Britain's Brightest Family

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Britain's Brightest Family
Genre Game show
Presented by Anne Hegerty
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2 (regular)
2 (celebrity)
No. of episodes15 (regular)
14 (celebrity)
Production
Production location Dock10 studios [1]
Running time30 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companyGameface
Original release
Network ITV
Release10 January 2018 (2018-01-10) 
20 May 2021 (2021-05-20)
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Ask the Family

Britain's Brightest Family is a British quiz show broadcast by ITV that aired from 10 January 2018 to 20 May 2021 and presented by Anne Hegerty.

Contents

Format

The family - a young captain, and two older relatives - answer questions on the buzzers. Unlike most other shows, this quiz isn't straightforward trivia, but uses pictures and graphics throughout.

The show opens and closes with a team round. One player buzzes in, and nominates another member of their team to answer the question. To show this, the nominated player's chair goes a little way up.

Buoyed by a decent reception, a second series was commissioned. There were some changes in the format and set design. Quick-fire questions on the buzzers still came first and last. There is now only one head-to-head round, and it's questions about a single random topic.

A multiple choice round involved all six players tapping answers to the same questions. There was a memory round. The final quick-fire round was timed, rather than for five questions, and still played for double points.

Winners

Regular series

YearFamily
2018The KingPrawns
2019The Lee Family

Celebrity series

YearFamily
2020 The Williamson Family
2021 The Wright Family

Transmissions

Regular series

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
110 January 201825 April 201815
230 January 201915 May 201915

Celebrity series

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
128 May 20209 July 20207
28 April 202120 May 20217

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References

  1. "Britain's Brightest Family". Dock10 . Retrieved 5 September 2021.