A Question of Sport
Britain's longest continuously-running game show, A Question of Sport has attracted more than 1,000 celebrities over the decades.
In fact, it's said that a sporting star only knows they've truly broken through when they're invited onto the show.
The starting gun was fired on A Question of Sport in 1970, in a show which featured two bona fide British legends – boxer Henry Cooper and footballing icon George Best. The first host was David Vine, the veteran sports presenter who has helmed everything from Match of the Day to Grandstand. David Coleman took over from Vine in the late 70s, and remained in that chair (not literally) until 1997 when the honours went to Sue Barker.
Sue, in case you don't know was one of Britain's top tennis stars, winning the women's singles title at the French Open and reaching number three in the world rankings. She played her last professional match in 1984, having beaten the legendary likes of Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova in her day.
The Question of Sport format (celebs gamely taking the mickey out of each other in a panel gameshow) proved so successful that there have been no fewer than six official spin-offs (and that's not counting the obviously inspired likes of Have I Got News For You and They Think It's All Over). The first was called A Question of News and was broadcast back in 1972. Then in 1988 there was A Question of Entertainment, and in the new century there have been A Question of Pop, A Question of TV and even a one-off called A Question of EastEnders. Quite a legacy.
When is it on?
The series is currently off-air.
