This is a list of episodes from the satirical sport-based panel game They Think It's All Over.
From series 1 until series 5 the show was chaired by Nick Hancock, with team captains David Gower (and regular panellist Lee Hurst) and Gary Lineker (and regular panellist Rory McGrath) and a guest on each team. For series 6 and 7, Lee Hurst's position was switched with various celebrity guests such as Phill Jupitus and Alan Davies. From series 8 onwards Jonathan Ross replaced Lee Hurst permanently. From series 16 onwards David Gower and Gary Lineker were replaced as team captains by Phil Tufnell and David Seaman. From series 18, Ian Wright replaced David Seaman as captain. From series 19, Lee Mack became the new host and Boris Becker replaced Phil Tufnell as team captain, while Jonathan Ross was replaced by Sean Lock as the regular panellist on Boris' team for the 2006 specials.
The show was cancelled following series 19, although there were two specials in the summer of 2006 and a special episode aired live as part of 24 Hour Panel People in 2011, for which Hancock, Tufnell and Hurst returned (in spite of the fact that Tufnell and Hurst had been regulars at different points in the show).
Episode list
editOver the 19 series, 154 episodes were broadcast. There have also been two exclusive-to-video editions and a live webcast version for Comic Relief.
The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows:
- – indicates David (Gower)'s/Phil's/Boris' team won
- – indicates Gary's/David (Seaman)'s/Ian's team won
- – indicates the game ended in a draw
Series 1
editIndex | Air date | David & Lee's guest | Gary & Rory's guest | Score |
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01x01 | 14 September 1995 | Rory Bremner | Roger Black | 17–23 |
01x02 | 21 September 1995 | Clive Anderson | Tessa Sanderson | 21–18 |
01x03 | 28 September 1995 | John Barnes | Jo Brand | 25–17 |
01x04 | 5 October 1995 | Fred MacAulay | Barry McGuigan | TBC |
01x05 | 12 October 1995 | John Motson[fn 1] | Alistair McGowan | 25–26 |
01x06 | 19 October 1995 | Ally McCoist | Hugh Dennis | 18–18[fn 2] |
01x07 | 28 December 1995[fn 3] | Mel Smith | Allan Lamb | 15–16 |
Series 2
editIndex | Air date | David & Lee's guest | Gary & Rory's guest | Score |
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02x01 | 12 March 1996 | Neil Morrissey | Ian Wright | 15–16[fn 4] |
02x02 | 19 March 1996 | Bob Mills | Sharron Davies | 17–15 |
02x03 | 26 March 1996 | Steve Cram | Craig Charles | 18–17[fn 5] |
02x04 | 2 April 1996 | John Gordon Sinclair | Kriss Akabusi | 12–19 |
02x05 | 9 April 1996 | Steve Davis | Gaby Roslin | 19–18 |
02x06 | 16 April 1996 | Teddy Sheringham | Frank Skinner | 20–21[fn 6] |
02x07 | 23 April 1996 | Tony Hawks | Rob Wainwright[fn 7] | 20–19[fn 8] |
Series 3
editIndex | Air date | David & Lee's guest | Gary & Rory's guest | Score |
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03x01 | 12 September 1996 | Ian Walker | Gordon Kennedy | 17–22 |
03x02 | 19 September 1996 | Alistair McGowan | Jimmy 'Five Bellies' Gardner | 21–23 |
03x03 | 26 September 1996 | Kelly Holmes | Curtis Walker | 17–18 |
03x04 | 3 October 1996 | Mark Little | Brian Moore | 23–20 |
03x05 | 9 October 1996 | Chris Waddle | Jo Brand | 19–15 |
03x06 | 16 October 1996 | Dermot Reeve | Mark Hurst | 15–17 |
03x07 | 24 October 1996 | Nick Owen | Phill Jupitus | 18–20 |
03x08 | 23 December 1996[fn 3] | Steve Backley | David Baddiel | 20–25 |
No Holds Barred
