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IT'S TIME TO GET SPORTY. MARION MCMULLEN FINDS OUT HOW THE HIT TV QUIZ TRIO OF SUE BARKER, MATT DAWSON, PHIL TUFNELL ARE BACK TOGETHER FOR A TOUR OF LIVE SHOWS

- By MARION McMULLEN

How did the Sue, Matt & Phil Live! The Reunion Tour come about?

Sue Barker: We did one a few years ago and we had an absolute blast and the three of us always said we'd love to do it again, so we've sort of wanted to do it for a while and suddenly this production company came along and our dream has become reality. (Laughs) So back we go on tour and Tuffers has got to do all his homework again.

So are you swotting up for the tour?

Phil Tufnell: Absolutely. We will have to do a little bit that's for sure.

Matt Dawson: Phil, in the British Olympics who was the female middle-distance runner in the 800? What was her name?

Phil: Oh, she was excellent.

Matt: Wasn't she?

Sue: (Laughs) You can see what I have to put up with.

Phil: She was extremely good and very fast.

Sue: I'll be asking her on the show Phil, so you'd better look back on it.

What is your favourite moment of doing the BBC quiz show?

Sue: There are so many. I think watching Phil doing the sprint finish was always very entertaining for me.

Phil: It was the complete package. Just turning up to do it, getting on the train and going up for two or three days with all these fantastic sports people and being with these guys was fantastic.