Sue Barker leaving A Question of Sport
Sue Barker leaving A Question of Sport
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SydneyBridge

Original Poster:

10,829 posts

180 months

Sunday 13th September 2020
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and matt and tuffers

Shame...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54135771

RichB

55,145 posts

306 months

Sunday 13th September 2020
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Real shame because I find it very entertaining and the format has evolved over the years. One wonders what the Head of Values and his 'think tank' will come up with next?

Eric Mc

124,664 posts

287 months

Sunday 13th September 2020
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I gave up watching it when David Coleman stopped presenting it.

Macneil

1,054 posts

102 months

Sunday 13th September 2020
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About time it was scrapped it’s so tedious.

robemcdonald

9,675 posts

218 months

Sunday 13th September 2020
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I thought Bill Beaumont and Emlyn Hughes were the captains?

p4cks

7,309 posts

221 months

Sunday 13th September 2020
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It does need a bit of a shake up but I've little confidence that the BBC will change it for the better. I suspect they'll try and tick a few boxes with the replacements and 'talent' and 'ability' will be way down the list of desirable attributes.

I'd be delighted if I was proved wrong but something tells me that I won't be.

pquinn

7,167 posts

68 months

Sunday 13th September 2020
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Guess they're doing their usual thing of changing to appeal to a younger audience.

Shame that audience doesn't exist, and even if it did the gang of ex-New Labour and ex-TV presenters making the decisions wouldn't have a clue what they'd want anyway.


Kinky

39,898 posts

291 months

Sunday 13th September 2020
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p4cks said:
It does need a bit of a shake up but I've little confidence that the BBC will change it for the better. I suspect they'll try and tick a few boxes with the replacements and 'talent' and 'ability' will be way down the list of desirable attributes.

I'd be delighted if I was proved wrong but something tells me that I won't be.
Exactly this I fear. Sadly.

Falconer

299 posts

72 months

Sunday 13th September 2020
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Obviously not “inclusive”’enough.

zygalski

7,759 posts

167 months

Sunday 13th September 2020
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It's quite clearly an outrage & will result in many sleepless night in chez Ziggy.

Countdown

46,858 posts

218 months

Sunday 13th September 2020
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I believe Nish Kumar is in the running for presenter....biggrin

Anyway wouldn't the replacements need to be Sportspeople at the very least?

Countdown

46,858 posts

218 months

Sunday 13th September 2020
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SydneyBridge said:
and matt and tuffers

Shame...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54135771
To be honest Matt and Tuffers are both rubbish. It's been going downhill ever since Emlyn and Bill left.

craig1912

4,338 posts

134 months

Sunday 13th September 2020
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Countdown said:
To be honest Matt and Tuffers are both rubbish. It's been going downhill ever since Emlyn and Bill left.
This- I don’t watch it anymore as Matt Dawson has to be one of the most annoying people on TV.

Sheepshanks

38,928 posts

141 months

Sunday 13th September 2020
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Countdown said:
To be honest Matt and Tuffers are both rubbish.
I went to see a live show at the MEN a few years ago and they did a chat thing with the audience at half-time and I was really impressed with how effortlessy they interacted with the crowd. I kind of expected Matt would be good at that but Tuffers was just the same. Overall though, I didn't think the live show was very good - perhaps because the editing of the broadcast shows tightens it up a bit.

Think my missus has turned into Alf Garnett though - she said it's obvious what's going to happen: Sue will be replaced by a black vegetarian lesbian. Possibly not from a sporting background.

coppernorks

1,919 posts

68 months

Sunday 13th September 2020
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Sheepshanks said:
Think my missus has turned into Alf Garnett though - she said it's obvious what's going to happen: Sue will be replaced by a black vegetarian lesbian. Possibly not from a sporting background.
yikes-a- lordy, glad you said that, with 21K posts it's highly unlikely you'll be banned.

I'm thinking Naga Munchetty, if she can spare the time while moonlighting corporate gigs for Rolex and Audi.

She's a hateful cratur.

SistersofPercy

3,568 posts

188 months

Sunday 13th September 2020
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Not watched it for ages as it started to grate a bit, so hopefully this will improve it. That said, I can envisage Peter Crouch as a team captain...

LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

218 months

Sunday 13th September 2020
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It’s a funny one isn’t it? Wonder if it’s another thing killed off by social media whereby the contestants can get more exposure with a 10 second video as opposed to an afternoon filming and coming across relatively stupid.

It does seem to illicit more cries of “who?” In our household if it’s ever on.

I mean you can’t imagine Jose or Klopp turning up on an episode can you?

£100 says there’ll be a Paralympian as a captain.

Downward

5,193 posts

125 months

Sunday 13th September 2020
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Nice 500k a year job for someone

Escort3500

13,065 posts

167 months

Sunday 13th September 2020
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coppernorks said:
Sheepshanks said:
Think my missus has turned into Alf Garnett though - she said it's obvious what's going to happen: Sue will be replaced by a black vegetarian lesbian. Possibly not from a sporting background.
yikes-a- lordy, glad you said that, with 21K posts it's highly unlikely you'll be banned.

I'm thinking Naga Munchetty, if she can spare the time while moonlighting corporate gigs for Rolex and Audi.

She's a hateful cratur.
Please, not her. She’s useless enough on breakfast TV - shallow and vacuous.

miniman

29,133 posts

284 months

Sunday 13th September 2020
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Eric Mc said:
I gave up watching it when David Coleman stopped presenting it.
Extraordinary.