"Ask the Family Ask the Family is a British game show that was first broadcast on BBC1 from 12 June 1967 to 22 October 1984 hosted by Robert Robinson and then on UK Gold from 6 June to 10 October 1999 hosted by Alan Titchmarsh and from 4 April to 5 May 2005 hosted by Dick & Dom on BBC Two. The theme music, with its distinctive sitar, was ""Acka Raga"" by John Mayer and Joe Harriott. The show took the form of a quiz contest between two teams, with each team consisting of four members of a single family"
"answering a question, and are provided with a safety net that grants them a guaranteed cash prize if they give an incorrect answer, provided they reach a specific milestone in the quiz. The original series aired for 30 series and a total of 592 episodes, from 4 September 1998 to 11 February 2014, and was presented by Chris Tarrant. Over the course of its run, the original series had around five contestants walk away with the top cash prize of £1 million, and faced a number of controversies during its run, including an attempt to defraud the show of its"
"Bamber Gascoigne Arthur Bamber Gascoigne (born 24 January 1935) is a British television presenter and author, best known for being the original quizmaster on ""University Challenge"", which ran from 1962 to 1987. Gascoigne is the elder son of Lieutenant-Colonel Derek Ernest Frederick Orby Gascoigne (himself the son of Brigadier-General Sir Ernest Frederick Orby Gascoigne) by his marriage in 1934 to Mary Louisa Hermione O'Neill, a daughter of Captain the Hon. Arthur Edward Bruce O'Neill and Lady Annabel Hungerford Crewe-Milnes. His great-grandfathers include Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe, and Edward O'Neill, 2nd Baron O'Neill. He is a nephew of Sir"
"of directors of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. He is a patron of the Museum of Richmond. Gascoigne and his wife, Christina (née Ditchburn), whom he met at Cambridge, have lived in Richmond, London, since the late 1960s. In 2014 Gascoigne inherited West Horsley Place from his aunt and godmother Mary Innes-Ker, Duchess of Roxburghe. Bamber Gascoigne Arthur Bamber Gascoigne (born 24 January 1935) is a British television presenter and author, best known for being the original quizmaster on ""University Challenge"", which ran from 1962 to 1987. Gascoigne is the elder son of Lieutenant-Colonel Derek Ernest Frederick Orby Gascoigne"
"Alfie, along with Susan's mother and her husband, went on the show for a special family edition, after Michael forged all of their signatures to get on it. The real Anne Robinson was the host. The Weakest Link (UK game show) The Weakest Link is a British television quiz show, mainly broadcast on BBC Two as well as BBC One. It was devised by Fintan Coyle and Cathy Dunning, and developed for television by the BBC Entertainment Department. The first original episode was broadcast on 14 August 2000. The show is presented by Anne Robinson and narrated by Jon Briggs."
"answer questions; and the amount offered increases as they tackle questions that become increasingly difficult. The maximum cash prize offered in most versions of the format is one million of the local currency. The original British version debuted on 4 September 1998, and was aired until its final episode on 11 February 2014; a revived series of seven episodes to commemorate its 20th anniversary in 2018, were aired from 5 to 11 May. Since its debut, international variants of the game show have been aired in around 160 countries worldwide. The format of the show was created by David Briggs,"
"The $64,000 Question (UK game show) The $64,000 Question is a UK game show based on the US format of the same name that originally ran from 19 May 1956 to 18 January 1958 produced by ATV (always keen to pick up successful US formats) and was originally hosted by Jerry Desmonde, and called simply ""The 64,000 Question"" with the top prize initially being 64,000 sixpences (£1,600), later doubling to 64,000 shillings (£3,200). It was revived in 1990 with Bob Monkhouse as the host and a higher £6,400 top prize. Each contestant answered questions based on their subject of expertise."
