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A Question of Sport

Index A Question of Sport

A Question of Sport is a British sports quiz show created by Nick Hunter for the BBC. [1]

108 relations: A Bit of Fry & Laurie, A Question of Sport: Super Saturday, Ally McCoist, Anne, Princess Royal, Association football, Barry McGuigan, BBC, BBC Genome Project, BBC One, BBC One Scotland, Bill Beaumont, Bobby Charlton, Bobby Moore, Boxing, Brendan Foster, Brian Redhead, CBBC, Children in Need 2008, Cliff Morgan, Comic Relief, Cricket, Daley Thompson, Darren Gough, David Coleman, David Coulthard, David Ginola, David Seaman, David Vine, Dennis Taylor, Dick & Dom in da Bungalow, Emlyn Hughes, England cricket team, England national rugby union team, English language, Fearne Cotton, Frankie Dettori, Fred Trueman, Gaby Roslin, Game show, Gareth Edwards, Gary Speed, Graeme Swann, Greg Rutherford, Guinness World Records, Henry Cooper, Ian Botham, Jackie Bird, Jade Goody, Jamie Redknapp, Jamie Theakston, ..., Jason Manford, Jimmy Carr, John Barnes (footballer), John Parrott, John Reid (jockey), Katharine Whitehorn, Ken Dodd, Larry Grayson, Laura Davies, List of EastEnders television spin-offs, Lorraine Kelly, Matt Dawson, Matthew Pinsent, MediaCityUK, Michael Johnson (sprinter), Michael Owen, Michael Vaughan, Mike Gatting, Neil Ruddock, Noddy Holder, Pat Cash, Phil Tufnell, Radio Times, Rangers F.C., Richard Baker (broadcaster), Ricky Hatton, Rob Wainwright (rugby union), Robbie Savage, Roger Black, Roger Federer, Rowing (sport), Rowland Rivron, Rugby union, Serena Williams, Shane Warne, Snooker, Spitting Image, Sport, Sport Relief, Sports commentator, Stephen Fry, Steve Davis, Stuart Hall (presenter), Sue Barker, Suggs (singer), Tennis, The Fast Show, The Saturday Show (BBC TV series), Tom O'Connor (comedian), Tony Hadley, Top Gear of the Pops, Track and field, United Kingdom, Venus Williams, Walter Smith, Will Carling, Willie Carson, Zara Tindall. Expand index (58 more) »

A Bit of Fry & Laurie

A Bit of Fry & Laurie is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring former Cambridge Footlights members Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, broadcast on both BBC1 and BBC2 between 1989 and 1995.

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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.

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Ally McCoist

Alistair Murdoch McCoist, (24 September 1962) is a former Scottish footballer, who has since worked as a manager, pundit and actor.

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Anne, Princess Royal

Anne, Princess Royal, (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950) is the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Barry McGuigan

Finbar Patrick 'Barry' McGuigan MBE (born 28 February 1961) is an Irish retired professional boxer and current boxing promoter.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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BBC Genome Project

The BBC Genome Project is a digitised, searchable database of programme listings initially based upon the contents of the Radio Times from the first issue in 1923, to 2009.

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BBC One

BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man and Channel Islands.

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BBC One Scotland

BBC One Scotland is a television channel operated by BBC Scotland.

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Bill Beaumont

William Blackledge Beaumont CBE DL (born 9 March 1952 in Chorley, Lancashire, England) is a former rugby union player, and was captain of the England rugby union team, earning 34 caps.

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Bobby Charlton

Sir Robert Charlton CBE (born 11 October 1937) is an English former football player, regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time, and an essential member of the England team who won the World Cup in 1966, the year he also won the Ballon d'Or.

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Bobby Moore

Robert Frederick Chelsea Moore OBE (12 April 1941 – 24 February 1993) was an English professional footballer.

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Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves, throw punches at each other for a predetermined set of time in a boxing ring.

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Brendan Foster

Brendan Foster CBE (born 12 January 1948) is a British former long-distance runner who founded the Great North Run.

