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Play To The Whistle. Copyright: Hungry Bear Media
Play To The Whistle

Play To The Whistle

  • TV panel show
  • ITV1
  • 2015 - 2017
  • 19 episodes (3 series)

Sports-based comedy panel show hosted by Holly Willoughby. Also features Bradley Walsh, Frank Lampard, Romesh Ranganathan, Seann Walsh and Jimmy Bullard

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Play To The Whistle. Image shows from L to R: Bradley Walsh, Holly Willoughby, Frank Lampard. Copyright: Hungry Bear Media

Key details

Genre
Panel Show
Broadcast
2015 - 2017
Channel
ITV
Episodes
19 (3 series), plus 1 highlights special
Stars
Holly Willoughby, Bradley Walsh, Frank Lampard, Romesh Ranganathan, Seann Walsh and Jimmy Bullard
Writers
Kevin Day, James Farmer, Les Keen, Phil Kerr, Geoff Norcott, Henry Paker and Paul McCaffrey
Director
Chris Howe
Producers
Luke Shiach, Lee English, Chris Kearsey, Ben Woodsmith, Ed Daggett, Bob Fletcher, Dan Baldwin and Jack Lightfoot
Company

Hosted by Holly Willoughby, Play To The Whistle is a comedy entertainment show with sport at its heart.

Featuring team captains Frank Lampard and Bradley Walsh, Play To The Whistle features guests from the worlds of comedy and sport.

Each weekly fixture sees the opponents battle it out and prove their sporting prowess to find out who really knows their Tom Daleys from their Daley Thompsons.

Seann Walsh acts as the series' comic umpire as both teams simply... 'play to the whistle'. Whether using their encyclopaedic sporting knowledge, their funny bones or physical skills, each round is only completed at the sound of Holly's whistle.

Additional details

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Multi-camera
Picture
Colour

Website links

Broadcast details

First broadcast
Saturday 11th April 2015 at 9:20pm on ITV1
Most recent repeats

Recording details

  • Fountain Studios - Series 1 and 2
  • BBC Elstree Centre - Series 3

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