BBC Ask the Family 1978

Episode of the classic quiz show. Pollick v Buswell, with Robert Robinson in the chair. Broadcast 9 January 1978

[@kisbie]

Sod Dr. Who or Tales of the Unexpected, that has to be the most haunting opening titles of any show ever.

[@daggersdukc]

+Duc de Richleau I'm glad it's not just me who thinks this. There is definitely a "before and after" major to minor element to the theme. The minor key.... could this be reflective of the "before and after" of sending the kids to be entertained by Savile while the parents had a few at the BBC guests' bar?

[@holydiver73]

Picture box on ITV was pretty horrific.

[@Nickpaintbrush]

@@holydiver73 Yes picture box, I found the opening theme to `the family`, early 70s pretty scary too

[@j0hnf_uk]

Sun Ride by John Leach on Chappell LPC1034.

[@elyssadowns5469]

Hello and thank you to everyone who has taken the time to comment - this is Daniel's sister (aka Miss Pollick as-was). I indeed suspect that Mr. Robinson could not be bothered to remember our first names so it was easier to just refer to us as "young" (those were the days ...) It was a wonderful experience overall and we met lots of BBC "stars" in the canteen (Jimmy Hill, Richard Briers, Michael Gambon) who were very kind to us awestruck kids. Must agree that it's unimaginable to do something like this in 2014, but that's what progress is all about, right? Many thanks again to everyone who watched and commented. Now we just need to find the tapes of the other 3 ATF programmes we made!

[@primitiveknot3480]

I fell a bit in love with you watching this!

[@seaninterpop]

Primitive Knot So I wasn't the only one then.... 😍

[@dawnallwood9890]

your mother was incedibly intelligent hats off to her

[@kamandi1362]

Carl Yelland Ironically and rather scarily it’s degenerated even more in the two months since you posted that.

[@markperryman1797]

@@kamandi1362 "The End is alas nigh".......

[@Gannett2011]

Thank you for sharing. My dad used to enjoy watching Ask the family, though our family was nowhere near posh enough to go on it! Even as a kid watching this, I always liked the quiet, thoughtful atmosphere, very much like the 'parlour games' that a lot of TV games and quizzes sprung from. And for those watching this who are under 25, yes, people really did dress like that in the 70s!

[@joannegray5138]

Thanks for putting this video up. I can remember sitting with my family throughout the 70s and early 80s and thoroughly enjoying this show, finding the questions challenging but not taxing (we also used to watch University Challenge) and when you compare the likes of the quiz shows we watched back then to the dumbed down dross we get now (Only Connect being the exception to the rule, as well as the old favourites Mastermind and the aforementioned University Challenge) you realise just how lowbrow family viewing has become.

[@warpedspeed8930]

Oh my god. I was 10 at the time, and watched this. And yet, it looks positively prehistoric now!!!

[@danielpollick339]

Yep. Funny how at the time you do anything you just see it as neutral/modern. Only in hindsight do you realise you are (a tiny) part of history.

[@angelacooper2661]

You are therefore the same age as my brother Anthony. I would have been not yet eight, as my birthday is in the summer. Takes me back to junior school!

[@brucedanton3669]

@@angelacooper2661 I was ten at this time too, but I do not remember this one though alas.

[@TheCanndyman]

Thanks so much for sharing tho Daniel - it brought back great memories. I definitely watched this episode at the time, as I remember the families' surnames. Aroundabout this time, I remember out headteacher at our school assembly asking for families who would like to audition for the show... & knowing that I'd never be able to, as I came from a one-parent family! Well done though to your family for doing so well, & for you to have the courage to post this! ;-)

[@scattygirl1]

+Steve Cann That's my only criticism of the show- far too prescriptive of what a "family" is. Nowadays it would be far boader- and rightly so.

[@monkeybaby360]

Fantastic piece of TV nostalgia, thanks for sharing. This programme was always on just before Blake's 7 on a Monday night :-)

[@ToupeesAndWigs]

Intro music brought back so many memories. Ha, the families were always posh with 'brainy' looking kids. Thanks for uploading.

[@BaddaBigBoom]

I liked hearing a dulcimer in this (for the first time) but prefereed the old theme music ("Acka Raga").

[@billygillan2217]

Loved this show as kid, then after it Blake 7 great days,thank you for downloadng.

[@willemslie]

I came here for the theme music (and haven't found the full version yet) but I got engrossed by the quiz. You did exceptionally well, young Daniel! Brought back so many memories of my 70s childhood viewing. I'd have got the lightbulb question, though!

[@rhessex]

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[@virtualgaz]

Thanks for posting this Daniel. I miss real tv with real people. Gold.

