"and Henry Cooper serving as team captains. It took an 18-month hiatus from June 1977 before relaunching in 1979 with David Coleman replacing Vine. It has been hosted since 1997 by former tennis star Sue Barker, with former England rugby player Matt Dawson and former England cricketer Phil Tufnell serving as captains since 2004 and 2008 respectively. On 8 January 2010, the BBC broadcast a 40th anniversary special, where Barker, Dawson, and Tufnell were joined by Pat Cash, David Coulthard, Laura Davies, and Michael Johnson. Series 42, episode 17 marked the 1,000th episode where each captain was joined by two"
"a way that didn't feel right"". Barker refused to name the female tennis player involved. Sue Barker Susan Barker, (born 19 April 1956 in Paignton, Devon) is an English television presenter and former professional tennis player. During her tennis career, she won fifteen WTA Tour singles titles, including one Grand Slam singles title at the 1976 French Open. She reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3. She is now one of the main sports presenters at the BBC, most notably fronting the corporation’s coverage of Wimbledon and A Question of Sport. Barker was born and raised in Paignton,"
"Sue Barker Susan Barker, (born 19 April 1956 in Paignton, Devon) is an English television presenter and former professional tennis player. During her tennis career, she won fifteen WTA Tour singles titles, including one Grand Slam singles title at the 1976 French Open. She reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3. She is now one of the main sports presenters at the BBC, most notably fronting the corporation’s coverage of Wimbledon and A Question of Sport. Barker was born and raised in Paignton, Devon. Educated at a convent school, aged 10 in 1966 she was picked out as"
"A Question of Sport: Super Saturday A Question of Sport: Super Saturday (often shortened to Super Saturday) was a British television programme which was a spin-off from the long-running quiz show ""A Question of Sport"". ""Super Saturday"" was hosted by comedian Jason Manford, with Helen Skelton on pre-recorded rounds, and began airing on 21 June 2014 on BBC One. The show received a large amount of negative reviews from critics and after just one series it was cancelled. The show was recorded at dock10, MediaCityUK on 5 and 6 June 2014, with more than one episode being recorded each day."
"for regular host, Mark Chapman. Barbour is a lifelong supporter of St. Johnstone. Eilidh Barbour Eilidh Margaret Barbour (; born 14 December 1982) is a Scottish television presenter and reporter, known for her association with BBC Sport and BT Sport. In 2017, she was named as the main presenter for BBC's golf coverage, replacing Hazel Irvine in the role. In 2005, Barbour graduated from the University of Stirling, having read Film and Media Studies, with an emphasis on audio and video production. She then moved to South Korea for a year to teach English, before returning to Scotland with the"
"special. Sue Barker made her debut as the anchor presenter, making her the fifth person and first woman to host the BBC broadcast. Barker presented the programme from the unsaddling enclosure, which was situated outside where the weighing room bar is today, with interviews with celebrity racegoers, connections of the competitors, former Aintree heroes and the winning connections after the race. The rest of the BBC team comprised Clare Balding as a roving reporter on the course and in the saddling boxes. Balding had also been the anchor presenter on BBC's coverage of the previous two days of the Aintree"
"A Question of Sport A Question of Sport is a British sports quiz show created by Nick Hunter for the BBC. The show centres on a light-hearted contest involving two teams of three sports stars, each with a regular resident team captain, competing for points by answering questions on their own and other sports over several sports-themed quiz rounds. Captains have also been playing sports-themed games alongside the quizzes in later series. The show premiered on BBC One in January 1970, 13 months after Stuart Hall hosted a pilot episode, and was originally hosted by David Vine with Cliff Morgan"
"Eilidh Barbour Eilidh Margaret Barbour (; born 14 December 1982) is a Scottish television presenter and reporter, known for her association with BBC Sport and BT Sport. In 2017, she was named as the main presenter for BBC's golf coverage, replacing Hazel Irvine in the role. In 2005, Barbour graduated from the University of Stirling, having read Film and Media Studies, with an emphasis on audio and video production. She then moved to South Korea for a year to teach English, before returning to Scotland with the intention of finding a job within broadcasting. Her persistence paid off, as six"
