Pot the Question

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Quiz show in which contestants would be paired up with a snooker player, and the points per question were determined by what the snooker player potted. An earlier, less comedy-oriented version of [[Big Break]], if you like.
Quiz show in which contestants would be paired up with a snooker player, and the points per question were determined by what the snooker player potted. An earlier, less comedy-oriented version of [[Big Break]], if you like.
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Denis Law and Patrick Mower were the regular team captains. They were joined every week by a snooker player and two non-snooker-playing celebrities, who could sometimes be challenged by the opposing team to play shots. There was also a competition for the snooker players at the end of every programme, whereby the players would try to pot all six of the colours as quickly as possible. Jimmy White ended up with the fastest time by the end of the series, and this won him a carriage clock.
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Denis Law and Patrick Mower were the regular team captains. They were joined every week by a snooker player and two non-snooker-playing celebrities, who could sometimes be challenged by the opposing team to play shots. There was also a competition for the snooker players at the end of every programme, whereby the players would try to pot all six of the colours as quickly as possible. Jimmy White ended up with the fastest time by the end of the series, and this won him a carriage clock.
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Not a bad show, especially the endgame (and it should be noted that Stuart Hall was definitely not as over-excitable on this show as he was on [[It's A Knockout]]), but unfortunately, it failed to click with the public in the way that [[Big Break]] later did and it only lasted one series.
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== Trivia ==
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On one show, Denis Law had two team-mates also called Dennis, namely Dennis Taylor and Dennis Waterman. No doubt a few laughs were created as a result! Another show featured Geoff Capes and the comedians Little and Large.
[[Category:Sport]]
[[Category:Sport]]

Revision as of 16:46, 6 September 2009

Contents

Host

Stuart Hall

Co-hosts

Team Captains: Denis Law and Patrick Mower

Referee: Len Ganley

Broadcast

BBC 1, 10 May to 14 June 1984 (6 episodes)

Synopsis

Quiz show in which contestants would be paired up with a snooker player, and the points per question were determined by what the snooker player potted. An earlier, less comedy-oriented version of Big Break, if you like.

Denis Law and Patrick Mower were the regular team captains. They were joined every week by a snooker player and two non-snooker-playing celebrities, who could sometimes be challenged by the opposing team to play shots. There was also a competition for the snooker players at the end of every programme, whereby the players would try to pot all six of the colours as quickly as possible. Jimmy White ended up with the fastest time by the end of the series, and this won him a carriage clock.

Not a bad show, especially the endgame (and it should be noted that Stuart Hall was definitely not as over-excitable on this show as he was on It's A Knockout), but unfortunately, it failed to click with the public in the way that Big Break later did and it only lasted one series.

Trivia

On one show, Denis Law had two team-mates also called Dennis, namely Dennis Taylor and Dennis Waterman. No doubt a few laughs were created as a result! Another show featured Geoff Capes and the comedians Little and Large.

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