editIndex | Air date | David & Lee's guest | Gary & Rory's guest | Score |
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Video | 4 November 1996 | Roger Black | Neil Morrissey | 21–20 |
Series 4
editIndex | Air date | David & Lee's guest | Gary & Rory's guest | Score |
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04x01 | 9 April 1997 | Phil Tufnell | Alan Davies | 24–20 |
04x02 | 16 April 1997 | Steve Collins | Tony Hawks | 11–18 |
04x03 | 23 April 1997 | Dave Bassett | Mark Little | 15–17 |
04x04 | 30 April 1997 | Brough Scott | Stephen Fry | 18–19 |
04x05 | 7 May 1997 | Denise Lewis | Jeff Green | 14–20 |
04x06 | 14 May 1997 | Matthew Pinsent | Julian Clary | 19–16 |
04x07 | 21 May 1997 | Ron Atkinson | Zoe Ball | 20–17 |
Full Throttle
editIndex | Air date | David & Lee's guest | Gary & Rory's guest | Score |
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Video | 3 November 1997 | John Motson | Fred MacAulay | 29–30 |
Series 5
editIndex | Air date | David & Lee's guest | Gary & Rory's guest | Score |
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05x01 | 6 November 1997 | Ainsley Harriott | Steve Davis | 17–16 |
05x02 | 13 November 1997 | Tony Banks MP | John Moloney | 21–20 |
05x03 | 20 November 1997 | Frankie Dettori | Alistair McGowan | 15–16 |
05x04 | 27 November 1997 | Suzanne Dando | Stuart Hall | 18–17[fn 9] |
05x05 | 4 December 1997 | Sharron Davies | Phill Jupitus | 19–16 |
05x06 | 11 December 1997 | Chris Eubank | Arthur Smith | 15–20 |
05x07 | 18 December 1997 | Phill Jupitus,[fn 10] Iwan Thomas | Jeff Green | 11–17 |
05x08 | 25 December 1997[fn 3] | Matthew Corbett with Sooty | Graeme Le Saux | 18–17[fn 11] |
Series 6
editIndex | Air date | David's guests | Gary & Rory's guest | Score | Viewing figures[1] |
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06x01 | 12 November 1998 | Alan Davies, Frank Leboeuf | Arthur Smith | 22–21 | 9.65m |
06x02 | 19 November 1998 | Phill Jupitus, Roger Black | Annabel Croft | 18–17 | 12.02m |
06x03 | 26 November 1998 | Jonathan Ross, Jeffrey Archer | Vic Henley | 14–17 | 8.34m |
06x04 | 3 December 1998 | Jo Brand, Gabby Yorath | Pauline McLynn | 18–17[fn 12] | 8.39m |
06x05 | 10 December 1998 | Jo Brand, Greg Rusedski | Fred MacAulay | 20–17 | 8.26m |
06x06 | 17 December 1998 | Julian Clary, Jeff Green | Jonathan Pearce | 18–20[fn 13] | 8.17m |
06x07 | 25 December 1998[fn 3] | Jonathan Ross, Phil Cornwell | Colin Montgomerie | 10–17 | 12.31m |
06x08 | 31 December 1998 | Phill Jupitus, Vinnie Jones | Iain Lee | 12–20 | n/a |
Series 7
editIndex | Air date | David's guests | Gary & Rory's guest | Score |
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07x01 | 16 April 1999 | Jo Brand, Steve Davis | Clive Anderson | 18–20 |
07x02 | 23 April 1999 | Jonathan Ross, Eddie Irvine | Bradley Walsh | 18–17 |
07x03 | 30 April 1999 | Jonathan Ross, Lee Mack | Clare Balding | 15–18 |
07x04 | 6 May 1999 | Jo Brand, Sanjeev Bhaskar | Phil Tufnell | 17–19 |
07x05 | 13 May 1999 | Jonathan Ross, Curtis Walker | Steve Cram | 19–18[fn 14] |
07x06 | 20 May 1999 | Jo Brand, Fred MacAulay | David Coulthard | 16–13 |
07x07 | 27 May 1999 | Jonathan Ross, Jeff Green | Gary McAllister | 17–20 |
Series 8
editIndex | Air date | David & Jonathan's guest | Gary & Rory's guest | Score |
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08x01 | 11 November 1999 | David Campese | Junior Simpson | 1–15 |
08x02 | 18 November 1999 | Vic Henley | Geoffrey Boycott | 22–15 |
08x03 | 25 November 1999 | Frankie Dettori | Sean Meo | 20–18 |