"the tagline ""the new panel show that doesn't take sport too seriously"". Keith Watson of the ""Metro"" welcomed the show as a challenger to ""Britain's No.1 TV sports spot-the-scripted-bits banter show"", referring to the BBC's show ""A Question of Sport"", hosted by Sue Barker. Watson, writing after the first episode, said ""Team skippers Freddie Flintoff and Jamie Redknapp are just there as window-dressing/butts of jokes, for this is Corden's show and he takes to it like a puck to the ice rink. [Sue] Barker beware."" Sharon Lougher and Larushka Ivan-Zadeh also of the ""Metro"" went further, announcing the show as"
"1997, and was a host of the annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards ceremony from 1994 to 2012 before stepping down in 2013. Barker has hosted BBC Sport's coverage of the Australian Open, the French Open, Queens Club Championships, Eastbourne, the Davis Cup, the ATP World Tour Finals and Wimbledon. Other sporting events she has hosted have included the Grand National (1996–2006), the Derby (2001–2007), Racing at Ascot and Longchamp (1995–1999), Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury, the Great North Run, World Athletics Championships and European Athletics Championships (1999–2009), BBC Sports Personality of the Year (1994–2012), Commonwealth Games (1994–2010)"
"""A Question of Sport"" the evening before the race. This was immediately followed by a live race preview show, ""The Night Before the National"", on BBC Two, presented by Clare Balding from the pre-National gala dinner at St. George's Hall in Liverpool. Coverage on race day itself began at 1:45pm BST and was presented by Sue Barker with interviews and features by Balding, while Angus Loughran followed the betting. It was the 43rd consecutive year the BBC broadcast the Grand National. John Hanmer formed part of the commentary team for the last time, along with Tony O'Hehir and Jim McGrath,"
"former captains. Tufnell was joined by Bill Beaumont and Ally McCoist, while Dawson was joined by Willie Carson and John Parrott—with Tufnell’s side winning. With more than 45 series broadcast since its launch, ""A Question of Sport"" is one of the BBC’s longest-running shows. In a Christmas special broadcast in 2014, the show was awarded a Guinness World Record for the world’s longest-running sports quiz show. 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"
"on BBC television between 1991 and 1999, after that year's Wimbledon, he moved to ITV and was replaced from 2000 by Sue Barker who continues to front Wimbledon coverage on BBC television to this day. In 2015, the programme was rebranded ""Wimbledon 2day"" (a pun on the channel's name). Clare Balding became the new presenter after long-time host John Inverdale left to join the BBC's Wimbledon commentary team. The opening week was presented from The Gatsby Club – a temporary hospitality venue outside the grounds – with stand-up presentation, handheld cameras, various social media features and a small live audience."
"de Janeiro covering the Olympics. The following year, she became the presenter of ""The Women's Football Show"". In 2017, Barbour was named as the main presenter for BBC's golf coverage, replacing Hazel Irvine, who had been a major influence on her career. Barbour's father had always played golf, and she started to take the sport up in her teenage years, around the same time when her mother wanted to learn as well. Incidentally, she had also written to Irvine for career advice. In December 2018 Barbour joined the presenting team for Match of the Day 2 when she stood in"
"by ""Woman's Hour"" on BBC Radio 4. Sue Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough Susan Catherine Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Loughborough, CBE (born 10 October 1948), is a British sports administrator who was chairman of UK Sport between 2003 and 2013. Campbell was educated at Long Eaton Grammar School and Bedford College of Physical Education, followed by the University of Leicester where she obtained a Master of Education degree. She worked as a physical education teacher at Whalley Range High School in Manchester for two years in the early 1970s, before becoming deputy director of Physical Education at Leicester University in"
"they are invited to appear on ""A Question Of Sport"". The sports personality with most guest appearances is Steve Davis, who has appeared 18 times. In 1987, Princess Anne appeared as a guest on Emlyn Hughes' team, just weeks after Hughes thought a photo of her on a horse in the ""Mystery Guest"" round was jockey John Reid. The show achieved ""A Question of Sport""'s highest ever ratings of approximately 19 million viewers. It was the first time a member of the royal family had appeared on a television quiz show. Anne's daughter Zara Phillips also appeared on the show"
