A Question of Sport A Question of Sport A Question of Sport is a British sports quiz show created by Nick Hunter for the BBC. The show centres on a light-hearted contest involving two teams of three sports stars, each with a regular resident team captain, competing for points by answering questions on their own and other sports over several sports-themed quiz rounds. Captains have also been playing sports-themed games alongside the quizzes in later series. The show premiered on BBC One in January 1970, 13 months after Stuart Hall hosted a pilot episode, and was originally hosted by David Vine with Cliff Morgan
David Vine in 1961, though he worked for the BBC for the majority of his broadcasting career. He joined the BBC, to work on BBC2 in 1966. He was working at BBC2 even though Westward Television were not aware of this because at the time BBC2 could not be received in the South West. An article in the "Daily Mail" led to Westward TV learning about his BBC work and he had to resign from Westward TV. Programmes he hosted include "Sportscene", "It's a Knockout" (1967–1971), "Jeux Sans Frontieres", "Miss UK", "Miss World", "Quiz Ball", "Rugby Special", "Match of the Day", "A