Don't Ask Me Ask Britain

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Don't Ask Me Ask Britain
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Genre Comedy panel game
Presented by Alexander Armstrong
Starring
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes6
Production
Running time60 minutes
(including adverts)
Production companyChalkboard TV
Original release
Network ITV
Release18 April (2017-04-18) 
23 May 2017 (2017-05-23)

Don't Ask Me Ask Britain was a British television comedy panel game show that aired on ITV from 18 April until 23 May 2017 and was hosted by Alexander Armstrong with Frank Skinner and Jonathan Ross as the team captains. The series was produced by Chalkboard TV for ITV. The goal is for the two teams to second-guess what the viewers will vote for in various questions by using an app and voting along live.

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Format

An app is available for iOS and Android devices where the viewers can vote along live to various questions. Skinner and Ross' teams must guess what will get the most votes. They'll get the points based on the percentage of people that went with their answer (for example, if an answer was voted by 30% of people, the team would get 30 points). There is also a round where Skinner and Ross must convince the viewers to agree with what they are arguing. They get the number of points based on what percentage agreed with them. The winner is the team with the most votes at the end of the show.

For the first three episodes, they would also go live to a family or a group of friends at their house to ask their opinion on the question. This however was scrapped from the fourth episode onwards.

Episodes

The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows:

  – Indicates Frank's team won.
  – Indicates Jonathan's team won.
EpisodeFirst broadcastFrank's guestJonathan's guestScores
1x0118 April 2017 Jamelia Deborah Meaden 203–190
1x0225 April 2017 Nina Wadia Sheila Hancock 217–179
1x032 May 2017 Caroline Quentin Meera Syal 130–220
1x049 May 2017 Gabby Logan Lolly Adefope 217–247
1x0516 May 2017 Holly Walsh Andi Oliver 217–313
1x0623 May 2017 Adil Ray Angela Barnes 270–239

International versions

The TV format, was exported in Italy on 2015 with the title Gli italiani hanno sempre ragione (The italians are always right), aired on Rai 1 in July, and hosted by Fabrizio Frizzi.

ITV axes the show

On 24 November 2017, ITV axed the show and it will not be returning for another series at the moment. [1]

References

  1. "ITV axes Don't Ask Me Ask Britain". British Comedy Guide . 24 November 2017.