"ITV's celebrity diving show with Olympic diver, Tom Daley, as the mentor. She finished in 3rd place. On 2 May, Barker was ranked 93rd place in FHM's list of 100 Sexiest women in the world. In 2017, she presented ""The Home Game"", a new daytime series for ITV. She is married to TV executive Chris Short, and the couple have a daughter and two dogs. The family currently live in Forest Hill in South London. Linda Barker Linda Barker (born 26 October 1961) is an English interior designer and television presenter. Born on a Shelf, on the outskirts of Bradford"
"addition to her duties as sports presenter on the channel and on BBC Breakfast. Married to Scott, the couple have one child (born November 2003), and are presently expecting their second. A regular at Arsenal F.C., Thearle also describes herself as an average skier and a huge fan of the cinema In 2005 Thearle ran her first London Marathon, with partner Helen Millgate (a cancer survivor), supporting her favourite charity Help The Hospices On 30 May 2008, Sue left her sports presenting duties on BBC Breakfast after 13 years, to become a freelance journalist. She currently presents on the BBC"
"of Fame"". The programme was later broadcast by VH1 and also by ITV, where it was only shown in the London region. The recording by the music channel was acknowledged by Klass during the evening. On 15 July 2006, as part of BBC One's ""Sport Relief"" charity spectacular, Klass appeared as a special guest in the ""Question of Sport Relief"" segment. Klass's appearance involved her playing a variety of TV sport theme tunes on a grand piano. This part of the fundraiser was based on the BBC's popular ""A Question of Sport"" quiz show and was hosted by Sue Barker."
"2013, Logan began hosting the BBC One series ""I Love My Country"", featuring team captains Micky Flanagan and Frank Skinner on Saturday evenings, however, on 25 October 2013, the programme was axed due to largely negative press reviews and poor viewing figures. In September 2013, the BBC announced that, as of 2013, Logan would replace Sue Barker as one of the presenters for the annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year. In March 2015, Logan hosted ""Let's Play Darts for Comic Relief"" for BBC Two. The show returned for a second series in February 2016. She presented live coverage of"
"off with Anne being the only person left in the studio. The programme was eventually replaced by the Alexander Armstrong-fronted ""Pointless"" as the big BBC teatime quiz (it had aired on the BBC for some years previously). Much of the show's success has been attributed to its host, Anne Robinson. She was already famous in the UK for her sarcasm while presenting the consumer programme ""Watchdog"", and ""The Weakest Link"" saw her develop this further, particularly in her taunting of contestants. Her sardonic summary to the team, usually berating them for their lack of intelligence for not achieving the target"
"of the Barker family that owns a well-known chain of bakeries in and around Cambridge. Liz Barker Elizabeth Jane Barker (born 16 May 1975) is an English television presenter. Born in Cambridge, Barker grew up in the village of Oakington, near Cambridge and attended Impington Village College before undertaking a philosophy degree at the University of Southampton. After this was completed, she became a runner for independent production company Lion TV, a researcher, and eventually the sports presenter for BBC Choice programme ""Backstage"". On 23 June 2000, Barker joined the children's television programme ""Blue Peter"". During her six years on"
"without her own permanent prime-time programme. She has become frequent panellist on BBC Five Live's sports comedy show Fighting Talk winning the programme's ""Rookie of the year award"" in May 2015, and in the same year led Five Live's coverage of the Women's World Cup. Barker is known for her love of fancy dress and appeared in a parrot costume during a live edition of popular BBC radio 5 show Fighting Talk broadcast from Cardiff. A fan of her home-town club Chelmsford City, Barker has long been a supporter of non-league football. She is the presenter of ""The Non-League Football"
"matches. He was the first English captain of the Lions since Doug Prentice in 1930. Beaumont retired from rugby in 1982 on medical advice from doctors, because of successive concussions. Beaumont became a regular contestant on the BBC quiz show ""A Question of Sport"", eventually become the show's longest-serving captain (14 years in total). The opposing captains were Willie Carson, Emlyn Hughes and Ian Botham. Beaumont hosted two episodes of the show in 1996 in the regular host David Coleman's absence: Will Carling stood in as captain for Beaumont's team. He is also the managing director of his family's textile"
"Times in November 2016, Logan admitted that ""Flockstars"" was her ""biggest disappointment"". Logan started presenting for BBC Sport on 27 January 2007, presenting coverage of the FA Cup fourth round tie between Luton Town and Blackburn Rovers. She continues to present and report on live football for the BBC and Logan now deputises for Gary Lineker on Match of the Day. Logan hosted ""Final Score"" from 2009 until 2013 before being replaced by Jason Mohammad. When Craig Doyle left BBC Sport to go to ITV in 2008 the BBC needed a new host for the 6 Nations with 2 or"
