ...

, cricketer (2007) *

Darren Gough Darren Gough (born 18 September 1970) is a retired English cricketer and former captain of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. The spearhead of England's bowling attack through much of the 1990s, he is England's second highest wicket-taker in one-d ...

, cricketer (2007) *

Ricky Hatton Richard John Hatton (born 6 October 1978) is a British former professional boxer who competed between 1997 and 2012, and has since worked as a boxing promoter and boxing trainer, trainer. During his boxing career he held multiple world champi ...

, boxer (2007) *

Dennis Taylor Dennis Taylor (born 19 January 1949) is a Northern Irish retired professional snooker player and current commentator. He turned professional in 1972 and won the 1985 World Snooker Championship, in which he lost the first eight frames of 1985 W ...

, snooker (2008) *

Gary Speed Gary Andrew Speed (8 September 1969 – 27 November 2011) was a Welsh professional footballer and manager. As manager of Wales, Speed is often credited as being the catalyst for the change in fortunes of the national team and as setting t ...

, footballer (2008) * Graeme Swann, cricketer (2014) *

Michael Vaughan Michael Paul Vaughan (born 29 October 1974) is an English cricket commentator and former cricketer who played all forms of the game. He served as England cricket captain, England captain for the England test team, test team from 2003 to 2008 ...

, cricketer (2014) * Robbie Savage, footballer (2014) * Greg Rutherford, track and field athlete (2015)

Notable moments

during a 1987 Picture Board identifying

Princess Anne Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950) is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and the only sister of King ...

as John Reid. * Princess Anne appearing on the 200th edition of the programme, shortly after being identified as John Reid. *

not being able to identify himself as a showjumper in a clip. * Frankie Dettori "struggling to unscramble" an anagram of Frankie Dettori. * Ally McCoist not being able to "recognise his Rangers boss at the time", Walter Smith, as a Mystery Guest. * During Mystery Guest rounds,

has been guessed as Ray Clemence,

Chris Hoy Sir Christopher Andrew Hoy (born 23 March 1976) is a former Track cycling, track cyclist and racing driver from Scotland who represented Great Britain at the Olympics, Great Britain at the Olympic Games, Olympic and World Championships and Scot ...

, Alan Minter, and

. * Paul O'Connell correctly guessing Borussia Monchengladbach after two letters. * John Parrott getting beaten to the buzzer by Matt Dawson on a question about snooker in a January 1999 episode. The question was: "In which sport would you use a spider?" Parrott was so embarrassed by this, he stood in the audience for a brief moment.

Transmissions

Spin-offs

The ''A Question of Sport'' format has been applied to various other areas of knowledge. The following spin-off series were all made by the BBC: *''A Question of News'', presented by Richard Baker, 1971; Katharine Whitehorn and

Brian Redhead Brian Leonard Redhead (28 December 1929 – 23 January 1994) was a British author, journalist and broadcaster. He was a co-presenter of the ''Today'' programme on BBC Radio 4 from 1975 until 1993, shortly before his death. He was a great love ...

were the team captains. *''A Question of Entertainment'', presented by Tom O'Connor, 1988;

Ken Dodd Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd (8 November 1927 – 11 March 2018) was an English stand-up comedy, comedian, actor and singer. He was described as "the last great music hall entertainer" and was primarily known for his live stand-up comedy, stand-up pe ...

and Larry Grayson were the team captains. The show was reformatted and retitled '' That's Showbusiness'' and was broadcast under this title from 1989 to 1996. *''A Question of Pop'', presented by

Jamie Theakston James Paul Theakston (born 21 December 1970) is an English television presenter, producer, narrator and actor. He has hosted television programmes for the BBC, ITV (TV network), ITV, Channel 4 and 5 (British TV channel), Channel 5. He co-present ...

, 2000–01, which used the same graphics and set as the ''Sport'' version but different colours.

Noddy Holder Neville John "Noddy" Holder (born 15 June 1946) is an English musician, songwriter and actor. He was the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the English rock band Slade, one of the UK's most successful acts of the 1970s. Known for his disti ...

(

Tony Hadley Anthony Patrick Hadley (born 2 June 1960) is an English pop singer. He rose to fame in the 1980s as the lead singer of the New wave music, new wave band Spandau Ballet and launched a solo career following the group's split in 1990. Hadley retur ...

in episode 1) and Suggs were the team captains. *''A Question of TV'', presented by Gaby Roslin, 2001;

Lorraine Kelly Lorraine Kelly (born 30 November 1959) is a Scottish television presenter. She has presented various television shows for ITV and STV, including '' Good Morning Britain'' (1988–1992), ''GMTV'' (1993–2010), ''This Morning'' (2003–2005, ...

and

Rowland Rivron Rowland John Rivron (born 28 September 1958) is a British writer, comedic actor and television personality. Early career Rivron played the comic character 'Dr Martin Scrote' on the Jonathan Ross chat show ''The Last Resort'', and also played S ...

