List of Play to the Whistle episodes

Play to the Whistle is a British comedy panel game television programme which premiered on ITV on 11 April 2015 and is produced by Hungry Bear Media.[1][2] In each regular episode two teams of three members – one member being a regular captain – compete in sports knowledge rounds and physical games to earn points, the team with the most points at the end is declared the winner.[3] The show is presented by Holly Willoughby and the teams are captained by Bradley Walsh and Frank Lampard;[4][2] the latter is joined by Romesh Ranganathan as a regular panelist.[5] Seann Walsh has been the resident scorekeeper from the first series and also became the host's assistant from the second series.[6] Jimmy Bullard was the host's assistant in the first series. As of 4 April 2017, nineteen regular episodes and a compilation special have been aired across three series; 20 episodes in total. Willoughby promoted the third and final series as a guest on The One Show on 27 February 2017.

Play to the Whistle is presented by Holly Willoughby.

Series overview
SeriesEpisodesOriginally airedSeries ratings
(in millions)
First airedLast aired
1811 April 2015 (2015-04-11)6 June 2015 (2015-06-06)2.53
2616 April 2016 (2016-04-16)21 May 2016 (2016-05-21)2.66
3628 February 2017 (2017-02-28)4 April 2017 (2017-04-04)1.60

Key
Key to background colours
  •   – indicates Walsh's team won
  •   – indicates Lampard and Ranganathan's team won
  •   – indicates the game ended in a draw
Key to symbols
  • A score in red (−n) indicates negative score
  • An em dash (—) in the ratings indicates the viewing figures are not available
  • "No." indicates the overall episode total

Episodes

Series 1 (2015)
No. Episode First broadcast Bradley's guests Frank and Romesh's guests Scores Ratings[7]
1
 1x01 11 April 2015 (2015-04-11) Rob Beckett
Peter Crouch		 Paddy McGuinness 8–7 2.92
2
 1x02 18 April 2015 (2015-04-18) Sean Lock
Alex Scott		 Graeme Swann 8–10 3.24
3
 1x03 25 April 2015 (2015-04-25) Alex Brooker
Piers Morgan		 Harry Redknapp 8–9 3.13
4
 1x04 2 May 2015 (2015-05-02) Christine Bleakley
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain		 Dermot O'Leary 7–5 2.59
5
 1x05 9 May 2015 (2015-05-09) Carl Fogarty
Jon Richardson		 Niall Horan 8–8 2.95
6
 1x06 16 May 2015 (2015-05-16) Jonathan Ross
Brooke Vincent		 Tony McCoy −3–9− 2.70
7
 1x07 23 May 2015 (2015-05-23) Natalie Anderson
Bob Mortimer		 Pat Cash 8–8 1.83
8
 1x08 6 June 2015 (2015-06-06) Compilation episode – "Extra Time" N/A 0.87

Series 2 (2016)
No. Episode First broadcast Bradley's guests Frank and Romesh's guests Scores Ratings[7]
9
 2x01 16 April 2016 Rob Beckett
Tom Daley		 Richard Osman 6–9 3.44
10
 2x02 23 April 2016 Anthony Joshua
Jon Richardson		 Kevin Bridges 6–5 3.36
11
 2x03 30 April 2016 Chris Kamara
Jack P. Shepherd		 Jonathan Ross 7–5 2.20
12
 2x04 7 May 2016 Wilfried Zaha
Funmbi Omotayo		 Rochelle Humes 3–8 2.58
13
 2x05 14 May 2016 Peter Jones
Sara Pascoe		 David Haye 6–7 2.04
14
 2x06 21 May 2016 Danny Cipriani
Katherine Ryan		 Piers Morgan 6–4 2.34

Series 3 (2017)
No. Episode First broadcast Bradley's guests Frank and Romesh's guests Scores Ratings[7]
15
 3x01 28 February 2017 John Terry
Rachel Riley		 Jonnie Peacock N/A[lower-alpha 1] 1.98
16
 3x02 7 March 2017 Jimmy Carr
Alan Shearer		 James Anderson 8–8[lower-alpha 2] 1.57
17
 3x03 14 March 2017 Samantha Quek
Rob Beckett		 Jake Humphrey 9–5 1.47
18
 3x04 21 March 2017 Kevin Bridges
Ashley Cole		 Ore Oduba 9–6 1.43
19
 3x05 28 March 2017 Joel Dommett
Judy Murray		 Michail Antonio 9–7 1.57
20
 3x06 4 April 2017 Rob Beckett
Andrew Johnston		 Scarlett Moffatt 9–7 1.58

Scores
Bradley Frank and Romesh
Series wins (2 drawn)
0 1
Episode wins (2 drawn)
8 9

Notes
  1. The scores were not revealed at the end of the episode.
  2. As a tiebreaker the teams participated in a football penalty shoot-out against former England international goalkeeper David Seaman. Lampard's team won the shoot-out 2–1.

References
  1. Lee, Ben (9 April 2015). "Holly Willoughby, Frank Lampard for ITV panel show Play to the Whistle". Digital Spy. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  2. "Holly Willoughby to host new ITV panel show". British Comedy Guide. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  3. Allott, Britt (2 April 2015). "Holly Willoughby is joined by Bradley Walsh and Frank Lampard in Play To The Whistle". ITV Press Centre. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  4. Jones, Tudur Huws (25 April 2015). "Holly Willoughby, Bradley Walsh and Frank Lampard star in Play to the Whistle". Daily Post. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
  5. Crawford, Carena (16 April 2016). "Saturday's TV pick: Play to the Whistle". Reveal. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  6. "Seann Walsh lands role in ITV sports quiz". Chortle. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
  7. "Weekly top 30 programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
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