08x04 | 2 December 1999 | Steve Davis,[fn 15] Arthur Smith | Paula Radcliffe | 10–17 |
08x05 | 9 December 1999 | Sam Torrance | Sean Lock | 19–18 |
08x06 | 16 December 1999 | Steve Davis,[fn 15] Ron Atkinson | Jo Brand | 14–18 |
08x07 | 23 December 1999 | Helen Chamberlain | Keith Allen | 20–19 |
08x08 | 25 December 1999[fn 3] | David Baddiel | Clare Balding | 15–22[fn 16] |
Series 9
editIndex | Air date | David & Jonathan's guest | Gary & Rory's guest | Score |
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09x01 | 20 April 2000 | James Hewitt | Nasser Hussain | 16–17 |
09x02 | 27 April 2000 | Shane Howarth | Rich Hall | 12–14[fn 17] |
09x03 | 4 May 2000 | Gabby Yorath | Jo Brand | 14–12 |
09x04[fn 18] | 11 May 2000 | John Toshack | Mark Lawrenson,[fn 15] Neil Morrissey | 17–16[fn 19] |
09x05 | 18 May 2000 | Clive Lloyd | Rory Bremner | 14–18 |
09x06 | 25 May 2000 | Shane Warne | Iain Lee | 11–17 |
09x07 | 1 June 2000 | Paul Kaye | Mark Richardson | 14–17 |
09x08 | 8 June 2000 | Linford Christie | Mark Little | 16–14[fn 20] |
Series 10
editIndex | Air date | David & Jonathan's guest | Gary & Rory's guest | Score |
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10x01 | 24 November 2000 | Steve Davis,[fn 15] Matthew Pinsent | Arthur Smith | 14–19 |
10x02 | 1 December 2000 | Patrick Kielty | Frankie Dettori | 17–13 |
10x03 | 8 December 2000 | Junior Simpson | Kirsty Gallacher | 18–19 |
10x04 | 15 December 2000 | Ian Wright,[fn 15] Gordon Ramsay | Dave Gorman | 16–17[fn 21] |
10x05 | 22 December 2000 | Jason Queally | Johnny Vegas | 12–18[fn 22] |
10x06 | 24 December 2000[fn 3][fn 23] | Frank Bruno | Omid Djalili | 16–17[fn 24] |
10x07 | 5 January 2001 | Ashley Giles | Audley Harrison | 12–17[fn 25] |
10x08 | 12 January 2001 | Steve Davis,[fn 15] Clare Balding | Steve Backley,[fn 15] Andy Parsons | 18–13 |
10x09 | 19 January 2001 | Linda Smith | Darren Campbell | 16–17 |
10x10 | 30 March 2001 | Compilation episode – Top 30 Moments from Series 1–10
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Series 11
editIndex | Air date | David & Jonathan's guest | Gary & Rory's guest | Score |
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11x01 | 4 May 2001 | Stan Collymore | Mark James | 17–16 |
11x02 | 11 May 2001 | Tanni Grey-Thompson | Chris Eubank | 17–16 |
11x03 | 18 May 2001 | Ralf Little | Dion Dublin | 18–19 |
11x04 | 25 May 2001 | Pat Cash | Mick Miller | 17–16[fn 26] |
11x05 | 1 June 2001 | Rich Hall | Jonah Lomu | 18–19 |
11x06 | 8 June 2001 | Steve Davis,[fn 15] Dean Macey | Jon Culshaw | 12–13[fn 27] |
11x07 | 15 June 2001 | Jayne Torvill | Richie Benaud | 14–11 |
11x08 | 21 June 2001 | Allan Border | Sean Hughes | 10–26[fn 28] |
Series 12
editIndex | Air date | David & Jonathan's guest | Gary & Rory's guest | Score |
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12x01 | 7 September 2001 | Ed Byrne | Shane Warne | 18–17 |
12x02 | 14 September 2001 | Nasser Hussain | Hazel Irvine | 15–16[fn 29] |
12x03 | 21 September 2001 | Ricky Tomlinson | David Elleray | 12–17[fn 30] |
12x04 | 28 September 2001 | Audley Harrison | Fiona Allen | 16–17[fn 30] |
12x05 | 5 October 2001 | Alec Stewart | Clive Anderson | 17–14 |
12x06 | 12 October 2001[fn 31] | Lawrence Dallaglio, Rory McGrath | Paul Merson, Jonathan Ross | 17–18[fn 32] |
12x07 | 19 October 2001 | Paula Radcliffe | Ben Norris | 19–21 |
12x08 | 26 October 2001 | Austin Healey | Paul Ross | 14–20[fn 33] |
12x09 | 23 December 2001[fn 3] | Steve Davis | Mark Lawrenson | 16–17 |
