BBC runs Bargain Hunt and Repair Shop to replace Football Focus and Final Score

Football Focus and Final Score have been pulled from the BBC schedules at the last moment, throwing the corporation’s sporting timetable into disarray.

Bargain Hunt aired in place of Football Focus on BBC One at noon on Saturday, while The Repair Shop is due to run instead of Final Score at 4.30pm, as the corporation faces a backlash after Gary Lineker was taken off Match Of The Day (MOTD).

Ahead of the antiques show starting, a continuity announcer said: “Saturday lunchtime on BBC One, now, in a change to the schedule, it’s Bargain Hunt.”