"Their father also worked for the BBC. It has had four permanent chairmen in its history: Many popular figures have appeared on the programme more than once: the record for appearances is held by Tony Benn, who first appeared as a panel member in March 1951 and contributed to over 80 programmes. Any Questions? Any Questions? is a topical debate radio programme in the United Kingdom that has been broadcast since 1948. It is broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on Friday evenings and repeated on Saturday afternoons, when it is followed by a phone-in response programme, ""Any Answers?"", previously a"
"player to answer won. The person with the most questions answered correctly received the nominal sum of £100 and was invited to return as champion in the next show. The players did not speak at all during each episode, other than to state their names and towns at the start of the show; the winner only responded whether he/she would be able to return. Producer Pearson Television (Grundy's parent) brought the show to the United States in January 1999; originally hosted in the 1998 pilot by Mark Henning, the show went to series with Casey Kasem as host. This version"
"2” videotapes. It was re-issued as ""The Best of All-Star Family Feud"" on February 2, 2010. Family Feud Family Feud is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson where two families compete to name the most popular responses to survey questions in order to win cash and prizes. It is considered a spin-off of ""Match Game"", whose panel included original host Richard Dawson. The program premiered on ABC on July 12, 1976, and ran as part of its daytime schedule until June 14, 1985. The program was re-launched by CBS on July 4, 1988, and ran until September"
"the weekday editions and were presented by Bamber's son, Buster, with Bambette's role filled by Bonnie, his daughter. At one point in the quiz's history the red, yellow and green keys were sensible answers and the blue was mostly reserved for a stupid response although this was sometimes the correct one. This was later generally stopped and all the keys would usually have sensible answers. The quiz started off at 20 questions, then it went down to 15 and then 12. On very few special occasions it was 30, however one question wrong and contestants had to start from the"
"Fifteen to One Fifteen to One is a British general knowledge quiz show broadcast on Channel 4. It originally ran from 11 January 1988 to 19 December 2003 and had a reputation for being one of the toughest quizzes on TV. Throughout the show's original run, it was presented and produced by William G. Stewart. Thousands of contestants appeared on the programme, which had very little of the chatting between host and contestants that is often a feature of other television quiz shows. The basis of the show was devised by John M. Lewis, a former sales manager for British"
"Family Feud Family Feud is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson where two families compete to name the most popular responses to survey questions in order to win cash and prizes. It is considered a spin-off of ""Match Game"", whose panel included original host Richard Dawson. The program premiered on ABC on July 12, 1976, and ran as part of its daytime schedule until June 14, 1985. The program was re-launched by CBS on July 4, 1988, and ran until September 10, 1993. Three separate editions for syndication were also produced. The first aired from September 19,"
"Keep It in the Family (UK game show) Keep It in the Family is a British game show that aired on ITV from 26 October 2014 to 19 December 2015 and is hosted by Bradley Walsh. Two families of four participate in a series of rounds for the chance to win prizes, including a family holiday. The children take the lead in the show rather than the parents. The rounds feature family members nominated for routines, dressing up as TV characters and trying to guess phrases based on clues given by grandmothers. Celebrities appear in the show and may be"
"– two parents and two teenage children. Over the course of the thirty-minute show the teams were asked a variety of general knowledge questions and mental puzzles, with the winner advancing to the next round. The teams were asked questions, with certain questions directed at only certain members of the family – such as ""children only"", or ""father and elder child only"". The series was in knockout format with each week's winner returning in the next round. The show was parodied in contemporary comedy TV shows during the 1970s and 1980s, notably in ""Not the Nine O'Clock News"" in which"
"Ask Pickles Ask Pickles was a board game made in the United Kingdom from 1948 by Tower Press, and popular in the 1950s. It consisted of two card games, ""Ask Pickles"", a quiz card game featuring film, television and radio trivia for 2-4 players, and ""Happy Families"". Named after radio performer Wilfred Pickles (1900-1978), the game had 29 cards with varying scores of 5 points (yellow), 10 points (red) or 20 points (blue). Ask Pickles became a BBC Television show from 1954 to 1956, hosted by Pickles, similar to a later ""Jim'll Fix It"". BBC publicity said of the show"
"Family Challenge Family Challenge is an American game show that aired on The Family Channel from October 2, 1995 to September 7, 1997, lasting for two seasons. Reruns aired on GSN from April 3 to September 25, 1999. The first season was hosted by Ray Combs, with Gene Wood serving as announcer. Both had formerly served in the same respective roles for ""Family Feud"". Combs took the role in large part because he was deep in debt and needed the money; his financial and some health problems eventually led Combs to commit suicide in 1996, after the first season ended."
