Ask the Family both families were introduced as being almost identical save for surname, with all being quantity surveyors by profession (including the children). A spoof edition on the "Kenny Everett Television Show" featured Everett as Robert Robinson and as the (female) heads of the respective Windsor and Thatcher families. Ask the Family Ask the Family is a British game show that was first broadcast on BBC1 from 12 June 1967 to 22 October 1984 hosted by Robert Robinson and then on UK Gold from 6 June to 10 October 1999 hosted by Alan Titchmarsh and from 4 April to 5 May 2005
1950s quiz show scandals Inc." 347 U.S. 284, that quiz shows were not a form of gambling; this paved the way for their introduction to television. The prizes of these new shows were unprecedented. "The $64,000 Question" became the first big-money television quiz show during the 1950s. In 1955, Joyce Brothers first earned fame by becoming the first woman to earn the $64,000 prize. It was revealed later that the show was "controlled"; the producers did not want her to win and deliberately gave her questions perceived to be beyond her ability, which she answered correctly anyway. "The $64,000 Question" was one of the