Series 13
editIndex | Air date | David & Jonathan's guest | Gary & Rory's guest | Score |
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13x01 | 18 January 2002 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Steve Davis,[fn 15][fn 34] Mike Gatting | 15–13 |
13x02 | 25 January 2002 | Matthew Pinsent,[fn 15] Damon Hill | Steve Davis,[fn 15] Beverley Turner | 13–17 |
13x03 | 1 February 2002 | Matthew Pinsent,[fn 15] John Francome | Steve Davis,[fn 15] Jo Brand | 15–16[fn 35] |
13x04 | 8 February 2002 | Ulrika Jonsson | Linford Christie,[fn 15][fn 36] Phil Tufnell | 14–15 |
13x05 | 15 February 2002 | Kevin Flynn[fn 37] | James Cracknell | 14–18 |
13x06 | 22 February 2002 | Mick McCarthy | Suggs | 14–18 |
13x07 | 1 March 2002 | Frank Maloney | Dominic Holland | 15–11 |
13x08[fn 38] | 8 March 2002 | Barry Davies | Junior Simpson | 33–71⁄2[fn 39] |
Series 14
editIndex | Air date | David & Jonathan's guest | Gary & Rory's guest | Score |
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14x01 | 6 September 2002 | Brad Friedel | Jon Culshaw | 16–12 |
14x02 | 13 September 2002 | Arthur Smith | Tony McCoy | 13–17 |
14x03 | 20 September 2002 | Sharron Davies | Mark Waugh | 18–19 |
14x04 | 27 September 2002 | Tony Gubba | Tracy Edwards | 22–16 |
14x05 | 4 October 2002 | Kirsty Gallacher | Mick McCarthy,[fn 15] John Parrott | 16–15 |
14x06 | 11 October 2002 | Ashia Hansen | Suzi Perry | 14–19[fn 40] |
14x07 | 12 December 2002 | 2002 Highlights (Part 1)
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14x08 | 19 December 2002 | 2002 Highlights (Part 2)
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14x09 | 22 December 2002 [fn 3][fn 41] | Steve Davis,[fn 15] Phil Tufnell | Steve Cram | 14–13[fn 42] |
Series 15
editIndex | Air date | David & Jonathan's guest | Gary & Rory's guest | Score |
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15x01 | 3 January 2003[fn 43] | Ilie Năstase | Francis Lee | 15–20 |
15x02 | 10 January 2003[fn 44] | Stephen Hendry | Kriss Akabusi | 19–14 |
15x03 | 17 January 2003 | Sharron Davies,[fn 15] Richard Burns | Ricky Hatton | 17–18 |
15x04 | 24 January 2003 | Tanya Streeter[fn 1] | Dominic Cork | 14–19 |
15x05 | 5 February 2003 | Barry Fry | Phill Jupitus | 16–15 |
15x06 | 12 February 2003 | Joe Calzaghe | Fred MacAulay | 20–16 |
15x07 | 19 February 2003 | Steve Davis,[fn 15] Steve Rider | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 17–18[fn 45] |
15x08 | 26 February 2003 | Sharron Davies,[fn 15] Graeme Le Saux | Dave Fulton | 13–12[fn 46] |
15x09 | 4 March 2003 | Steve Davis,[fn 15] Rich Hall | Sam Torrance,[fn 15] Gary Speed | 9–18 |
15x10 | 11 March 2003 | Sharron Davies,[fn 15] Roger Black | Graham Poll | 8–17[fn 47] |
Series 16
editIndex | Air date | Phil & Jonathan's guest | David & Rory's guest | Score |
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16x01 | 16 September 2003 | Graeme Le Saux | Ed Smith | 21–16 |
16x02 | 23 September 2003 | Katharine Merry | Neil Ruddock | 17–16 |
16x03 | 30 September 2003 | Jonathan Davies | Shane Warne | 16–18 |
16x04 | 7 October 2003 | Kirsty Gallacher | Jodie Kidd | 16–19 |
16x05 | 14 October 2003 | Iwan Thomas | Jimmy Greaves | 13–14 |
16x06 | 21 October 2003 | James Gibson | Antony Worrall Thompson | 19–14 |
16x07 | 28 October 2003 | Vernon Kay | Phil Greening | 19–18 |
16x08 | 4 November 2003 | Jenson Button | Phill Jupitus | 12–17[fn 48] |
Series 17
editIndex | Air date | Phil & Jonathan's guest | David & Rory's guest | Score |