"Quiz"" which I compered in the 1960s and which was also a question and answer show. One led to the other."" A 1997 edition featuring adults was produced for one series on BBC Two with Michael Aspel presenting. Sky One brought ""Blockbusters"" back under its original rules in 2001 with Liza Tarbuck at the helm, and the Challenge series was presented by Simon Mayo. The show's first series, in 1983, was recorded at the ATV Elstree Centre (which was still owned by Central until 1984 when it was sold to the BBC). Subsequent series were produced at Central's Lenton Lane"
"The resident astrologer would then explain the correct answer to the competitors and to the audience as well. The Zodiac Game The Zodiac Game was a quiz programme devised by Ron Bareham that was produced by Anglia Television and aired on the ITV network from 1984 until 1986 and was hosted by Tom O'Connor. Russell Grant also made frequent appearances on the show. The first resident astrologer was Bernard Fitzwalter. The format of the game was a pair of contestants, one a celebrity and the other not, each answering questions about the other based on what the other's zodiac sign"
"of England. It has been broadcast nationally since 1950, although for many years it still came exclusively from venues in the West Country. It was initially broadcast nationally on the BBC Light Programme and BBC Radio 2 (even being simulcast on BBC Radio 1 from 6 October 1967 to 3 April 1970). However, in this era it was repeated on the Home Service and later Radio 4. The programme has gone out exclusively on Radio 4 since 10 April 1970. It inspired the television version, ""Question Time"", on BBC1 on Thursday evenings, chaired by Jonathan Dimbleby's older brother, David Dimbleby."
"host, Bob Holness. It was produced by Central, which had made the programme since 1983, and sponsored by Thomas Cook. This series featured a bonus question for any player who chose a particular letter and correctly answered that question, thereby earning the right to answer a £5 follow-up question. Sky One brought the series back again in 2000, this time produced by Grundy (which owned the format) and presented by Liza Tarbuck, but it failed to capture the same degree of popularity as the Holness incarnation. The format stayed the same in both versions. BBC Two used adult contestants, instead"
"presentation. There was a one-off competition between the four highest scoring viewers. A new BBC Two version premiered in 2003, hosted by John Humphrys. Whereas the original series kept talk to a minimum, asking contestants only their name, occupation and specialist subject, at first the new run included some conversational elements with contestants between at the start of the General Knowledge round (normally about the contestant's specialist subject), although these have been dropped since the 2011 series. It is also distinguished from the original BBC TV series by the fact that many more contestants' specialist subjects come from popular culture,"
"The People's Quiz The People's Quiz was a BBC National Lottery game show broadcast on BBC One from 24 March to 23 June 2007. It was hosted by Jamie Theakston. Auditions were held throughout January 2007 all around the UK. The quiz was open to nearly everyone, in that the only excluded categories were: The first round of the audition consisted of contestants turning up at six major venues in the UK: Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester, Belfast and London. Contenders had to get ten questions in a row correct to progress to the second round. Contestants were allowed multiple attempts"
"acknowledged during the credits. Family Challenge Family Challenge is an American game show that aired on The Family Channel from October 2, 1995 to September 7, 1997, lasting for two seasons. Reruns aired on GSN from April 3 to September 25, 1999. The first season was hosted by Ray Combs, with Gene Wood serving as announcer. Both had formerly served in the same respective roles for ""Family Feud"". Combs took the role in large part because he was deep in debt and needed the money; his financial and some health problems eventually led Combs to commit suicide in 1996, after"
"I'll make sure that person is given a list from another programme because they don't need them."" Following this comment people asked Fry to come out and say who it was, with several people posting their suggestions as to who it was. Fry later posted on his Twitter account that it was neither Davies nor Rob Brydon. The research for the show is mostly carried out by seven people called the """"QI"" Elves"", a team which has included Justin Pollard, Vitali Vitaliev, and Molly Oldfield (daughter of Mike Oldfield). The ""elves"" devise the questions for the show, and one is"
