List of A League of Their Own episodes

A League of Their Own is a British television comedy panel game created by Paul Brassey and hosted by actor and comedian James Corden.^[1][2] It premiered on Sky 1 on 11 March 2010. A regular episode of A League of Their Own sees two teams of three – Blue and Red – competing in a quiz about notable sports along with physical challenges; since the show's debut the captains of each team have been retired England cricketer Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff (Blue) and former Liverpool captain and England midfielder Jamie Redknapp (Red). For the first four series both teams had a regular panellist alongside the captain, journalist and presenter Georgie Thompson (Blue) and comedian John Bishop (Red). As of series 5 only the Blue team has a regular panellist with comedian Jack Whitehall joining Flintoff. Special episodes have also been produced where there is no quiz instead they feature compilations of clips either from recordings that have been broadcast in a series (labelled "The Best Bits from..."), material that was not broadcast (labelled "The Unseen Bits from...") or even from a particular challenge from an individual episode (labelled "The Best of...").

The first series consisted of twelve episodes. The second series consisted of thirteen episodes including a Christmas special. The third series had twelve episodes and saw the first occasion of a regular team captain being unable to attend an individual recording and being replaced by a guest, it also saw the introduction of splitting both "The Best Bits" and "The Unseen Bits" over two episodes therefore having four episodes of compilation clips; this technique was used on and off for future series. The fourth series consisted of ten episodes including an End of Year special. For the fifth series there were eleven episodes. The sixth series had ten episodes. The seventh series had twelve episodes including a compilation episode entitled "Rally Special" focussing solely on the rally car challenge from the series opener. The eighth series consisted of thirteen episodes. The ninth series had twelve episodes. The tenth series will see ten episodes broadcast. As of 10 March 2016, 85 regular episodes and 30 compilations have been broadcast across ten series, 115 episodes have been aired in total.

Contents Series: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10 Scores · Notes · References · External links

Episode list

Key

•        – Episodes with this background, and when the number on the left in the scores column is greater than the one on the right, were won by the Blue team (Flintoff with Thompson up to series four and Flintoff with Whitehall from series 5 onwards)
•        – Episodes with this background, and when the number on the right in the scores column is greater than the one on the left, were won by the Red team (Redknapp with Bishop up to series four and Redknapp individually from series 5 onwards)
•        – Episodes with this background, and when the numbers on the left and right are equal, ended in a draw
• When a guest is listed in bold with a dagger symbol (†) it means they were team captain for that team in the episode as the regular captain was unable to make the recording
• No. = The episode's order in the overall show

Series 1

No.	Episode	First broadcast	Freddie and Georgie's guest	Jamie and John's guests	Scores
1	01x01	11 March 2010	Neil Morrissey	David Haye	9–5
2	01x02	18 March 2010	Alastair Campbell	Ruth Jones	12–9
3	01x03	25 March 2010	Neil Morrissey	Abbey Clancy	7–8
4	01x04	1 April 2010	Dara Ó Briain	Steve Harmison	13–7
5	01x05	8 April 2010	Jack Whitehall	Amir Khan	9–8
6	01x06	15 April 2010	Jimmy Carr	Karen Pickering	8–5
7	01x07	22 April 2010	Dara Ó Briain	Claudia Winkleman	7–8
8	01x08	29 April 2010	Bob Mortimer	Tom Daley	4–7
9	01x09	6 May 2010	Ardal O'Hanlon	Gabby Logan	6–8
10	01x10	13 May 2010	Stephen Mangan	Matthew Le Tissier	9–11
11	01x11	20 May 2010	Compilation episode – "The Best of Series 1"		N/A
12	01x12	27 May 2010	Compilation episode – "The Unseen Bits from Series 1"		N/A

