Match of the Day Kickabout is a British children's television football programme broadcast on CBBC. It is presented by Ore Oduba and is a spin-off from the long running weekly Match of the Day

Match of the Day

Match of the Day is the BBC's main football television programme. Typically, it is shown on BBC One on Saturday evenings during the English football season, showing highlights of the day's matches in English football's top division, the Premier League...

. It also replaced Newsround

Newsround

Newsround is a BBC children's news programme, which has run continuously since 4 April 1972, and was one of the world's first television news magazines aimed specifically at children...

spin-off Sportsround

Sportsround

Sportsround was a weekly spin-off from CBBC children's news programme Newsround. The sports magazine show was broadcast Friday evenings at 6:30pm on CBBC Channel and on Saturday mornings on BBC Two at 7.25am....

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Format

The show features special guests, funny quizzes for forfeits and its own version of Cribs, with a footballer answering questions about his team-mates, and showing a particular trick. The show follows the format of a football match, with half time refreshments. The presenter also interviews a MOTD pundit, and they will review the week in football or ask a question about their playing career.

Scheduling

MOTD Kickabout was launched on 8 January 2011. The show will carry on through the summer for the next two years.
Repeats are shown at 11:45 on Saturday mornings on BBC Two.

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