Underplayed Gems

Fantasy Football League (1994)

Fantasy Football League poster
Genre
comedy television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
6 seasons, 84 episodes
Rating
7.8 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

Comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner host a television show based on the fantasy football game. They discuss football, make jokes, and feature celebrity guests in a panel format. The show originally aired in the 1990s and was later revived with new hosts.

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What happens

Fantasy Football League is a British television comedy programme originally hosted by David Baddiel and Frank Skinner. It was inspired by the Fantasy Football phenomenon which started in the early 1990s and followed on from a BBC Radio 5 programme hosted by Dominik Diamond, although the radio and TV versions overlapped by several months. Three series were broadcast from 14 January 1994 to 10 May 1996 (followed by episodes during Euro 96). The show then moved to ITV for live specials on alternate nights throughout the 1998 World Cup and then again through Euro 2004. After the show ended, Baddiel and Skinner went on to produce a series of podcasts for The Times, documenting their experiences while travelling across Germany at the 2006 World Cup. The success of these led to the duo being signed by Absolute Radio, where they hosted a similar show from South Africa during the 2010 World Cup. In 2022, a revival of the show was commissioned to be broadcast on Sky Max with new hosts Elis James and Matt Lucas. This ended in 2024, after two series consisting of 24 episodes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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