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== Host ==

[[Bernard Braden]] (original host) <!-- in 1953, there may have been a substitute host or earlier host who had a very plummy RP accent, compared to Braden's Canadian twang-->

Raymond Glendenning (radio, 1954)

[[Peter Martyn]]

[[Hugh Dennis]] (2005)

== Broadcast ==

Goodson-Todman production for the Home Service (radio), ''dates unknown''

Goodson-Todman production for BBC-tv, 29th December 1953 to 22nd June 1954

BBC Four, 2005

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== Synopsis ==

A game in which the panel met someone who had a familiar name, such as Mr William Shakespeare, or Miss Penny Farthing. Their task was to guess that famous name by asking up to six questions each. At the start, the panellists took control of the questioning in turn but could pass control to someone else in line when they liked. The mystery names could be a person, place or thing.

Like [[What's My Line?]], the programme was brought back for a one-off by BBC Four in 2005 as part of a season on British culture of the 1940s/50s. Hugh "The Grin" Dennis hosted, with a faux posh panel of [[Brian Sewell|Brian "Yeeees...." Sewell]], Amanda "Think of the children" Platell, [[Amy Lam%C3%A9|Amy "Cake" Lamé]] and [[Dave Gorman|Dave "Dave" Gorman]].

== Key moments ==

One time, the name of the person was [[Frank Muir]], sharing his name with a member of the panel. This led to the following exchange:

"Are you on the panel?"<br>
"Yes"<br>
"Are you me?"<br>

This trick was repeated in the 2005 one-off, with Brian Sewell.

== Inventor ==

This was a US format, one of the lesser entries on [[Mark Goodson]]'s resume.

== Web links ==

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Name%27s_the_Same Wikipedia entry]

[[Category:Panel Game|Name's the Same, The]]
[[Category:Radio|Name's the Same, The]]