About this season
Matchpoint was a daytime game show based on tennis and aired on BBC1 for one series in 1990, the programme was hosted by Angela Rippon. On each edition, two teams of two contestants compete for a place in the quarterfinals by answering questions. For each correct answer they would score the points as in a tennis match e.g. 15,30,40,Game. Each programme was played by the best of 3 'Sets' and the team who won 2 sets won the show and moved onto the quarterfinals while the losing team went away with a bottle of champagne and a punnet of strawberries. The prize for the winning team at the end was a trip to that year's Wimbledon event.
Episodes (32)
1. Show 1
Aired 17 April 1990 • 25 min
2. Show 2
Aired 18 April 1990 • 25 min
3. Show 3
Aired 19 April 1990 • 25 min
4. Show 4
Aired 20 April 1990 • 25 min
5. Show 5
Aired 23 April 1990 • 25 min
6. Show 6
Aired 24 April 1990 • 25 min
7. Show 7
Aired 25 April 1990 • 25 min
8. Show 8
Aired 26 April 1990 • 25 min
9. Show 9
Aired 30 April 1990 • 25 min
10. Show 10
Aired 1 May 1990 • 25 min
11. Show 11
Aired 2 May 1990 • 25 min
12. Show 12
Aired 3 May 1990 • 25 min
13. Show 13
Aired 8 May 1990 • 25 min
14. Show 14
Aired 9 May 1990 • 25 min
15. Show 15
Aired 10 May 1990 • 25 min
16. Show 16
Aired 11 May 1990 • 25 min
17. Show 17
Aired 14 May 1990 • 25 min
18. Show 18
Aired 15 May 1990 • 25 min
19. Show 19
Aired 16 May 1990 • 25 min
20. Show 20
Aired 17 May 1990 • 25 min
21. Show 21
Aired 21 May 1990 • 25 min
22. Show 22
Aired 22 May 1990 • 25 min
23. Show 23
Aired 24 May 1990 • 25 min
24. Show 24
Aired 29 May 1990 • 25 min
25. Show 25
Aired 30 May 1990 • 25 min
26. Show 26
Aired 31 May 1990 • 25 min
27. Show 27
Aired 1 June 1990 • 25 min
28. Show 28
Aired 4 June 1990 • 25 min
29. Show 29
Aired 5 June 1990 • 25 min
30. Show 30
Aired 6 June 1990 • 25 min
31. Show 31
Aired 13 June 1990 • 25 min
32. Show 32
Aired 14 June 1990 • 25 min