They Think It's All Over, It Is Now! (They Think It's All Over)

Member Name: mrdave2606

Product:	They Think It's All Over
Date:	16/04/09 (25 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Very funny panel game about sport

Disadvantages: Not on TV anymore

They Think It's All Over was first broadcast on BBC1 back in 1995. After watching it for the first time, I was hooked!

The programme was a sports quiz show that used to look at the funny side of sport, and was nowhere near as serious as A Question Of Sport. The show was presented by Nick Hancock. The two team captains were former cricketer, David Gower, and ex-footballer, Gary Lineker. The two regular original panel members were comedians Lee Hurst and Rory McGrath.

Some of the rounds that used to be in the show included:

Photo-Fit - where a picture was shown of three sportspersons photos in one. All of these three had to be named.

Feel the Sportsman - where a sportsperson came on to the stage and two of the contestants were blindfolded. The sportsperson had to be named by touch alone. This was usually hilarious to watch!

Name Game - Some cards were given to Lee Hurst and Rory McGrath, and they had to describe the sportsperson's name on the card without saying the name. One very funny edition of this was when Lee and Rory were told to do impressions of the person on their card. Lee had to do an impression of Eric Cantona, so he pretended to kick various panel members!

The panel members changed alot over the years, but for me, the programme was at it's best with the original team. They Think It's All Over ceased production in 2006.

Summary: This was a must watch programme for me, especially when it was first broadcast