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Ask the Family

November 20, 2023

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.

Ask the Family
Also known asDick & Dom's Ask the Family (2005)
GenreGame show
Created byPatricia Owtram
Presented by
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series18
No. of episodes275
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network
Release12 June 1967 (1967-06-12) –
5 May 2005 (2005-05-05)

Format edit

The show took the form of a quiz contest between two teams, with each team consisting of four members of a single family – 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 later rounds, culminating in a grand final between the two families that had been unbeaten in the series.

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".

Transmissions edit

Series Start date End date Episodes Presenter
1 12 July 1967[1] 23 August 1967[2] 7 Robert Robinson
2 9 September 1968[3] 23 December 1968[4] 15
3 8 September 1969[5] 29 December 1969[6] 17
4 14 September 1970[7] 28 December 1970[8] 16
5 13 September 1971[9] 27 December 1971[10] 16
6 24 January 1973[11] 9 May 1973[12] 16
7 10 September 1974[13] 7 January 1975[14] 15
8 5 January 1976[15] 19 April 1976[16] 15
9 3 January 1977[17] 8 April 1977[18] 15
10 9 January 1978[19] 24 April 1978[20] 15
11 23 April 1979[21] 20 August 1979[22] 15
12 21 April 1980[23] 18 August 1980[24] 15
13 6 April 1981[25] 10 August 1981[26] 15
14 2 November 1982[27] 14 December 1982[28] 7
15 21 September 1983[29] 16 November 1983[30] 8
16 3 September 1984[31] 22 October 1984[32] 8
17 6 June 1999 10 October 1999 31 Alan Titchmarsh
18 4 April 2005[33] 5 May 2005[34] 23 Dick and Dom

In popular culture edit

The show was parodied in contemporary comedy TV shows during the 1970s and 1980s, notably in Not the Nine O'Clock News in which both families were introduced as being almost identical save for surname, with all being quantity surveyors by profession (including the children). A spoof edition on The Kenny Everett Television Show featured Everett as Robert Robinson and as the (female) heads of the respective Windsor and Thatcher families. An episode of the radio sketch show I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again opened with a parody where "Robin Robertson", played by John Cleese, poured scorn on the families and abandoned them in disgust. One episode of The Burkiss Way likewise parodied it as Ask the Cleverdicks.

At one point tabloid newspapers made much of an occasion where the father of one family correctly answered the question "What is the sum of all the numbers from 1 to 100?" in a few seconds. However, there is a quick formula for the answer, as demonstrated by Carl Friedrich Gauss, and the answer may have been known to the person in question.

In addition, Fran Ward's legendary two words on screen, 'Cheese Grater', uttered in the final series in 1984, were revisited in the sitcom 'The Wolvis Family' in 1991.

References edit

  1. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 12 July 1967". BBC Genome Project. 12 July 1967. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 23 August 1967". BBC Genome Project. 23 August 1967. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 9 September 1968". BBC Genome Project. 9 September 1968. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 23 December 1968". BBC Genome Project. 23 December 1968. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 8 September 1969". BBC Genome Project. 8 September 1969. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 29 December 1969". BBC Genome Project. 29 December 1969. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 14 September 1970". BBC Genome Project. 14 September 1970. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 28 December 1970". BBC Genome Project. 28 December 1970. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 13 September 1971". BBC Genome Project. 13 September 1971. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  10. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 27 December 1971". BBC Genome Project. 27 December 1971. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  11. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 24 January 1973". BBC Genome Project. 24 January 1973. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  12. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 9 May 1973". BBC Genome Project. 9 May 1973. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  13. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 10 September 1974". BBC Genome Project. 10 September 1974. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  14. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 7 January 1975". BBC Genome Project. 7 January 1975. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  15. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 5 January 1976". BBC Genome Project. 5 January 1976. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  16. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 19 April 1976". BBC Genome Project. 19 April 1976. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  17. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 3 January 1977". BBC Genome Project. 3 January 1977. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  18. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 8 April 1977". BBC Genome Project. 8 April 1977. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  19. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 9 January 1978". BBC Genome Project. 9 January 1978. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  20. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 24 April 1978". BBC Genome Project. 24 April 1978. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  21. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 23 April 1979". BBC Genome Project. 23 April 1979. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  22. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 20 August 1979". BBC Genome Project. 20 August 1979. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  23. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 21 April 1980". BBC Genome Project. 21 April 1980. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  24. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 18 August 1980". BBC Genome Project. 18 August 1980. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  25. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 6 April 1981". BBC Genome Project. 6 April 1981. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  26. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 10 August 1981". BBC Genome Project. 10 August 1981. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  27. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 2 November 1982". BBC Genome Project. 2 November 1982. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  28. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 14 August 1982". BBC Genome Project. 14 December 1982. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  29. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 21 September 1983". BBC Genome Project. 21 September 1983. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  30. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 16 November 1983". BBC Genome Project. 16 November 1983. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  31. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 3 September 1984". BBC Genome Project. 3 September 1984. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  32. ^ "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 22 October 1984". BBC Genome Project. 22 October 1984. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  33. ^ "Dick & Dom's Ask the Family - BBC Two England - 4 April 2005". BBC Genome Project. 4 April 2005. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  34. ^ "Dick & Dom's Ask the Family - BBC Two England - 5 May 2005". BBC Genome Project. 5 May 2005. Retrieved 31 July 2016.