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17x01 | 9 January 2004 | Barry McGuigan | Thomas Castaignède | 18–17 |
17x02 | 16 January 2004 | Katy Sexton | Chris Tarrant | 13–19 |
17x03 | 23 January 2004 | Matthew Pinsent | Mark Butcher | 12–13 |
17x04 | 30 January 2004 | John Virgo | Richard Hammond | 17–16 |
17x05 | 6 February 2004 | Chris Rawlinson | John Inverdale | 17–16 |
17x06 | 14 February 2004 | Matt Le Tissier | Phil Taylor | 16–13 |
17x07 | 21 February 2004 | Lee Dixon | Lee Hurst | 11–13 |
17x08 | 28 February 2004 | Scott Gibbs | Jamie Baulch | 15–21[fn 49] |
Series 18
editIndex | Air date | Phil & Jonathan's guest | Ian & Rory's guest | Score |
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18x01 | 2 September 2004 | Tommy Docherty | Adam Woodyatt | 22–19 |
18x02 | 9 September 2004 | Alastair Campbell | Will Carling | 20–23 |
18x03 | 16 September 2004 | Sharron Davies | Paul Robinson | 19–20 |
18x04 | 23 September 2004 | Sean Lock | Ainsley Harriott | 17–18 |
18x05 | 30 September 2004 | Michael Johnson | Dickie Davies | 23–24 |
18x06 | 18 October 2004 | Jodie Kidd | Suzi Perry | 18–17 |
18x07 | 25 October 2004 | Andrew Castle | Phill Jupitus | 19–22 |
18x08 | 1 November 2004 | Beverley Turner | Ronnie O'Sullivan | 25–24 |
Series 19
editIndex | Air date | Boris & Jonathan's guest | Ian & Rory's guest | Score |
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19x01 | 24 October 2005 | Nasser Hussain | Jermain Defoe | 11–17 |
19x02 | 31 October 2005 | Helen Chamberlain | Frankie Boyle | 20–16 |
19x03 | 7 November 2005 | Nigel Benn | Sharron Davies | 13–15 |
19x04 | 14 November 2005 | Frankie Dettori | Beverley Turner | 11–15 |
19x05 | 21 November 2005 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | Phil Daniels | 17–16 |
19x06 | 28 November 2005 | Michael Johnson,[fn 15] Jodie Kidd | Les Ferdinand | 11–17 |
19x07 | 5 December 2005 | Martin Offiah | Darren Gough | 16–15 |
19x08 | 12 December 2005 | Matthew Hoggard | Suzi Perry | 14–15 |
2006 specials
editIndex | Air date | Boris & Sean's guest | Ian & Rory's guest | Score |
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Sp. 01 | 2 June 2006 [fn 50] | Steffen Freund | Glenn Hoddle | 16–17[fn 51] |
Sp. 02 | 9 June 2006 [fn 52] | Tony Woodcock | James Alexandrou | 20–19 |
Comic Relief Special
editIndex | Air date | Dave Berry's guests | Richard Bacon's guests | Score |
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Sp. | 6 March 2011 [fn 53] | David Walliams, Lee Hurst | Gabby Logan, Phil Tufnell | 13–15 |
Scores
editDavid Gower | Phil | Boris | Gary | David Seaman | Ian |
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Series wins ( drawn) | |||||
8 | 11 | ||||
7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
Episode wins (1 drawn) | |||||
71 | 81 | ||||
56 | 11 | 4 | 62 | 8 | 11 |
Footnotes
edit- ^ a b Was also in the Feel The Sportsman round
- ^ In the Christmas special, the series was retroactively awarded to David's team after it was revealed that Gary and Rory had cheated in this episode's Feel The Sportsman round by poking holes in their blindfolds with needles.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Christmas Special
- ^ The final score was 15–15, so Nick Hancock played an excerpt from an interview with Arsenal's Ray Parlour before the 1993 FA Cup Final, and the teams had to guess how many times he said the word "obviously". Gary's team guessed 6, while David's team guessed 5; the correct answer was 7, making Gary's team the winners.