were the team captains. *'' A Question of Sport: Super Saturday'' with Jason Manford in 2014 on BBC One Roslin also hosted a one-off special, '' A Question of EastEnders'', in 2000. Another one-off special, ''A Question of Comedy'', was to have been aired on 16 March 2007 as a part of Comic Relief 2007, but after a scandal involving contestant

Jade Goody Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody (5 June 1981 – 22 March 2009) was an English media personality. She was a contestant on the Big Brother (British TV series) series 3, third series of the Channel 4 reality show ''Big Brother (British TV series) ...

it was replaced with a special edition of '' Top Gear'' titled ''

Top Gear of the Pops ''Top Gear of the Pops'' is a one-off special programme that aired for BBC Two on 16 March 2007, as part of Red Nose Day 2007. The episode combined the elements of '' Top Gear'', with that of BBC music chart show ''Top of the Pops'', the latter ...

''. ''A Question of Spit'' was a short segment aired in 1988 as part of the inaugural Red Nose Day telethon, featuring

Daley Thompson Francis Morgan Ayodélé Thompson, (born 30 July 1958) is an English former decathlete. He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four times. He was unbeaten in competit ...

, Barry McGuigan and Mike Gatting forming a team, with their opponents being their own

Spitting Image ''Spitting Image'' is a British satirical television puppet show, created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn. First broadcast in 1984, the series was produced by 'Spitting Image Productions' for Central Independent Television ...

puppets, captained by an

puppet. The quiz was hosted by the Spitting Image puppet of David Coleman, with the real Coleman and the puppet

Steve Davis Steve Davis (born 22 August 1957) is an English retired professional snooker player who is currently a Sports commentator, commentator, DJ, electronic musician and author. He dominated professional snooker in the 1980s, when he reached eight ...

also making an appearance. On 21 March 2012, One Media Radio's Final Whistle produced a one-off end-of-year special titled ''Final Quizzle: Final Whistle does A Question of Sport''. Presented by Barry Landy, the show featured two teams consisting of Stuart Hodge, Rory Wilde, Phil Peacock, Steve Sanders, Ben Mouncer and Lewis Davies and included rounds such as 'Tiger's Eighteen Holes' and 'Whelan or Fortune'. In November 2012, One Media Radio's Head of Sport Edmund Doc Crosthwaite confirmed that ''Final Quizzle'' would return for a one-off Christmas special on 12 December 2012. ''A Question of Sport Relief'' is a special version of the show usually presented by a guest presenter on

Sport Relief ''Sport Relief'' was a wikt:biennial, biennial charity event from Comic Relief, in association with BBC Sport, established in 2002. It was the idea of Kevin Cahill, CBE, who had joined Comic Relief in 1991 to establish a new department as Dire ...

night since 2002. The 2002, 2004 and 2006 versions were hosted by

Stephen Fry Sir Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator and writer. He came to prominence as a member of the comic act Fry and Laurie alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two starring in ''A Bit of ...

. 2008's version was hosted by

Jimmy Carr James Anthony Patrick Carr (born 15 September 1972) is an Irish-British comedian, presenter, writer and actor. He is known for his rapid-fire deadpan delivery of One-line joke, one-liners. He began his comedy career in 1997, and he has regula ...

after Fry had to withdraw, having broken his arm. BBC One Scotland aired a one-off ''A Question of Scotland'' as part of '' Children in Need 2008'', with Jackie Bird as quizmaster. The

CBBC CBBC is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 6 to 12. Its sister c ...

programme '' Dick and Dom in da Bungalow'' made a parody called ''A Question of Muck'' as part of the 'creamy muck muck' grand finale game. The CBBC programme '' The Saturday Show'' did a segment called ''A Question of Busted''. Featuring the band Busted answering questions about themselves, it was presented by Fearne Cotton who in each segment was dressed as Sue Barker.

In popular culture

The ''What Happened Next?'' round was spoofed in an episode of ''

A Bit of Fry & Laurie ''A Bit of Fry & Laurie'' is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring former Cambridge Footlights members Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, broadcast on both BBC1 and BBC2 between 1989 and 1995. It ran for four series ...

'' as David Coleman (Fry) asks Emlyn Hughes (Laurie) to guess what happened after the action stopped in the previous sketch. The host's refusal to confirm whether the given answer is correct then leads into another round of the game, with the question of what happened following the original What Happened Next? sketch. The show was one of many British TV shows reinterpreted by ''Chanel 9'', a recurring sketch on ''

The Fast Show ''The Fast Show'', also known as ''Brilliant'' in the United States, is a BBC comedy sketch show that ran on BBC Two, BBC 2 from 1994 to 1997, with specials in 2000 and 2014. The show's central performers were Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Si ...

'', where it was titled ''Questo Sporta'' and featured the mystery guest round.

References

External links

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