Question Time (TV programme) being taken off the air, and the death of an audience member who collapsed while recording. The programme continued to enjoy good ratings during this period, notably on the day of Margaret Thatcher's resignation on 22 November 1990, which featured two different panels over two editions. David Dimbleby was chosen to succeed Peter Sissons as the programme’s presenter in 1994, after the BBC decided to hold two pilot show auditions between Dimbleby and Jeremy Paxman with two different audiences and two different panels. For a brief period under Dimbleby’s chairmanship in the mid-1990s there were a number of variations to
A Question of Sport they are invited to appear on "A Question Of Sport". The sports personality with most guest appearances is Steve Davis, who has appeared 18 times. In 1987, Princess Anne appeared as a guest on Emlyn Hughes' team, just weeks after Hughes thought a photo of her on a horse in the "Mystery Guest" round was jockey John Reid. The show achieved "A Question of Sport"'s highest ever ratings of approximately 19 million viewers. It was the first time a member of the royal family had appeared on a television quiz show. Anne's daughter Zara Phillips also appeared on the show