List of Play to the Whistle episodes

Play to the Whistle is presented by Holly Willoughby.

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 was the resident scorekeeper for the first series and became the host's assistant from the second series.^[6] Jimmy Bullard was the host's assistant in the first series.^[7] As of 21 May 2016, thirteen regular episodes and a compilation special have been aired across two series; fourteen episodes in total.

Episodes

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 number

Series 1 (2015)

No.	Episode	First broadcast	Bradley's guests	Frank and Romesh's guests	Scores	Ratings[8]
1	1x01	11 April 2015	Rob Beckett Peter Crouch	Paddy McGuinness	8–7	2.79
2	1x02	18 April 2015	Sean Lock Alex Scott	Graeme Swann	8–10	2.27
3	1x03	25 April 2015	Alex Brooker Piers Morgan	Harry Redknapp	8–9	2.03
4	1x04	2 May 2015	Christine Bleakley Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	Dermot O'Leary	7–5	2.31
5	1x05	9 May 2015	Carl Fogarty Jon Richardson	Niall Horan	8–8	2.41
6	1x06	16 May 2015	Jonathan Ross Brooke Vincent	Tony McCoy	−3–9−	2.11
7	1x07	23 May 2015	Natalie Anderson Bob Mortimer	Pat Cash	8–8	—
8	1x08	6 June 2015	Compilation episode – "Extra Time"		N/A	—

Series 2 (2016)

No.	Episode	First broadcast	Bradley's guests	Frank and Romesh's guests	Scores	Ratings[8]
9	2x01	16 April 2016	Rob Beckett Tom Daley	Richard Osman	6–9	2.71
10	2x02	23 April 2016	Anthony Joshua Jon Richardson	Kevin Bridges	6–5	2.52
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	2.00
13	2x05	14 May 2016	David Haye Sara Pascoe	Peter Jones	6–7	—
14	2x06	21 May 2016	Danny Cipriani Katherine Ryan	Piers Morgan	6–4	—

Scores

Bradley	Frank and Romesh
Series wins (1 drawn)
0	1
Show wins (2 drawn)
5	6

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. Dyke, Peter (17 April 2015). "Play To The Whistle: Jimmy's a joker on brand new sports panel comedy". Daily Star. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
8. "Weekly top 30 programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 12 September 2016.

External links

• List of Play to the Whistle episodes at British Comedy Guide
• List of Play to the Whistle episodes at the Internet Movie Database