Series 2

No.	Episode	First broadcast	Freddie and Georgie's guest	Jamie and John's guests	Scores
13	02x01	7 October 2010	Jimmy Carr	Lily Allen	11–9
14	02x02	14 October 2010	Chris Evans	Tim Henman	9–9
15	02x03	21 October 2010	Rob Brydon	Jessica Ennis	4–3
16	02x04	21 October 2010	Jack Whitehall	Michael Owen	9–9
17	02x05	28 October 2010	Clare Balding	Tinchy Stryder	9–5
18	02x06	28 October 2010	Dermot O'Leary	Phillips Idowu	10–11
19	02x07	4 November 2010	Amanda Holden	Kevin Pietersen	1–4
20	02x08	4 November 2010	Patrick Kielty	Joe Calzaghe	4–10
21	02x09	11 November 2010	Eamonn Holmes	David James	9–8
22	02x10	11 November 2010	Jimmy Carr	Theo Paphitis	10–9
23	02x11	12 November 2010	Compilation episode – "The Best of Series 2"		N/A
24	02x12	19 December 2010	Compilation episode – "The Unseen Bits from Series 2"		N/A
25	02x13	23 December 2010[fn 1]	Ruth Jones	Ricky Hatton	6–9

Series 3

No.	Episode	First broadcast	Freddie and Georgie's guest	Jamie and John's guests	Scores
26	03x01	4 March 2011	Jimmy Carr	Phil Taylor	4–4
27	03x02	11 March 2011	Dara Ó Briain	Gaël Clichy	5–6
28	03x03	25 March 2011	Lee Mack	Rio Ferdinand	7–8
29	03x04	1 April 2011	Clare Balding	Boris Becker	6–3
30	03x05	8 April 2011	Jimmy Carr	Mike Tindall	3–9
31	03x06	15 April 2011	Robbie Fowler	Christine Bleakley	7–9
32	03x07	22 April 2011	Jack Whitehall	Amy Williams	5–6
33	03x08	29 April 2011	Kevin Bridges	Dermot O'Leary † Alastair Cook	7–5
34	03x09	6 May 2011	Compilation episode – "The Unseen Bits from Series 3 (Part 1)"		N/A
35	03x10	13 May 2011	Compilation episode – "The Best of Series 3 (Part 1)"		N/A
36	03x11	20 May 2011	Compilation episode – "The Best of Series 3 (Part 2)"		N/A
37	03x12	27 May 2011	Compilation episode – "The Unseen Bits from Series 3 (Part 2)"		N/A

Series 4

No.	Episode	First broadcast	Freddie and Georgie's guest	Jamie and John's guests	Scores
38	04x01	7 October 2011	Jason Manford	Andy Murray	8–6
39	04x02	14 October 2011	Lee Mack † Frank Lampard	Gabby Logan	5–7
40	04x03	21 October 2011	Jack Whitehall	Rory McIlroy	6–7
41	04x04	28 October 2011	Phill Jupitus	Peter Crouch	8–6
42	04x05	4 November 2011	Jimmy Carr	James Anderson	6–7
43	04x06	11 November 2011	David Walliams	Gary Neville	9–9
44	04x07	18 November 2011	Jimmy Carr	Mark Webber	9–6
45	04x08	16 December 2011[fn 2]	Stacey Solomon	Gabby Logan	7–5
46	04x09	6 January 2012	Compilation episode – "The Unseen Bits from Series 4"		N/A
47	04x10	13 January 2012	Compilation episode – "The Best of Series 4"		N/A

Series 5

No.	Episode	First broadcast	Freddie and Jack's guest	Jamie's guests	Scores
48	05x01	20 April 2012	Georgie Thompson	Steven Gerrard John Bishop	8–8
49	05x02	27 April 2012	Louise Hazel	Jimmy Carr Peter Crouch † John Bishop	7–7
50	05x03	4 May 2012	Jessica Ennis	Gabby Logan Micky Flanagan	8–6
51	05x04	11 May 2012	Zoë Ball	Jermain Defoe John Bishop	4–4
52	05x05	18 May 2012	Mo Farah	Clare Balding David Walliams	5–8
53	05x06	25 May 2012	Ronnie O'Sullivan	Christine Bleakley Jimmy Carr	12–10
54	05x07	1 June 2012	Gabby Logan	Graeme Souness Kevin Bridges	4–4[fn 3]
55	05x08	8 June 2012	Claudia Winkleman	Joe Hart John Bishop	14–12
56	05x09	15 June 2012	Compilation episode – "The Unseen Bits from Series 5 (Part 1)"		N/A
57	05x10	22 June 2012	Compilation episode – "The Unseen Bits from Series 5 (Part 2)"		N/A
58	05x11	29 June 2012	Compilation episode – "The Best of Series 5"		N/A

