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
The Identik-Hit Quiz the show (including Brookes, Phillip Schofield, Mark Goodier and Gary King) then the new round would feature the voice (if applicable to the clue) of that presenter and would continue on numerous occasions even after Mayo had returned. This came in as a handy bit of further exposure for the relief presenter in question, especially if like King or Schofield, their own shows were at considerably non-peak hours (King at the time was on the pre-Mayo early shift; Schofield had one evening show and a Sunday show). The "Identik-Hit Quiz" has ended its run after Mayo left the breakfast show