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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 amp Dom on BBC Two Ask the FamilyAlso known asDick amp Dom s Ask the Family 2005 GenreGame showCreated byPatricia OwtramPresented byRobert Robinson 1967 1984 Alan Titchmarsh 1999 Dick and Dom 2005 Country of originUnited KingdomOriginal languageEnglishNo of series18No of episodes275ProductionRunning time30 minutesOriginal releaseNetworkBBC1 1967 1984 UK Gold 1999 BBC Two 2005 Release12 June 1967 1967 06 12 5 May 2005 2005 05 05 Contents 1 Format 2 Transmissions 3 In popular culture 4 References 5 External linksFormat editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed June 2022 template removal help The show took the form of a quiz contest between two teams with each team consisting of four members of a single family 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 later rounds culminating in a grand final between the two families that had been unbeaten in the series 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 Transmissions editSeries Start date End date Episodes Presenter1 12 July 1967 1 23 August 1967 2 7 Robert Robinson2 9 September 1968 3 23 December 1968 4 153 8 September 1969 5 29 December 1969 6 174 14 September 1970 7 28 December 1970 8 165 13 September 1971 9 27 December 1971 10 166 24 January 1973 11 9 May 1973 12 167 10 September 1974 13 7 January 1975 14 158 5 January 1976 15 19 April 1976 16 159 3 January 1977 17 8 April 1977 18 1510 9 January 1978 19 24 April 1978 20 1511 23 April 1979 21 20 August 1979 22 1512 21 April 1980 23 18 August 1980 24 1513 6 April 1981 25 10 August 1981 26 1514 2 November 1982 27 14 December 1982 28 715 21 September 1983 29 16 November 1983 30 816 3 September 1984 31 22 October 1984 32 817 6 June 1999 10 October 1999 31 Alan Titchmarsh18 4 April 2005 33 5 May 2005 34 23 Dick and DomIn popular culture editThe show was parodied in contemporary comedy TV shows during the 1970s and 1980s notably in Not the Nine O Clock News in which both families were introduced as being almost identical save for surname with all being quantity surveyors by profession including the children A spoof edition on The Kenny Everett Television Show featured Everett as Robert Robinson and as the female heads of the respective Windsor and Thatcher families An episode of the radio sketch show I m Sorry I ll Read That Again opened with a parody where Robin Robertson played by John Cleese poured scorn on the families and abandoned them in disgust One episode of The Burkiss Way likewise parodied it as Ask the Cleverdicks At one point tabloid newspapers made much of an occasion where the father of one family correctly answered the question What is the sum of all the numbers from 1 to 100 in a few seconds However there is a quick formula for the answer as demonstrated by Carl Friedrich Gauss and the answer may have been known to the person in question In addition Fran Ward s legendary two words on screen Cheese Grater uttered in the final series in 1984 were revisited in the sitcom The Wolvis Family in 1991 References edit Ask the Family BBC One London 12 July 1967 BBC Genome Project 12 July 1967 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 23 August 1967 BBC Genome Project 23 August 1967 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 9 September 1968 BBC Genome Project 9 September 1968 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 23 December 1968 BBC Genome Project 23 December 1968 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 8 September 1969 BBC Genome Project 8 September 1969 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 29 December 1969 BBC Genome Project 29 December 1969 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 14 September 1970 BBC Genome Project 14 September 1970 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 28 December 1970 BBC Genome Project 28 December 1970 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 13 September 1971 BBC Genome Project 13 September 1971 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 27 December 1971 BBC Genome Project 27 December 1971 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 24 January 1973 BBC Genome Project 24 January 1973 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 9 May 1973 BBC Genome Project 9 May 1973 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 10 September 1974 BBC Genome Project 10 September 1974 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 7 January 1975 BBC Genome Project 7 January 1975 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 5 January 1976 BBC Genome Project 5 January 1976 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 19 April 1976 BBC Genome Project 19 April 1976 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 3 January 1977 BBC Genome Project 3 January 1977 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 8 April 1977 BBC Genome Project 8 April 1977 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 9 January 1978 BBC Genome Project 9 January 1978 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 24 April 1978 BBC Genome Project 24 April 1978 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 23 April 1979 BBC Genome Project 23 April 1979 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 20 August 1979 BBC Genome Project 20 August 1979 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 21 April 1980 BBC Genome Project 21 April 1980 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 18 August 1980 BBC Genome Project 18 August 1980 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 6 April 1981 BBC Genome Project 6 April 1981 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 10 August 1981 BBC Genome Project 10 August 1981 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 2 November 1982 BBC Genome Project 2 November 1982 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 14 August 1982 BBC Genome Project 14 December 1982 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 21 September 1983 BBC Genome Project 21 September 1983 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 16 November 1983 BBC Genome Project 16 November 1983 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 3 September 1984 BBC Genome Project 3 September 1984 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Ask the Family BBC One London 22 October 1984 BBC Genome Project 22 October 1984 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Dick amp Dom s Ask the Family BBC Two England 4 April 2005 BBC Genome Project 4 April 2005 Retrieved 31 July 2016 Dick amp Dom s Ask the Family BBC Two England 5 May 2005 BBC Genome Project 5 May 2005 Retrieved 31 July 2016 External links editAsk the Family at BBC Online Ask the Family at IMDb Ask the Family at UKGameshows com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ask the Family amp oldid 1184340514, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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