Don't Ask Me Ask Britain

Don't Ask Me Ask Britain is a British television comedy panel game show that has aired on ITV from 18 April until 23 May 2017 and is hosted by Alexander Armstrong with Frank Skinner and Jonathan Ross as the team captains. The series is 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.

Don't Ask Me Ask Britain
Genre	Comedy panel game
Presented by	Alexander Armstrong
Starring	Frank Skinner Jonathan Ross
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	60 minutes (including adverts)
Production company	Chalkboard TV
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	18 April (2017-04-18) – 23 May 2017 (2017-05-23)

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.

Episode	First broadcast	Frank's guest	Jonathan's guest	Scores
1x01	18 April 2017	Jamelia	Deborah Meaden	203–190
1x02	25 April 2017	Nina Wadia	Sheila Hancock	217–179
1x03	2 May 2017	Caroline Quentin	Meera Syal	130–220
1x04	9 May 2017	Gabby Logan	Lolly Adefope	217–247
1x05	16 May 2017	Holly Walsh	Andi Oliver	217–313
1x06	23 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

ITV later axed the show and it will not be returning for another series at the moment.

External links

• Don't Ask Me Ask Britain at UKGameshows.com
• Don't Ask Me Ask Britain at British Comedy Guide