A Question of Sport: Super Saturday

A Question of Sport: Super Saturday
GenreComedy and sport
Presented byJason Manford
Helen Skelton
StarringPhil Tufnell
Matt Dawson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes5
Production
Executive producerKieron Collins
ProducerGareth Edwards
Production locationsdock10, MediaCityUK
Running time40 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release21 June (2014-06-21) –
19 July 2014 (2014-07-19)
Related
A Question of Sport

A Question of Sport: Super Saturday (often shortened to Super Saturday) is 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,[1] 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.

Production

The show was recorded at dock10, MediaCityUK on 5 and 6 June 2014, with more than one episode being recorded each day.

Episode Guide

The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows:

  – indicates Matt's team won.
  – indicates Phil's team won.
Episode
no. 		Original air date Matt's team Phil's team Score
1 21 June 2014 Chris Ramsey, Ola Jordan Louie Spence, Shappi Khorsandi 9–5
2 28 June 2014 Seann Walsh, Sharron Davies Patrick Robinson, Iwan Thomas 10–3
3 5 July 2014 Katherine Ryan, Ted Robbins Michael Vaughan, Lizzy Yarnold 6–4
4 12 July 2014 Louise Minchin, Anton du Beke Gethin Jones, Rebecca Adlington 8–9
5 19 July 2014 Pixie Lott, Terry Alderton Helen Skelton, Adil Ray 5–7

Criticism

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 one series.

References

  1. ^ "Jason Manford to host 'A Question of Sport: Super Saturday'". British Comedy Guide. 14 May 2014.