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Brian Redhead

Brian Leonard Redhead (28 December 1929 – 23 January 1994) was a British author, journalist and broadcaster.

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CBBC

CBBC (short for Children's BBC) is a British children's television strand owned by the BBC and aimed for children aged from 6 to 12.

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Children in Need 2008

Children in Need 2008 was a campaign held in the United Kingdom to raise money for Children in Need.

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Cliff Morgan

Clifford Isaac "Cliff" Morgan, (7 April 1930 – 29 August 2013) was a Welsh rugby union player who played for Cardiff RFC and earned 29 caps for Wales between 1951 and 1958.

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Comic Relief

Comic Relief is an operating British charity, and an independent sister organization of the United States-based Comic Relief Inc. It was founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry in response to famine in Ethiopia.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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Daley Thompson

Francis Morgan Ayodélé "Daley" Thompson, (born 30 July 1958), is a British former decathlete.

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Darren Gough

Darren Gough (born 18 September 1970) is a retired English cricketer and former captain of Yorkshire County Cricket Club.

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David Coleman

David Robert Coleman OBE (26 April 1926 – 21 December 2013) was a British sports commentator and TV presenter who worked for the BBC for 46 years.

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David Coulthard

David Marshall Coulthard, (born 27 March 1971), known as DC, is a British former Formula One racing driver turned presenter, commentator and journalist.

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David Ginola

David Désiré Marc Ginola (born 25 January 1967) is a French former international football player who has also worked as an actor, model and football pundit.

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David Seaman

David Andrew Seaman, MBE (born 19 September 1963) is an English retired football goalkeeper.

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David Vine

David Martin Vine (3 January 1935 – 11 January 2009) was an English television sports presenter.

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Dennis Taylor

Dennis Taylor (born Denis Taylor, 19 January 1949 in Coalisland, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland) is a retired professional snooker player and current BBC snooker commentator.

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Dick & Dom in da Bungalow

Dick & Dom in da Bungalow was a CBBC entertainment television series presented by the duo Dick and Dom (Richard McCourt and Dominic Wood).

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Emlyn Hughes

Emlyn Walter Hughes OBE (28 August 1947 – 9 November 2004) was an English footballer.

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England cricket team

The England cricket team represents England and Wales (and, until 1992, also Scotland) in international cricket.

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England national rugby union team

The England national rugby union team competes in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Fearne Cotton

Fearne Wood (born 3 September 1981), known professionally by her maiden name Cotton, is an English television and radio presenter, best known for presenting a number of popular television programmes such as Top of the Pops and the Red Nose Day telethons.

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Frankie Dettori

Lanfranco "Frankie" Dettori, MBE (born 15 December 1970) is an Italian horse racing jockey in the United Kingdom.

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Fred Trueman

Frederick Sewards Trueman, OBE (6 February 19311 July 2006) was an English cricketer, mainly active from 1948 to 1968, who played for Yorkshire and England.

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Gaby Roslin

Gaby Roslin (born 12 July 1964) is an English television presenter and actress, who rose to fame co-presenting The Big Breakfast on Channel 4 between 1992 and 1996.

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Game show

A game show is a type of radio, television, or stage show in which contestants, individually or as teams, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles, usually for money or prizes.

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Gareth Edwards

Sir Gareth Owen Edwards, CBE (born 12 July 1947) is a Welsh former rugby union player who played scrum-half and has been described by the BBC as "arguably the greatest player ever to don a Welsh jersey".

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Gary Speed

Gary Andrew Speed, MBE (8 September 1969 – 27 November 2011) was a Welsh professional footballer and manager.

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Graeme Swann

Graeme Peter Swann (born 24 March 1979) is a former English cricketer.

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Greg Rutherford

Gregory James "Greg" Rutherford, MBE (born 17 November 1986) is a British track and field athlete who specialises in long jump.

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Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.

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Henry Cooper

Sir Henry Cooper (3 May 19341 May 2011) was an English heavyweight boxer.

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Ian Botham

Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBE (born 24 November 1955) is an English former cricketer and current cricket commentator.

