Sporting Chance

Contents

Host

Brian Johnston

Roger Tames (Tyne Tees version)

Co-hosts

Roy Webber - scorer, question-setter.

Broadcast

BBC Light Programme, 1960-65; Third Programme 1966

BBC tv, 1960-62

Junior Sporting Chance BBC Home Service, 1964

Tyne Tees (regional), 24 March to 28 October 1983

Synopsis

A sports quiz programme for teams from the New Towns, with questions on commentary, rules, records, and to identify the mystery guest. A television version ran with different teams but ended upon the death of question-setter Roy Webber in 1962.

It was revived in 1983 by Tyne Tees but not networked.

Inventor

Michael Tuke-Hastings

See also

Treble Chance

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