Sue Barker to return to BBC Question of Sport in exciting announcement alongside former co-stars
A Question of Sport stars Sue Barker, Phil Tufnell and Matt Dawson are set to reunite for a one-off special live tour of the BBC programme in 2025.
The tour – aptly named A Question of… Live – will see the trio back together to entertain audiences with a string of one-of-a-kind live shows, encompassing everything viewers previously loved.
The live show will feature rounds and challenges familiar to long-term fans, as well as exciting new elements created just for the tour.
Each show will feature a panel of special guest sporting superstars, with line-up announcements being made closer to the event.
Audience members will also get a chance to test their sporting knowledge against Dawson, Tufnell, and their teams – creating the much-loved competitive atmosphere.
Barker – who hosted the show from 1997 to 2021 – will once again be at the helm alongside the team captains and putting them in their places.
The special guest sporting legends will share stories from their time on screen as well as behind-the-scenes stories from their careers.
Touching on their excitement to be back together on the show in some form, Barker expressed: “I am thrilled to be reuniting with Matt and Phil. We love a quiz. We love a laugh. Can’t wait!”
Dawson added: “I am delighted to be going on tour with Sue and Tuffers and welcoming back some of our favourite sporting guests from over the years.”
Tufnell noted: “I can’t wait to get back on the road with the dream team of Sue, Matt and me! Good luck Sue in looking after Matt and me and all our great guests.”
The tour will begin on March 1st, 2025 in Brighton Centre and will go around the country in venues such as London Eventim Apollo, Bath Forum, Leicester De Montfort Hall, BIC Bournemouth, Ipswich Regent Theatre, Basingstoke Anvil, Torquay Princess Theatre, Oxford New Theatre, Manchester Palace Theatre and Nottingham Royal Concert Hall.
Barker announced she was stepping down from her role on the show back in 2020, with the BBC later confirming that Paddy McGuinness would be taking over her role – as well as Dawson and Tufnell being replaced by Sam Quek and Ugo Monye.
The former professional tennis player previously opened up about her departure from the show and admitted that she regrets the way her 24 years came to an end.
She said: “It is such a shame because I have to say, that the BBC had told us we were going. They wanted to refresh the programme and that is absolutely fine. Everyone has the right to do that. We don’t own the programme.
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“I had had 24 amazing years working with the most incredible people. So we knew it was going to happen and it was just the way in which it happened and the way it was handled – and the way the BBC sort of wanted me to say that I was walking away from it.
“And yet, I would never walk away from a job I love. I don’t mind being replaced. Absolutely fine. That happens … I think if we look back on it we could have handled it better. I think the BBC could have handled it better.
“It is just such a shame because I loved it. And I don’t look back on it badly just because of a couple of bad days and then some negative publicity, which I think affected quite a lot of people.”
