Ask the Family

Ask the Family
Also known as	'Dick & Dom's Ask the Family (2005)
Genre	Game show
Created by	Patricia Owtram
Presented by	Robert Robinson (1967–84) Alan Titchmarsh (1999) Dick & Dom (2005)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	17
No. of episodes	270
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	BBC1 (1967–84) BBC Two (1999, 2005)
Picture format	4:3 (1967–84, 1999) 16:9 (2005)
Original release	12 June 1967 – 5 May 2005

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 BBC Two from 1 September to 12 November 1999 hosted by Alan Titchmarsh and from 4 April to 5 May 2005 hosted by Dick & Dom.

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 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.

Transmissions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	12 July 1967[1]	23 August 1967[2]	7
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
14	21 September 1983[29]	16 November 1983[30]	8
15	3 September 1984[31]	22 October 1984[32]	8
16	1 September 1999[33]	12 November 1999[34]	32
17	4 April 2005[35]	5 May 2005[36]	23

References

1. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 12 July 1967". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
2. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 23 August 1967". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
3. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 9 September 1968". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
4. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 23 December 1968". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
5. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 8 September 1969". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
6. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 29 December 1969". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
7. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 14 September 1970". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
8. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 28 December 1970". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
9. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 13 September 1971". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
10. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 27 December 1971". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
11. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 24 January 1973". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
12. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 9 May 1973". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
13. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 10 September 1974". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
14. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 7 January 1975". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
15. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 5 January 1976". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
16. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 19 April 1976". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
17. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 3 January 1977". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
18. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 8 April 1977". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
19. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 9 January 1978". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
20. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 24 April 1978". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
21. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 23 April 1979". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
22. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 20 August 1979". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
23. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 21 April 1980". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
24. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 18 August 1980". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
25. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 6 April 1981". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
26. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 10 August 1981". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
27. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 2 November 1982". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
28. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 14 August 1982". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
29. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 21 September 1983". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
30. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 16 November 1983". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
31. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 3 September 1984". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
32. "Ask the Family - BBC One London - 22 October 1984". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
33. "Ask the Family - BBC Two England - 1 September 1999". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
34. "Ask the Family - BBC Two England - 12 November 1999". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
35. "Dick & Dom's Ask the Family - BBC Two England - 4 April 2005". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
36. "Dick & Dom's Ask the Family - BBC Two England - 5 May 2005". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 31 July 2016.

External links

• Ask the Family at UKGameshows.com