Series 6

No.	Episode	First broadcast	Freddie and Jack's guest	Jamie's guests	Scores
59	06x01	26 October 2012	Claudia Winkleman	Mo Farah John Bishop	6–3
60	06x02	2 November 2012	Rebecca Adlington	Sir Chris Hoy David Walliams	6–10
61	06x03	9 November 2012	Charlotte Jackson	Harry Redknapp Johnny Vegas	6–4
62	06x04	16 November 2012	Jimmy Carr	Jessica Ennis Micky Flanagan	8–8
63	06x05	23 November 2012	Frank Lampard	Shane Warne Gabby Logan † Jason Manford	6–8
64	06x06	30 November 2012	Laura Trott	Zara Phillips Micky Flanagan	9–19
65	06x07	7 December 2012	Sarah Millican	Victoria Pendleton John Bishop	4–7
66	06x08	14 December 2012	Vincent Kompany	Billie Piper Lee Mack	9–4
67	06x09	21 December 2012	Compilation episode – "The Unseen Bits from Series 6 (Part 1)"		N/A
68	06x10	28 December 2012	Compilation episode – "The Unseen Bits from Series 6 (Part 2)"		N/A

Series 7

No.	Episode	First broadcast	Freddie and Jack's guest	Jamie's guests	Scores
69	07x01	23 August 2013	Amy Williams	Edgar Davids Jimmy Carr	6–11
70	07x02	30 August 2013	Sara Cox	Harry Styles Louis Tomlinson Niall Horan	13–14
71	07x03	6 September 2013	Sarah Storey	Sam Allardyce David Walliams	9–7
72	07x04	13 September 2013	Paula Radcliffe	Chris Ashton Richard Ayoade	10–9
73	07x05	20 September 2013	Gabby Logan	Joleon Lescott Jon Richardson	9–11
74	07x06	27 September 2013	Matt Smith	Perri Shakes-Drayton Jonathan Ross	13–8
75	07x07	4 October 2013	Richard Ayoade	Nicola Adams David Walliams	6–11
76	07x08	11 October 2013	Alan Shearer	Frankie Sandford Jason Manford	13–12
77	07x09	18 October 2013	Compilation episode – "The Unseen Bits from Series 7 (Part 1)"		N/A
78	07x10	25 October 2013	Compilation episode – "The Unseen Bits from Series 7 (Part 2)"		N/A
79	07x11	1 November 2013	Compilation episode – "The Best of the Rally Car Special"		N/A
80	07x12	8 November 2013	Compilation episode – "The Best of Series 7"		N/A

Series 8

No.	Episode	First broadcast	Freddie and Jack's guest	Jamie's guests	Scores
81	08x01	29 August 2014	Frank Lampard	Judy Murray Kevin Bridges	6–7
82	08x02	5 September 2014	Laura Whitmore	Andros Townsend Micky Flanagan	2–9
83	08x03	12 September 2014	Joe Hart	Kevin Pietersen Josh Widdicombe	9–11
84	08x04	19 September 2014	Una Foden	Kevin Keegan Russell Howard	12–11
85	08x05	26 September 2014	Jamie Carragher	Kirsty Gallacher Jimmy Carr	15–14
86	08x06	3 October 2014	Lennox Lewis	Christine Ohuruogu Sean Lock	7–7
87	08x07	10 October 2014	Pixie Lott	Robbie Fowler David Walliams	13–14
88	08x08	17 October 2014	Jenny Jones	Gianfranco Zola Johnny Vegas	8–9
89	08x09	17 October 2014	Compilation episode – "The Unseen Bits from Series 8 (Part 1)"		N/A
90	08x10	24 October 2014	Compilation episode – "The Unseen Bits from Series 8 (Part 2)"		N/A
91	08x11	31 October 2014	Compilation episode – "The Unseen Bits from Series 8 (Part 3)"		N/A
92	08x12	31 October 2014	Compilation episode – "The Unseen Bits from Series 8 (Part 4)"		N/A
93	08x13	24 December 2014[fn 1]	Compilation episode – "The Best of Series 1–8"[3]		N/A

