A Question of Sport: Super Saturday
2014 British TV series or programme
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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.
Helen Skelton
Matt Dawson
| A Question of Sport: Super Saturday | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy and sport |
| Presented by | Jason Manford Helen Skelton |
| Starring | Phil Tufnell Matt Dawson |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 5 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Kieron Collins |
| Producer | Gareth Edwards |
| Production locations | dock10, MediaCityUK |
| Running time | 40 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 21 June – 19 July 2014 |
| Related | |
| 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.
Episodes
The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows:
- – indicates Matt's team won.
- – indicates Phil's team won.
| No. | Matt's team | Phil's team | Score | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Ramsey, Ola Jordan | Louie Spence, Shappi Khorsandi | 9–5 | 21 June 2014 |
| 2 | Seann Walsh, Sharron Davies | Patrick Robinson, Iwan Thomas | 10–3 | 28 June 2014 |
| 3 | Katherine Ryan, Ted Robbins | Michael Vaughan, Lizzy Yarnold | 6–4 | 5 July 2014 |
| 4 | Louise Minchin, Anton du Beke | Gethin Jones, Rebecca Adlington | 8–9 | 12 July 2014 |
| 5 | Pixie Lott, Terry Alderton | Helen Skelton, Adil Ray | 5–7 | 19 July 2014 |
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.
