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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. | 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. | ||
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Revision as of 08:02, 5 February 2007
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Host
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
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.
The British Film Institute holds a copy of a 1982 revival for Tyne Tees, hosted by the station's sports frontman Roger Tames, though we're not sure it was ever broadcast.
Inventor
Michael Tuke-Hastings