"a book token if the contestants are unable to answer at least one question. The submitter is ""awarded"" with the consolation prize of a round of applause from the audience if both questions are answered correctly. At one point, the prize was a ""Brain of Britain"" quiz book, but was replaced by the book token when the book was out of print. ""Brain of Britain"" was hosted by Robert Robinson for most of its life, although during his illness the 2004 series was hosted by Russell Davies. Peter Snow took over the role in 2007, also due to the illness"
"and ""A Question of Sport,"" hugely popular and successful British TV shows. Smith also organised and promoted the first women's squash events in the Middle East, in Dubai and Bahrain. Along with Jayne Ashton of England and Sue Newman, Barbara Wall and Lyle Hubinger of Australia, she formed WISPA, the professional ladies' body for squash, in 1979. To this day, WISPA remains the governing body of the ladies game. Smith is currently an ambassador for Stoke City football club and set up the successful academy operating out of Shanghai. Smith is a lifelong fan of Stoke City Football Club. She"
"The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows: The show received complaints over its similarity to the game show A League of Their Own and the fact that a large number of guests were all from BBC programmes. The show was largely panned by critics and was cancelled after just 1 series. A Question of Sport: Super Saturday A Question of Sport: Super Saturday (often shortened to Super Saturday) was a British television programme which was a spin-off from the long-running quiz show ""A Question of Sport"". ""Super Saturday"" was hosted by comedian Jason Manford, with Helen"
"weekend in October 2010 whilst Jake Humphrey presented the Commonwealth Games and presented the Canadian, German and Hungarian Grands Prix in 2012 whilst Jake Humphrey was presenting Euro 2012 and the 2012 Olympic Games. This was the first time a woman had taken on the main anchor role in F1 on British TV. She was also reported to be on the BBC's shortlist of possible anchors to replace departing host Jake Humphrey for their F1 coverage across the 2013 season. In December 2012 it was announced Suzi Perry would take over the role. She started as a presenter on BBC"
"first appearance being in February 2018. She hosted the 2018 Champions League of Darts on the BBC alongside Mark Webster (darts player) and Paul Nicholson (darts player). Caroline Barker Caroline Barker is a British journalist and broadcaster who works in Radio. She currently presents mainly for BBC Radio 5 Live. Barker first worked for BBC Essex, before joining BBC London 94.9 in 2004 as a sports reporter. While at BBC London she worked as cover for sports reporters on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4. Beyond sports news, Barker was presenter of Sportsworld for the BBC World Service until"
"Liz Barker Elizabeth Jane Barker (born 16 May 1975) is an English television presenter. Born in Cambridge, Barker grew up in the village of Oakington, near Cambridge and attended Impington Village College before undertaking a philosophy degree at the University of Southampton. After this was completed, she became a runner for independent production company Lion TV, a researcher, and eventually the sports presenter for BBC Choice programme ""Backstage"". On 23 June 2000, Barker joined the children's television programme ""Blue Peter"". During her six years on the programme, Liz reported from Vietnam, Morocco, Brazil, Austria, Greece, India and the US. Her"
"became the first female presenter to be part of the BBC general election results programme. In 2006, following a court case whereby British Airways requested that a Christian employee conceal her cross because it infringed the airline's dress code, the BBC disclosed it had some concerns over the fact that Fiona Bruce often wore a cross necklace although she was not banned from doing so. In December 2018 it was confirmed that Bruce would become the new host of ""Question Time,"" following the departure of long-time host David Dimbleby. Her first appearance was scheduled for 10 January 2019, the debut"
"2012 until her move to Channel 4 Racing. Mark Chapman was secondary host in 2012 when Balding was unavailable for the cup and international matches, and previous hosts for the BBC are John Inverdale and Steve Rider. The current main hosts (2018) are Mark Chapman and Super League Show presenter Tanya Arnold. Sky Sports now have the rights for the early rounds with one match each round and two quarter finals; whilst BBC Sport show two sixth round matches, two quarter finals, both semi-finals and the final. Internationally Super League is shown live by eight different broadcasters in eight different"