European FootballShow was a footballTV programme on BT Sport presented by James Richardson. The show was originally split into three segments. It began with a discussion between Richardson and the show's pundits of the weekend's European football along with highlights of matches played in the featured leagues. That led into the programme's featured live football match, which could've been from either the French or Italian leagues. Following the match, more discussion took place on the events of the match, and goings on from the world of football over the previous week. However, more recently the show only lasts for one 1 hour and 15 minute segment of discussion from the weekend's news, with the live match becoming a separate programme afterwards. As well as a change in format, the Portuguese Primeira Liga was added to the show's focus leagues. An additional show, named European Football Show Extra, is broadcast on the following Monday, with Richardson and the pundits discussing various football topics show-by-show.
Airings
The European Football Show is presented live every week from 18:30 to 19:30 or 19:45 , mainly on BT Sport 1 but sometimes on other BT channels, it was previously shown on BT Sport Europe before the channel changed its name to BT Sport 3. When the show included a live match, it ran until 22:00. It is repeated throughout the following week. European Football Show Extra is shown on Monday nights, with repeats shown throughout the week.
Features
The chat between the pundits is broken up by a number of different features related to the past week's football:
Highlights - A round-up of the goals from one of the three featured leagues will be shown - this is repeated three times throughout the programme, once for each league, so that all goals are covered. Primeira Liga goals are also shown, but only those involving Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP.
Football Maths - Stats related to events of the past week are discussed.
Debater Generator - A random topic which has been in the news over the past week is chosen, which the pundits then discuss.
Top 5 Goals - The programme is concluded with a compilation of the five best goals from the past week's football.
Viewer Questions - Viewers are encouraged to send in questions and discussion topics via Twitter using the #btsnfhashtag, some of which are then brought up on the show.
Euro Star - The pundits pick an up-and-coming young player from around Europe to showcase.
Hartbeat - A feature following Joe Hart's career in Serie A with Torino during 2016–17.
