{"id":100951,"date":"2023-12-17T16:01:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T16:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/?p=100951"},"modified":"2023-12-17T16:01:52","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T16:01:52","slug":"dan-walker-takes-swipe-at-bbc-over-brutal-axing-of-legendary-show-a-question-of-sport-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/tv-movies\/dan-walker-takes-swipe-at-bbc-over-brutal-axing-of-legendary-show-a-question-of-sport-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Walker takes swipe at BBC over brutal axing of legendary show A Question of Sport | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
DAN Walker has let rip at the BBC after fan-favourite series A Question Of Sport was axed.<\/p>\n
The ex BBC Breakfast anchor, 46, told how the series had "alienated their core audience" and the show still had a "winning format in their somewhere."<\/p>\n
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It came after The Sun reported how the legendary sports show had been axed after 50 years.<\/p>\n
Bosses say dwindling ratings and limited\u00a0iPlayer\u00a0appeal forced them to blow the whistle on the show, which first aired in 1970.<\/p>\n
Dan – who moved from the BBC to Channel 5 News last year – wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter: "Really sad to read the news about Question of Sport.<\/p>\n
"One of THE iconic shows. I used to dress up as David Coleman as a kid and pretend to host it and always loved Sue on it too.<\/p>\n
"There is definitely still a winning format in there somewhere."<\/p>\n Replying to a fan who suggested A Question Of Sport had prioritised comedy over content, Dan added: "I think they [A Question of Sport] may have alienated their core audience while searching for a new one. <\/p>\n "TV is hard but we make it more difficult sometimes. Have a lovely Christmas big man."<\/p>\n Fans continued to air their views, with one writing: "Should\u2019ve gone years ago. Absolute dross."<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n A second put: "Have you watch the show lately it\u2019s appalling!! So sad!" as a third remarked: "Nothing lasts forever."<\/p>\n One then concluded: "I actually think it is a bit of a tired format. In its heyday, it was one of the few places you could see sportspeople outside their comfort zone and being 'normal people'. <\/p>\n "Now they are all already very engaged via social media, to the extent QoS looks dry and too broad."<\/p>\n Following a seven year run with the BBC, Dan, started his new gig in 2022.<\/p>\n He took a swipe at his former employer just days before he started – slamming the BBC for its coverage on the\u00a0death of Prince Philip.<\/p>\n Meanwhile the broadcaster has insisted the A Question Of Sport format is not for sale and say it reserves the right to bring it back in the future.<\/p>\n A BBC spokesperson told\u00a0the Mirror: \u201cDue to inflation and funding challenges difficult decisions have to be made, therefore Question of Sport is currently not in production at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n For 24 years the show was hosted by former\u00a0Wimbledon\u00a0tennis star\u00a0Sue Barker.<\/p>\n Famous team captains included ex-England rugby legend\u00a0Matt Dawson, former cricketer\u00a0Phil Tufnell\u00a0and ex-Scots footballer\u00a0Ally McCoist.<\/p>\n Under Barker, the quiz show achieved an average four to five million viewers every episode.<\/p>\n But in September 2020, it was announced Barker, then 66, would be replaced as\u00a0host by Paddy McGuinness.<\/p>\n Ex-Team GB hockey star and Morning Live presenter\u00a0Sam Quek, and ex-rugby international\u00a0Ugo Monye\u00a0replaced captains Dawson and Tufnell.<\/p>\n Yet Barker's departure was mired in controversy after she claimed bosses forced her to put her name to a statement which said she left on her own accord.<\/p>\n<\/picture>WALK THE TALK <\/span><\/p>\n
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