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Jackie Bird

Jackie Bird (née Macpherson, born 31 July 1962 in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire) is a Scottish journalist and newsreader, currently anchor of BBC Scotland's news programme Reporting Scotland.

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Jade Goody

Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody (5 June 1981 – 22 March 2009) was an English reality-television personality.

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Jamie Redknapp

Jamie Frank Redknapp (born 25 June 1973) is an English retired professional footballer who was active from 1989 until 2005.

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Jamie Theakston

Jamie Theakston (born 21 December 1971) is an English television presenter, producer, and actor.

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Jason Manford

Jason John Manford Sunday Mercury, 15 August 2010 (born 26 May 1981) is an English comedian, television presenter and radio presenter, best known for being a team captain on the Channel 4 panel show 8 Out of 10 Cats from 2007 until 2010.

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Jimmy Carr

James Anthony Patrick Carr (born 15 September 1972) is an English stand-up comedian, presenter, writer, and actor who holds both British and Irish citizenship.

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John Barnes (footballer)

John Charles Bryan Barnes MBE (born 7 November 1963) is a Jamaican-born English former professional footballer and manager, who currently works as a commentator and pundit for ESPN and SuperSport.

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John Parrott

John Parrott, (born 11 May 1964) is an English former professional snooker player and television personality, remembered as one of the best players in the early 1990s.

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John Reid (jockey)

John Andrew Reid (born 6 August 1955 in Banbridge County Down, Northern Ireland) is a retired flat race jockey.

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Katharine Whitehorn

Katharine Elizabeth Whitehorn CBE (born 1928) is a British journalist, writer, and columnist who is known for her wit and humour and as a keen observer of the changing role of women.

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Ken Dodd

Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd (8 November 1927 – 11 March 2018) was an English comedian, singer and occasional actor.

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Larry Grayson

Larry Grayson (31 August 1923 – 7 January 1995), born William Sulley White, was an English comedian and television presenter who was best known in the 1970s and early 80s.

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Laura Davies

Dame Laura Jane Davies, (born 5 October 1963) is an English female professional golfer.

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List of EastEnders television spin-offs

EastEnders is a popular British soap opera that has aired on BBC One since 19 February 1985.

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Lorraine Kelly

Lorraine Kelly, (born 30 November 1959) is a Scottish television presenter, journalist, model and actress.

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Matt Dawson

Matthew James Sutherland Dawson, MBE (born 31 October 1972) is a retired English rugby union player who played scrum half for Northampton Saints and then London Wasps.

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Matthew Pinsent

Sir Matthew Clive Pinsent, CBE (born 10 October 1970) is an English rower and broadcaster.

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MediaCityUK

MediaCityUK is a mixed-use property development on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in Salford and Trafford, Greater Manchester, England.

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Michael Johnson (sprinter)

Michael Duane Johnson (born September 13, 1967) is a retired American sprinter.

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Michael Owen

Michael James Owen (born 14 December 1979) is an English former footballer who played as a striker for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Manchester United and Stoke City, as well as for the England national team.

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Michael Vaughan

Michael Paul Vaughan (born 29 October 1974) is a former English cricketer, who played all forms of the game and a former English captain in all formats.

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Mike Gatting

Michael William Gatting OBE (born 6 June 1957) is an English former cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Middlesex (1975–1998; captain 1983–1997) and for England from 1977 to 1995, captaining the national side in twenty-three Test matches between 1986 and 1988.

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Neil Ruddock

Neil "Razor" Ruddock (born 9 May 1968) is an English former professional footballer, television personality and actor.

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Noddy Holder

Neville John "Noddy" Holder, (born 15 June 1946) is an English musician and actor.

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Pat Cash

Patrick Hart Cash (born 27 May 1965) is a retired Australian professional tennis player.

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Phil Tufnell

Philip Clive Roderick Tufnell (born 29 April 1966) is a former English Test and ODI cricketer turned television personality.

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Radio Times

Radio Times is a British weekly television and radio programme listings magazine.

