16-12-2023, 03:09 PM
Should never have let Sue Barker go. I could understand Matt and Phil being moved on, but Sue should have stayed. McGuinness was a terrible choice of host and was truly the death knell.
A Question of Sport axed
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16-12-2023, 06:15 PM
(16-12-2023, 03:09 PM)JLav25 Wrote: Should never have let Sue Barker go. I could understand Matt and Phil being moved on, but Sue should have stayed. McGuinness was a terrible choice of host and was truly the death knell.
They certainly shouldn’t have let her go in the way they did. She’s a much loved broadcaster and the negativity around her axing (more so than the team captains, who IMO were well overdue a refresh) did the show no favours at all.
16-12-2023, 06:57 PM
Paddy doesn't seem to have much success with his BBC shows.
17-12-2023, 12:13 PM
(16-12-2023, 03:09 PM)JLav25 Wrote: Should never have let Sue Barker go. I could understand Matt and Phil being moved on, but Sue should have stayed. McGuinness was a terrible choice of host and was truly the death knell.There's one major problem with McGuinness getting that job - what's his sports pedigree? He isn't an ex-sportsperson of any sort, unlike Sue.
17-12-2023, 04:30 PM
Another channel might pick it up. If Eggheads gets poached, then anything is possible.
17-12-2023, 04:35 PM
One obvious difference there is that the BBC don't make or own Eggheads, they do with QOS.
17-12-2023, 04:41 PM
17-12-2023, 04:58 PM
(17-12-2023, 04:41 PM)Steve in Pudsey Wrote: I guess the theory was that Corden worked on A League of Their Own.That was more Sky’s version of They Think It’s All Over though. A Question of Sport whilst humorous was never comedy led.
(17-12-2023, 04:30 PM)Gary Baldy Wrote: Another channel might pick it up. If Eggheads gets poached, then anything is possible.Eggheads situation is different, it’s a format from an independent production company produced by an independent production company. I also think it was probably sweetener to Jeremy Vine.
A Question of Sport is produced by an independent now, but I’m sure the BBC still own the format rights. That said I can’t see there would be anything stopping BBC Studios selling the rights. I think it’s more the point, it’s not a popular enough show at the moment to gain interest.
17-12-2023, 05:55 PM
(16-12-2023, 06:15 PM)Flux Wrote: They certainly shouldn’t have let her go in the way they did. She’s a much loved broadcaster and the negativity around her axing (more so than the team captains, who IMO were well overdue a refresh) did the show no favours at all.
The show was literally just as dead under her ratings wise.
17-12-2023, 08:01 PM
(17-12-2023, 04:58 PM)Jon Wrote: That was more Sky’s version of They Think It’s All Over though. A Question of Sport whilst humorous was never comedy led.
Eggheads situation is different, it’s a format from an independent production company produced by an independent production company. I also think it was probably sweetener to Jeremy Vine.
A Question of Sport is produced by an independent now, but I’m sure the BBC still own the format rights.
Do they? A decent chunk of the show was ripping off other formats last I saw. 5 Gold Rings in particular.
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