Fighting Talk

Contents

Host

Johnny Vaughan (TV broadcast pilot, radio: 2003-4)

Christian O'Connell (2004-5)

Terry Wogan (9 April 2005)

Colin Murray (2005-present)

Gabby Logan (29 October 2005, 13 May 2006)

Dickie Davies (11 March 2006)

Richard Bacon (Any Other Business, 16 - 23 December 2006, 1 April - 3 June 2007)

Johnny Vaughan (10 March 2007, filling in for Colin Murray who was singing on Fame Academy)

Broadcast

World's End for Five Live, 4 October 2003 - present

World's End for BBC2, 2004

Synopsis

TV version of The Vaughan's BBC Radio Five Live sporting debates show. Four people who write about, broadcast on and participate in sport (and Graham Taylor) compete for points doled out by Johnny for saying something aggressive, interesting or patriotic about a given sporting topic. Points are deducted for being dull, repetitive, unopinionated or plain wrong.

Various buttons are used by Vaughan to cue in sound effects and video stings (Land of Hope and Glory, a dripping tap, a crying baby) to signify his opinion on what the panellists are saying.

In the final round, Defend the Indefensible, the two top scorers have 20 seconds to put forward a positive argument for a ridiculous proposition, such as "Robert Mugabe should win Sports Personality of the Year".

All in all, quite a fresh take on the panel game genre but it could dearly do with an audience to provide some laffs.

In 2006, the original radio show branched out into Fighting Talk: Any Other Business where the topics were news-based rather than sports.

Inventor

Based on a BBC Radio Five Live format, itself similar to ESPN's Around the Horn.

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