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Rangers F.C.

Rangers Football Club are a football club in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premiership, the first tier of the Scottish Professional Football League.

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Richard Baker (broadcaster)

Richard Baker OBE RD (born 15 June 1925) is an English broadcaster, best known as a newsreader for BBC News from 1954 to 1982.

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Ricky Hatton

Richard John Hatton, (born 6 October 1978) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2009, and had one comeback fight in 2012.

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Rob Wainwright (rugby union)

Robert Iain Wainwright (born 22 March 1965 in Perth, Scotland) is a former rugby union footballer who was capped 37 times for Scotland (Captain 16 times) and once for the British and Irish Lions.

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Robbie Savage

Robert William Savage (born 18 October 1974) is a Welsh football pundit and former player.

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Roger Black

Roger Anthony Black MBE (born 31 March 1966) is a British retired athlete.

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Roger Federer

Roger Federer (born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No.

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Rowing (sport)

Rowing, often referred to as crew in the United States, is a sport whose origins reach back to Ancient Egyptian times.

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Rowland Rivron

Rowland J. Rivron (born 1958) is a British musician, writer, and television presenter.

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Rugby union

Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Serena Williams

Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American professional tennis player.

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Shane Warne

Shane Keith Warne (born 13 September 1969) is a Australian former international cricketer, and a former ODI captain of the Australian national team.

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Snooker

Snooker is a cue sport which originated among British Army officers stationed in India in the latter half of the 19th century.

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Spitting Image

Spitting Image is a British satirical puppet show, created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn.

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Sport

Sport (British English) or sports (American English) includes all forms of competitive physical activity or games which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants, and in some cases, entertainment for spectators.

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Sport Relief

Sport Relief is a biennial charity event from Comic Relief, in association with BBC Sport, which brings together the worlds of sport and entertainment to raise money to help vulnerable people in both the UK and the world's poorest countries.

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Sports commentator

In sports broadcasting, a sports commentator (also known as sports announcer, sportscaster or play-by-play announcer) gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast, traditionally delivered in the historical present tense.

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Stephen Fry

Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist.

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Steve Davis

Steve Davis, (born 22 August 1957) is an English retired professional snooker player from Plumstead, London.

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Stuart Hall (presenter)

James Stuart Hall, Jr. (born 25 December 1929) is an English former radio and television presenter.

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Sue Barker

Susan Barker, (born 19 April 1956 in Paignton, Devon) is an English television presenter and former professional tennis player.

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Suggs (singer)

Graham McPherson (born 13 January 1961), known by the stage name Suggs, is an English singer-songwriter, musician, radio personality and actor.

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Tennis

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).

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The Fast Show

The Fast Show, known as Brilliant in the US, is a BBC comedy sketch show programme that ran from 1994 to 1997, with specials in 2000 and 2014.

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The Saturday Show (BBC TV series)

The Saturday Show is a BBC children's show that aired on Saturday mornings.

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Tom O'Connor (comedian)

Thomas Patrick O'Connor (born 31 October 1939 in Bootle, Lancashire) is an English comedian, TV presenter and actor.

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Tony Hadley

Anthony Patrick Hadley (born 2 June 1960) is an English singer-songwriter, occasional stage actor and radio presenter.

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Top Gear of the Pops

Top Gear of the Pops was a one-off special programme that aired for BBC Two on 16 March 2007, as part of Red Nose Day 2007.

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Track and field

Track and field is a sport which includes athletic contests established on the skills of running, jumping, and throwing.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Venus Williams

Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No.

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Walter Smith

Walter Ferguson Smith, OBE (born 24 February 1948) is a Scottish former football manager, player and director.

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Will Carling

William David Charles Carling, (born 12 December 1965) is an English former rugby union player.

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Willie Carson

William Fisher Hunter "Willie" Carson, OBE (born 16 November 1942) is a retired jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.

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Zara Tindall

Zara Anne Elizabeth Tindall (née Phillips; born 15 May 1981) is a British equestrian and Olympian.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Question_of_Sport

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