"the first Quiz Kids was seven-year-old nature expert Gerard Darrow. For the initial premiere panel he was joined by Mary Ann Anderson, Joan Bishop, George Van Dyke Tiers and Charles Schwartz. Other Quiz Kids of the 1940s were Joan Alizier, Lois Jean Ashbeck, Claude Brenner, Geraldine Hamburg, Mary Clare McHugh, Sally Ann Wilhelm, Ruth Duskin, war refugee Gunther Hollander, and math experts Joel Kupperman and Richard Williams. Panelists rotated, with the three top scorers each week joined by two others the following week; they were no longer eligible to participate once they reached the age of 16. In 1949-50 the"
"Family Fortunes Family Fortunes is a British television game show based on the American game show ""Family Feud"". The programme ran on ITV from 6 January 1980 to 10 January 2003, before being revived by the same channel in 2006 under the title ""All Star Family Fortunes"". The game involves two families providing answers to 'everyday questions' that were surveyed by 100 members of the British public before the show (e.g., 'Name something usually done in the dark') to win cash prizes (and sometimes mystery prizes for giving a correct answer). The top answers to the surveys are displayed on"
"Freddie Grisewood Frederick Henry Grisewood, known as Freddie Grisewood (11 April 1888 – 15 November 1972) was a British broadcaster, who had a long and varied career with the BBC. He was perhaps best known for being the host of ""Any Questions?"" from its inception in 1948 until 1967. Grisewood was educated at Radley College, and later at Magdalen College, University of Oxford. He first worked for the BBC as an announcer in 1929. In 1932, the ""Daily Express"" published his name, along with those of several of his fellow announcers; before that date the BBC had required them to"
"Family Catchphrase Family Catchphrase is a family game show broadcast on The Family Channel (now Challenge). Presented by Andrew O'Connor, it is a spin-off of the popular UK prime-time game show ""Catchphrase"". A one-off edition of ""Family Catchphrase"" was made by TVS in 1992 & broadcast on ITV on 1 January 1994, hosted by regular ""Catchphrase"" presenter Roy Walker, in which teams of family would play ""Catchphrase"". In early 1994, The Family Channel (now Challenge) produced a spin-off series of ""Family Catchphrase"", hosted by Andrew O'Connor. The game was played by teams of two related players (normally parent and child)"
"Question?"", when skeptical network executive Ed Vane rejected his original concept of the game, claiming, ""It doesn't have enough jeopardies."" ""Jeopardy!"" was not the first game show to give contestants the answers and require the questions. That format had previously been used by the Gil Fates-hosted program ""CBS Television Quiz"", which aired from July 1941 until May 1942. The first three versions of the show were hosted by Art Fleming. Don Pardo served as announcer for the original NBC version and weekly syndicated version, but when NBC's revival ""The All-New Jeopardy!"" launched in 1978, Pardo's announcing duties were taken over"
"home"". He was replaced by Kenneth Horne until 1967, followed by David Franklin from 1970 to 1972. A revival ran for one season in the 1990s on BBC Radio 4, hosted by Jeremy Beadle. A version with a rival line-up, produced by commercial station Radio Luxembourg, is not acknowledged by the BBC. Another revival, under the title ""Guess What?"", was hosted by Barry Took for a single series in 1998. A televised version ran from 1960 to 1961, produced by Associated-Rediffusion for ITV and hosted by Peter Jones (who later hosted in 1974). The ""mystery voice"" later became a running"
"teams decide amongst themselves to find one to win the prize for both teams. O'Connor will then ask a question with a three word answer, for example ""Who invented the telephone?"" and the three team members must answer ""A G B"" (Alexander Graham Bell). Five correct answers in sixty seconds nets them the prize. The format has been adapted in France, Spain, Colombia, Argentina, Portugal, Italy, Turkey and Chile. The Alphabet Game The Alphabet Game is a comedy panel game show that aired on BBC1 from 5 August 1996 to 27 March 1997 and is hosted by Andrew O'Connor. The"
"The Zodiac Game The Zodiac Game was a quiz programme devised by Ron Bareham that was produced by Anglia Television and aired on the ITV network from 1984 until 1986 and was hosted by Tom O'Connor. Russell Grant also made frequent appearances on the show. The first resident astrologer was Bernard Fitzwalter. The format of the game was a pair of contestants, one a celebrity and the other not, each answering questions about the other based on what the other's zodiac sign says they should answer. (For example, a gemini would never go into a bar and choose X drink)."