Sporting Triangles

Sporting Triangles was a quiz programme, devised by Matthew Davies and Robert Lawrence, which tested sports personalities' knowledge of sport. The programme was produced by Central Television and aired on the ITV network for four series from 7 January 1987 until 13 August 1990. The original host was Nick Owen, who hosted series 1 and 2; he was replaced by Andy Craig for the final two series (3 and 4).

Sporting Triangles
Created byMatthew Davies
Robert Lawrence
Presented byNick Owen (series 1 & 2)
Andy Craig (series 3 & 4)
StarringAndy Gray
Jimmy Greaves
Emlyn Hughes
Tessa Sanderson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Production
Running time30 minutes
(including adverts)
Production companyCentral Television
DistributorITV Studios
Release
Original networkITV
Picture format4:3
Original release7 January 1987 (1987-01-07) –
13 August 1990 (1990-08-13)
Chronology
Related showsA Question of Sport

Captains included Jimmy Greaves and Emlyn Hughes, who had just finished his role as a captain on the BBC equivalent, A Question of Sport. Despite Hughes' presence, Sporting Triangles struggled to match its better-known rival.

Transmission guide
  • Series 1: 12 editions 7 January 1987 – 25 March 1987
  • Series 2: 12 editions 7 January 1988 – 31 March 1988
  • Series 3: 12 editions 19 April 1989 – 12 July 1989
  • Series 4: 16 editions 12 April 1990 – 13 August 1990
  • Special Christmas edition : 24 December 1987
  • These are based on London transmission dates.

Video game

A video game of the series was also published by CDS Micro Systems in 1989 for the Acorn Archimedes, Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad PCW. The game received low to average scores across several magazines: Your Sinclair rated the game 40% whilst rival Spectrum magazine Crash gave it 48%, stating: "A mediocre conversion of a less than brilliant TV quiz and for sports fanatics only".[1][2]

References
  1. "Sporting Triangles". World of Spectrum. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  2. "Sporting Triangles". Ysrnry.co.uk. Retrieved 7 October 2013.


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