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Rick Edwards has revealed he secretly campaigned to save his quiz show, Impossible, after it was dropped by the BBC. The TV host fronted the programme for all eight sequence from 2017 to 2021.

In July 2022, Edwards confirmed the show’s cancellation and cryptically blamed “the BBC in its infinite wisdom” for the choice. However, the presenter did not take that mendacity down. The 46-12 months-previous, now the host of BBC Radio 5 Live’s sports-based panel show Fighting Talk, took to Instagram to share how persistent efforts have been being made to resurrect the show through weekly letters to the Radio Times. Posting a snapshot of the magazine web page, he wrote: “I write a letter to the Radio Times every week under the pseudonym ‘Sandie Hobley’, and FINALLY they’ve printed one!”

He went on to quote his own letter: “Am I alone in wondering why the BBC don’t appear to have commissioned any more series of Impossible, hosted by Rick Edwards, who now presents the Breakfast show (weekdays) and Fighting Talk (Saturday) on Radio 5 Live?

“This was simply the best new quiz format of latest years, and I have so loved the early afternoon re-runs on BBC2. Without any disrespect to newer quizzes, their gimmicky runways and lights are so distracting that the quiz component virtually will get drowned out.

“Please, please, BBC, get this one back on as soon as possible – it’s worthy of an evening slot, but I do hope it would remain a shining star in the daytime schedules.”

It stays unclear whether or not Edwards was genuinely Sandie Hobley or playfully claiming accountability for the efforts to resurrect Impossible. Edwards is poised to current this weekend’s boxing motion on the BBC, which can witness Frazer Clarke battle Jeamie ‘TKV’ Tshikeva for the vacant British heavyweight crown.

The full card might be streamed on BBC iPlayer between 6pm and 10pm. Meanwhile, BBC Two is slated to ship live coverage of the bouts from 8pm to 10pm.

Clarke, 34, acknowledged the belt may serve as a launching pad to stardom as he told ESPN: “The likes of Henry Cooper, Anthony Joshua, Tyson Fury and Lennox Lewis have all held the British title belt and look at what they have done after they won it.

“It’s like a coming of age, a natural progress and it is such a big deal. I know what the British title can do for a profession and I’m just focusing on profitable the combat versus TKV than pondering about future fights.

“I’ve had one comeback fight. I wish had been busier but the promoter [Boxxer] had a situation going on so I have been waiting around and now I’ve finally got the opportunity.”