- ^ The final score was 17–17, so Nick Hancock asked Gary a question from Gary Lineker's Soccer Quiz Book, which Gary was unable to answer, making David's team the winners.
- ^ The final score was 20–20, so Nick Hancock asked David for the name of the author of David Gower's Cricket Quiz Book. David failed to give the correct answer of Patrick Allen, so Gary's team were declared the winners.
- ^ Replaced Will Carling, who "...had decided to pull out at the last minute."
- ^ The final score was 19–19, and as both teams had won three of the previous six episodes, a tiebreaker of Rock-paper-scissors was played, with David's scissors beating Gary's paper.
- ^ The episode finished 17–17. Lee suggested that if Suzanne could do the splits, their team should be declared the winners; Nick instead suggested that Lee and Rory should attempt the splits. Lee went first, but Rory forfeited his turn, making David's team the winners.
- ^ Jupitus stood in for Hurst.
- ^ Gary's team had actually won 22–17, but while everyone else in the studio wore their chosen Christmas outfits, Gary refused to wear his Little Bo Peep costume, so Nick penalised him 5 points, unless he wore it, which he declined, so as a tie-breaker, the teams were shown some footage of hamster drag racing, and had to guess which of the blue and red racer won. David's team correctly chose the red racer, giving them the win, despite Gary then desperately trying to put on the Little Bo Peep costume after the clip
- ^ The game originally finished 18–17 to Gary's team, but Nick Hancock announced that Gary had sweet talked the answer to a question from two weeks earlier from the autocue girl and docked them a point. They lost in a "What happened next?" tiebreaker.
- ^ The Christmas and New Year's specials were not considered part of Series 6, so David's team were declared the series winners by four games to two.
- ^ The episode finished 18–18, so David and Gary arm-wrestled each other as a tiebreaker, with David winning.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Guest captain in this episode
- ^ Gary's team won a tiebreaker for the series by guessing closer to the price of a VHS copy of Rory McGrath's Commercial Breakdown than David's team.
- ^ Gary's team had won the episode, but during the show, guest Rich Hall looked at one of the answer cards during The Name Game round, which originally saw Gary's team docked 3 points, but at the start of the following show, it was revealed that following more complaints, Gary's team were disqualified and the win was given to David's team.
- ^ Following the "debacle" involving the incident 2 shows previously, Gary was dropped as team captain for this episode for "bringing the show into disrepute".
- ^ The episode finished 16–16, so the team captains were asked to guess what percentage of refereeing decisions, according to a five-year study of refereeing decisions in over 40,000 football matches by sociology teacher Alan Briscoe, favoured Manchester United. Mark guessed 55%, while David guessed 56%; the correct answer was 87%, making David's team the winners.
- ^ For a series tiebreaker, Nick Hancock asked Gary to name the title of any story in Gary Lineker's Favourite Football Stories. As he was unable to do so, the series was awarded to David's team.
- ^ The game originally ended 16–16, so for a tiebreaker Jonathan and Rory took turns on a mechanical bull. Rory lasted longer with 20 seconds to Jonathan's 15 so Gary's team were declared the winners.
- ^ After it was revealed that Rory had bribed the autocue writer with champagne for the answers to several previous questions, Nick disqualified Gary's team and awarded the episode to David's team.
- ^ All the panellists are dressed as pantomime characters. Gail Porter also appears as a Christmas fairy in-between rounds.
- ^ The episode finished 16–16, so David and Gary engaged in a bout of mashed potato wrestling as a tiebreaker, with the audience declaring Gary the winner.
- ^ Gary and Rory's team were disqualified as it was revealed that before Christmas Rory had tried to bribe the show's new guest booker.
- ^ The episode finished 16–16, so the teams were tasked with determining how long Greg Rusedski's serve would take to reach the Moon. Jonathan's guess of a day and a half was closer to the correct answer of 72 days than Rory's guess of 765 days.
- ^ The episode finished 12–12, so Jonathan and Rory played a tiebreaker in which they competed to see who could remain face down in a bowl of water while holding their breath for the longest, with Rory winning.
- ^ Because David and Gary had won four games each, they played a sumo bout in inflatable costumes for a tiebreaker, with Gary winning.
