Whomever is responsible for complely turning a top class sporting quiz into this cbbc drivel
needs to take a long look at this shambles and fix it PDQ,
12 Reviews
New Q of S
maggymay-961823 October 2021
Used to be good ..... absolute rubbish now
welshNick4 June 2010
Warning: Spoilers
When I was growing up I used to love this show. I remember the the early Captains ...... Gareth Edwards, Henry Cooper, Cliff Morgan, and perhaps the best era of Beaumont and Hughes.
During this period the question master was David Coleman (David Vine in the early years) and we all enjoyed watching his mistakes and Emlyn Hughes squirming as he wondered whether or not to go home or away. Underneath all this however was a good competitive sports quiz which had a certain degree of pride amongst the participants.
Then Sue Barker took over and the quiz immediately started going downhill fast. She consistently failed to keep control and what was once a good panel show full of good wit turned into a contest of who could shout the loudest. I'm afraid its time to pull the plug on this now or get a new quizmaster/mistress.
During this period the question master was David Coleman (David Vine in the early years) and we all enjoyed watching his mistakes and Emlyn Hughes squirming as he wondered whether or not to go home or away. Underneath all this however was a good competitive sports quiz which had a certain degree of pride amongst the participants.
Then Sue Barker took over and the quiz immediately started going downhill fast. She consistently failed to keep control and what was once a good panel show full of good wit turned into a contest of who could shout the loudest. I'm afraid its time to pull the plug on this now or get a new quizmaster/mistress.
Ruined it
petermcconnell5 November 2021
Enjoyable and long running sports quiz
chris_gaskin1234 April 2006
I've been watching A Question Of Sport since the 1980's, although I don't watch it as much as I did then.
It is a light hearted quiz with two teams consisting of two regular captains and their famous sporting guests.
The rounds include guessing the sports person on the picture board, Home or Away, the popular What Happened Next?, Mystery Guest and the final game being the One Minute Round. Today though, the rounds have changed a lot and some of them I don't understand.
Sue Barker is the current presenter and I remember David Coleman very well with David Vine being the first. The current team captains are Matt Dawson and Ally AcCoist. Past captains include John Parrott, Bill Beaumont, Ian Botham, Willie Carson and the late Emlyn Hughes.
Probably the most memorable episode I remember is the one where Princess Anne was the very special guest on Emlyn's team.
It is a light hearted quiz with two teams consisting of two regular captains and their famous sporting guests.
The rounds include guessing the sports person on the picture board, Home or Away, the popular What Happened Next?, Mystery Guest and the final game being the One Minute Round. Today though, the rounds have changed a lot and some of them I don't understand.
Sue Barker is the current presenter and I remember David Coleman very well with David Vine being the first. The current team captains are Matt Dawson and Ally AcCoist. Past captains include John Parrott, Bill Beaumont, Ian Botham, Willie Carson and the late Emlyn Hughes.
Probably the most memorable episode I remember is the one where Princess Anne was the very special guest on Emlyn's team.
Answers to questions !!
clssohrx3 September 2021
Brilliant show totally ruined
keith-5810313 December 2021
Yawnsville
graham-3370821 March 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Spoiler Alert! Sue : Who captained England in the 1986 World Cup? Not Funny ex Cricket Bloke : Ooooohhhh! Ooooohhhh!Ooooohhhhhhhhhh! I know this, its ermmmmmmm! Thingy! yes Thingy! ermmmm the bald one! Brain Dead Audience : WHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! HAAAAA HAAAA HAAAAAAAAAA! That's pretty much it. Same as that for thirty minutes. Same, politically correct, unfunny, dumbed down BBC mainstream unrisque pants......for thirty minutes.
Ruined Format
glugwine13 November 2021
Used to be good - now its hopeless
hadlingtonandy29 September 2022
Coleman and Barker were brilliant presenters, knowledgeable about sport and with a great rapport with the captains. Whoever changed the format should be sacked. Why McGuinness? He is utterly hopeless. There is such a choice of talent - Gary Linekar, Gabby Logan, Jonathan Davies, etc. Etc. Etc. So many porting presenters and they choose a comic!
The captains Monye and Quek don't stand a chance and it's a shame.
Hopefully the current production team will be sacked after this series and the show will revert back to it's original format.
We pay our licence fee for this - it really needs sorting.
The captains Monye and Quek don't stand a chance and it's a shame.
Hopefully the current production team will be sacked after this series and the show will revert back to it's original format.
We pay our licence fee for this - it really needs sorting.
A typically British quiz show
Larry_Hime11 September 2006
A typically British show that has been running over 36 years but still manages to pull in decent viewing figures. Many team captains have come and gone during the years but the programme's successful format hasn't changed too much.
However, changing times have been reflected in recent years in the saucy banter between hostess Sue Barker and latest team captains, Matt Dawson and Ally McCoist. AQoS is less serious than in its early days but none the worse for that.
It's a real shame that the recording of the very first episode, a real piece of television history, has been lost by the BBC. Broadcast on Jan 5 1970, that episode was tinged with tragedy as the only female panelist, champion athlete Lillian Board, was to die of cancer later that year, aged only 22.
However, changing times have been reflected in recent years in the saucy banter between hostess Sue Barker and latest team captains, Matt Dawson and Ally McCoist. AQoS is less serious than in its early days but none the worse for that.
It's a real shame that the recording of the very first episode, a real piece of television history, has been lost by the BBC. Broadcast on Jan 5 1970, that episode was tinged with tragedy as the only female panelist, champion athlete Lillian Board, was to die of cancer later that year, aged only 22.
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