Sporting Chance
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Host
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
