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== Host ==
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== Broadcast ==
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BBC-tv, 1958-62?
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BBC-tv, 9 June 1958 to 25 September 1963 (141 episodes)
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== Synopsis ==
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Television version of [[What Do You Know? (1)|What Do You Know?]]. Billed in the ''Radio Times'' as: "A general knowledge contest between The Residents - Olive Stephens, [[Ted Moult|Edward Moult]], Reginald Webster - and The Challengers." So a kind of proto-[[Eggheads]], then.
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TV spin-off from [[What Do You Know? (1)|What Do You Know?]]. A rotating team of winners and distinguished contestants from the radio show's "Brain of Britain" quiz took on a new team of challengers each week, in a kind of proto-[[Eggheads]] concept. From October 1959 onward, the usual team was Olive Stephens, [[Ted Moult]] and Reginald Webster, though there were still occasional substitutions. The challengers were often, though not always, celebrity teams.
== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
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Questions arranged and compiled by John P. Wynn
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Questions arranged and compiled by [[John P. Wynn]].
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For the 1959 Christmas special, the 1956 Brain of Britain Anthony Carr, and 1959 champion Reginald Webster, captained teams made up of their own relatives.
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Ronald Hanmer
Ronald Hanmer
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== Web links ==
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[http://www.ravensbourne.ac.uk/bbc-motion-graphics-archive/ask-me-another-1958 Opening titles from the BBC Motion Graphics Archive]
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== Pictures ==
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<div class="image">[[Image:Askmeanother franklinengelmann.jpg|400px]]''Chairman Franklin Engelmann''</div>
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<div class="image">[[Image:Askmeanother tedmoult.jpg|400px]]''Resident Ted Moult''</div>
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[[Category:General Knowledge Quiz]]
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[[Category:Panel Game]]

Current revision as of 16:45, 16 June 2024

Contents

Host

Franklin Engelmann

Broadcast

BBC-tv, 9 June 1958 to 25 September 1963 (141 episodes)

Synopsis

TV spin-off from What Do You Know?. A rotating team of winners and distinguished contestants from the radio show's "Brain of Britain" quiz took on a new team of challengers each week, in a kind of proto-Eggheads concept. From October 1959 onward, the usual team was Olive Stephens, Ted Moult and Reginald Webster, though there were still occasional substitutions. The challengers were often, though not always, celebrity teams.

Trivia

Questions arranged and compiled by John P. Wynn.

For the 1959 Christmas special, the 1956 Brain of Britain Anthony Carr, and 1959 champion Reginald Webster, captained teams made up of their own relatives.

Theme music

Ronald Hanmer

Web links

Opening titles from the BBC Motion Graphics Archive

Pictures

Chairman Franklin Engelmann
Resident Ted Moult

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