- ^ The episode finished 15–15, so Nasser Hussain was asked to decide the game by calling a coin toss; he guessed heads, while the coin landed tails up, making Gary's team the winners.
- ^ a b Despite originally winning these episodes, Gary and Rory's team were retrospectively deducted three points in the fifth episode of series 12 after it was discovered Rory had been cheating by looking at answers before the show's recording, David and Jonathan's team were therefore declared the winners for both shows.
- ^ The 100th episode. David Gower and Gary Lineker switched places for this episode as Gary Lineker and Rory McGrath were caught cheating the week before.
- ^ The episode finished 17–17, so David, Rory, Gary, and Jonathan played a tiebreaker game of musical chairs, with Jonathan winning the game for Gary's team.
- ^ As both teams had won four episodes in the series, a tiebreaker was played in which brothers Jonathan and Paul Ross competed to see who could stay on a surfing practice machine for longest; Paul won by staying on for 13 seconds to Jonathan's 9 seconds, handing victory for the series to Gary's team.
- ^ Paul Merson was to guest captain, but had to pull out as his partner had just given birth.
- ^ David's team were declared the winners in the following episode after Rory was accused of cheating during this episode.
- ^ Again, Paul Merson was to guest-captain, but pulled out after being taken ill.
- ^ A former American soccer player turned comedian and broadcaster.
- ^ As David and Gary had won four games each, they competed in a tiebreaker race for the series on practice skeleton bobsleds, with Gary winning.
- ^ Gary's team were docked 3 points for cheating during "What's Going On?", while 20 points were awarded to David's team. Gary's team managed to get half a point back for answering David's "Celebrations" question.
- ^ As David and Gary had won three games each, all six panellists participated in a round the table game of table tennis to decide the series. David was the last man standing, handing his team the series win.
- ^ A variety of party games were played throughout the episode, including "Pin the Tail on the David Seaman", Hide-and-seek (in the studio audience) and Test Your Strength.
- ^ Gary's team were docked 10 points when Gary peeked at his team's answers for "The Name Game", and when he read off the answers he had copied down, the adjudicators blew the whistle for full time after only 50 of the usual 90 seconds.
- ^ 70s Special. Everyone was dressed in 1970s clothes. Jonathan Ross dressed as Aladdin Sane.
- ^ 80s Special. Everyone was dressed in 1980s clothes. Nick Hancock wore a mullet wig, Jonathan Ross dressed as Adam Ant and Rory McGrath as Boy George.
- ^ The episode finished 17–17, so Steve Davis and Ronnie O'Sullivan played a tiebreaking game of snooker on a toy table on which only the black ball remained to be potted, with Ronnie winning. However, the following week, Gary's team were caught having looked at the answers to their "Excuses" question in advance, and Nick Hancock announced that he was docking them two victories. But as they were announced to be trailing by just one game at the beginning of the series finale, the penalty was apparently reduced to one victory.
- ^ The episode originally finished 17–12, but Sharron's team were docked 5 points for cheating during "The Name Game". The episode's tiebreaker involved launching football boots at cutouts of David Beckham's head, with Graeme Le Saux the only panellist to do so successfully, winning the episode for Sharron's team.
- ^ As Gary and his opposing captains had won five games each, for a series tiebreaker, the teams had to guess how many sexually deviant acts Rory had been implied to have committed in the first fifteen series. Jonathan's guess of "the high 50s" was closer than Gary's guess of 427 to the actual answer of 74, handing David's team the series win.
- ^ Having won four games each, Phil Tufnell and David Seaman played a tiebreaker for the series by seeing which of them could fish the most plastic fish out of a paddling pool in one minute; Phil was the winner with five fish to David's two.
- ^ Although Phil's team had won four of the first seven games, it was David's team who were announced to be leading by four games to three at the beginning of the series finale, and their win in this episode handed them a win for the series.
- ^ World Cup Special
- ^ The episode finished 16–16, so Boris and Ian played a game of blow football against each other, with Ian winning by scoring a goal first.
- ^ Summer Special
- ^ Comic Relief Special episode webcast live as part of 24 Hour Panel People. Nick Hancock reprised his role as host for this episode only.
External links
edit- ^ "Weekly top 30 programmes on TV sets (July 1998 – Sept 2018)". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB). Retrieved 31 December 2020.