Series 9

No.	Episode	First broadcast	Freddie and Jack's guest	Jamie's guests	Scores
94	09x01	15 May 2015	Olivia Wayne	Ian Poulter Josh Widdicombe	7–6
95	09x02	22 May 2015	Jennifer Saunders	Wojciech Szczęsny Alex Brooker	8–13
96	09x03	29 May 2015	Jenny Jones Robbie Savage	Anthony Joshua Jimmy Carr	2–2
97	09x04	5 June 2015	Heather Watson	Patrick Kluivert Trevor Noah	10–8
98	09x05	12 June 2015	Peter Schmeichel	Jenny Jones Josh Widdicombe	8–4
99	09x06	19 June 2015	Amanda Holden	John Barnes Aisling Bea	7–4
100	09x07	26 June 2015	Tom Daley	Katarina Johnson-Thompson Romesh Ranganathan	5–6
101	09x08	3 July 2015	Gabby Logan	Kevin Nolan Micky Flanagan	6–8
102	09x09	10 July 2015	Compilation episode – "The Best Bits from Series 9 (Part 1)"		N/A
103	09x10	17 July 2015	Compilation episode – "The Best Bits from Series 9 (Part 2)"		N/A
104	09x11	24 July 2015	Compilation episode – "The Unseen Bits from Series 9 (Part 1)"		N/A
105	09x12	31 July 2015	Compilation episode – "The Unseen Bits from Series 9 (Part 2)"		N/A

Series 10

No.	Episode	First broadcast	Freddie and Jack's guest	Jamie's guests	Scores
106	10x01	7 January 2016	Melanie C	Andy Carroll David Walliams	7–12
107	10x02	14 January 2016	Aisling Bea Jade Jones[fn 4]	Ashley Cole Noel Fielding Aston Merrygold[fn 4]	6–9
108	10x03	21 January 2016	Kate Abdo	Aaron Ramsey Romesh Ranganathan	7–14
109	10x04	28 January 2016	Claudia Winkleman	Jimmy Carr Micah Richards	8–7
110	10x05	4 February 2016	James DeGale	Rob Beckett Denise Lewis	8–7
111	10x06	11 February 2016	Sir Chris Hoy	A. P. McCoy Katherine Ryan	12–6
112	10x07	18 February 2016	Ricky Ponting Joel Creasey	Jon Richardson[fn 5]	19–11
113	10x08	25 February 2016	Nicole Scherzinger	Noel Fielding James Haskell	15–8
114	10x09	3 March 2016	Compilation episode – "The Unseen Bits from Series 10"		N/A
115	10x10	10 March 2016	Compilation episode – "The Best Bits from Series 10"		N/A

Scores

Freddie	Jamie
Series wins (2 drawn)
5	3
Show wins (10 drawn)
37	38

Notes

1. Christmas special
2. End of Year special
3. As the game ended in a draw an arm wrestling tiebreaker was played between Whitehall (Blue) and Souness (Red). Souness won making the red team the winners.
4. Jones and Merrigold only joined for the Right Guard Challenge
5. Whitehall appeared on Redknapp's team in this episode.

References

1. "Possessed secures first commission Pick Me". ITV Press Centre. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
2. Greenwood, Carl (27 August 2014). "James Corden wants A League of Their Own to continue FOREVER like A Question of Sport". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
3. "A League Of Their Own". comedy.co.uk.

External links

• List of A League of Their Own episodes at TV.com
• List of A League of Their Own episodes at the British Comedy Guide
• List of A League of Their Own episodes at the Internet Movie Database