New Question of Sport host chosen

[Fambo Number Mive]

It's Paddy McGuinness!

I know there are lots of fans of McGuinness on here so I'm sure you will all be delighted. I'll continue to never watch this show - the one thing I liked about a Question of Sport was how the host was a female, compared to many panel shows, but it wasn't enough for me to watch people guess who scored a goal against Portugal in 1974 or whatever they do.

The programme will also get two new team captains for its 51st series.

Hockey player Sam Quek and rugby star Ugo Monye will take over from Matt Dawson and Phil Tufnell.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57761226

[sevendaughters]

sounds like appointment TV

[jobotic]

Imagine the bantz. This is gonna be so cheeky.

[Kankurette]

Imagine if it had been Alex Scott. Gammon Twitter would have shit its collective pants in rage.

[jobotic]

Tuffers and Dawsers are going? Oh what?

[lankyguy95]

Paddy McGuinness must be threatening to expose a BBC scandal. And they either have to Jill Dando him or give him more game shows.

[DrGreggles]

Wasn't aware Question of Sport was still a thing.

[sevendaughters]

i guess they're looking to turn QOS into that shit inferior Sky version of it then? Quek feels like a bit of a Loaded throwback in some ways.

[Kankurette]

i guess they're looking to turn QOS into that shit inferior Sky version of it then? Quek feels like a bit of a Loaded throwback in some ways.

Ugh. Can't stand her.

[beanheadmcginty]

Bring back Bill Beaumont

[amateur]

Question Of Sport AKA "Tuffers Says Umm For Half An Hour"

[Gurke and Hare]

What's the view on Tuffers? He seems like a GBOL, but because he's got the chirpy cockney thing going on I always assume there must be some kind of cuntitude going on with him. I've never actually identified it though, and he's always pretty good teamed with Aggers on TMS.

The Paddy McGuinness thing is actually pretty good work from the BBC, because the outrage at that has pretty much drowned out any gammon huffing about the new team captains being a woman and a black man. Just lots of people going on about how it's being dumbed down into an entertainment show, as if Emlyn Hughes comedically thinking a picture of Princess Anne was John Reid was serious telly up with Kenneth Clark's Civilisation.

[sevendaughters]

The Paddy McGuinness thing is actually pretty good work from the BBC, because the outrage at that has pretty much drowned out any gammon huffing about the new team captains being a woman and a black man. Just lots of people going on about how it's being dumbed down into an entertainment show, as if Emlyn Hughes comedically thinking a picture of Princess Anne was John Reid was serious telly up with Kenneth Clark's Civilisation.

it was always light-hearted but they would have proper athletes on who didn't play it for laughs and were respected as such, also a non-comedian host gave the show some gravitas.

I like Tuffers. He is playing the fool rather than is a fool, almost a proper English eccentric figure, and I like his stints on TMS (even though I am a curmudgeon who thinks there's far too much laughter on it these days) because of his curiosity and gentleness.

[Jittlebags]

Bollocks. I had a tenner's bet that it was going to be Baroness Dido (Fucking) Harding.

[dissolute ocelot]

i guess they're looking to turn QOS into that shit inferior Sky version of it then? Quek feels like a bit of a Loaded throwback in some ways.

Meanwhile A League Of Their Own seems to have turned into Clarkson-era Top Gear, all zany expeditions and bants with the lads and no questions.

[Gurke and Hare]

It's a bit pointless now anyway. Back in the day, there was hardly any sport on telly so watching Question of Sport meant you got to see some sport, which was good. Now there about a thousand sports channels, and probably some sport happening while Question of Sport is on so you'll watch that instead.

[checkoutgirl]

Bring back Bill Beaumont

That was my era, along with Emlyn Hughes and David Coleman. By the time Barker came along I hadn't watched it in a decade and only then because my aul' lad liked it. Wikipedia tells me it's going since 1968 which surprises me.

It's always been shit for cunts so McGuinness is a good choice, if he can manage to go 10 minutes without saying ding dang doo or whatever shite he comes out with. I don't follow his career.

[jamiefairlie]

I just remember David Vine before Coleman.