A Question of Sport (1970– ) User Reviews

New Q of S

[maggymay-96182 · 1/10 · 3 October 2021]

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,

Enjoyable and long running sports quiz

[chris_gaskin123 · 4 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.

A typically British quiz show

[Larry_Hime · 8/10 · 11 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.

Waste of time

[dbromley-10567 · 1/10 · 3 September 2021]

After 10 minutes of the new show never watch again like top gear waste of tax payers.

Was good before, absolute rubbish since they changed cast 2021

[robstib1956 · 1/10 · 25 September 2021]

Awful now, not worth watching. In its day, with Sue Barker & Phil ect it was enjoyable viewing for years, until the BBC changed it for box tickers.

Ruined it

[petermcconnell · 1/10 · 5 November 2021]

Used to be good then they put paddy mcguinness as host, it now has no chemistry and is a very boring show. No idea why they got rid of the old line ups, matt and Phil were far better captains than the new 2.

Brilliant show totally ruined

[keith-58103 · 1/10 · 13 December 2021]

Well here we go again the BBC cannot leave excellent alone - the latest change is a disaster. No longer watch it. Bring back Sue Barker and her great team.

Answers to questions !!

[clssohrx · 3/10 · 3 September 2021]

Please, please give the answers to the questions......not helpful if the team member gets it wrong and then we are not given the answer.... Paddy nil points.... Sue 10/10.

Do better or else switch off.

Connie.

Used to be good ..... absolute rubbish now

[welshNick · 3/10 · 4 June 2010]

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.

Yawnsville

[graham-33708 · 1/10 · 21 March 2017]

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

[glugwine · 1/10 · 13 November 2021]

Here we go again, the BBC go and spoil another programme with their 'woke agenda'. Cannot watch the new version. Paddy is poor, and it is missing the camaraderie of the old team.

Used to be good - now its hopeless

[hadlingtonandy · 1/10 · 29 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.