[@simonjones7727]

The credit sequence was always striking with the combination of tabla and groovy "Sergeant Pepper" style Edwardiana. Like a lot of 1970s things it seems to walk a narrow line somewhere between cool and a bit creepy.

[@immaterialimmaterial5195]

Ooh yes - definitely a spooky, gothic/horror feel to the opening theme tune. Could also be a John Le Carre type spy thriller theme. Must have been some weird stuff they were smoking that day!!!

[@BaddaBigBoom]

Lovely bit of dulcimer playing.

[@rebeccahayes1007]

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[@BaddaBigBoom]

@@rebeccahayes1007 Damn! Missed it! Was it Toni Arpad?

[@anthonyperkins7556]

I remember this on weeknights in the 70's on BBC-1

[@jmcallion2071]

This brings back memories and it's not just the count Arthur strong sketch

[@simonlee1961]

My music teacher and his son, who was in my year were on this, the Edwards family, must have been about 1973 or 74.

[@flashtheoriginal]

Hmmm. I quite dig the theme music. Great post, thanks a lot. Looking back, ATF contributed to a cultural standpoint for England - traditional education, family values, conventional roles in the workplace. It is now long since rescinded. I once met Robert Robinson. Arrogant snob. But I liked his tv style - all very personalised and unscripted, even if he was aloof and objectionable. If you think his hair style looks shite, you are correct... But those around him were warned never to raise the issue of his baldness as he would have been likely to breathe on you with malice from a raised height. Television today needs Robert Robinson - imagine how hosting Question Time would improve. And opine if you will about the value he would bring to Eggheads. All in all, his witty, pithy and charismatic quiz stewardship was second to none. Call My Bluff was a tour de force. He is missed And....Mrs Pollick. Sexy

[@harpothehealer]

After watching this I can understand why Count Arthur Strong still feels aggrieved at not getting the job over Robert Robinson .Ha. Actually when you watch Count Arthurs take on this and then watch this it kind of puts it all in perspective.

[@GirGir183]

I'm here via that Count Arthur Strong interview.

[@kanealson5200]

I couldn't answer 1 of these questions, have an IQ of 145 and regularly answer 75% of the questions on Jeopardy ( at home of course ). Maybe today's 145 was yesterdays 100. Also I'm not British and that could be affecting it quite a bit. I was amazed at the quick responses to some of the math questions.

[@bluecanary1note]

Aren't the faces on the opening title just creepy?

[@simonparry5958]

Used to watch this regularly

[@michaeligoe3935]

Mrs Pollick is a quiz wizard.

[@frankmurphyburr3598]

greatest combover in tv history lol

[@johnmiller2290]

Daniel, my dad used make me watch this and talked of going on it.. Thank the saints we didn't! I hated the thing

[@World-Superbike]

This program illustrates how quickly the breakdown of intellect and moral fiber ( spell checker changed the spelling - I live in Texas...) has taken hold. This was the " Great " Britain that I used to know.

[@fungiformenow]

I was a neighbour of the Buswell’s for many years. Mr Buswell was a great advocate of the moleskin trouser, and l, having been convinced by him, have been wearing them ever since. I don’t mind if people laugh and besides, I’m pretty sure they shielded me from Covid!

[@ysgol3]

Daniel - Did you have an opportunity to destroy Robert Robinson's combover, and if you did why didn't you take it ?

[@DadgeCity]

Fabulous

[@lastoftheurgents1965]

What a bunch of squares! They don't know 'Green Onions' by Booker T and MG's. Get hip daddy-o!

[@ToupeesAndWigs]

Yeah, even I got that one, and at the time of the TV recording that music was only about 10 years old (off the top of my head).

[@craiggerrard5117]

You wouldn't have got it then either. The only peope who would have got it right would have been listeners to the Alexis Korner show as he used to play it a lot. As has been stated in another reply, it hadn't been a hit in this country at that point and was not at all well know.

[@lastoftheurgents1965]

Craig Gerrard So why did they ask the question on the show then? If Alexis Corner was the only possible source that someone could have known the song then I can't see why they included it..plus I was just having a bit of fun. Try not to take it all too seriously

[@craiggerrard5117]

lastoftheurgents1965 You're right of course, I shouldn't take it seriously and don't really. It would have been unusual for anyone to have got that tune right then though.

[@markperryman1797]

Ahh the comb over sported by Mr Robinson, school days for me....

[@christianbriancon108]

When the stay at home mother was waay more intelligent than her husband,,,,

[@soylentgreennewdealtimeshare]

With Progress, we now use so much more of our brain; the majority of which is available as Snapdragon or MediaTek.

[@betaman7988]

Who's more pompous? The Pollicks, the Buswells or Robert Robinson

[@JimMorrisonsboots]

The families seem quite nice i thought,not pompous . As for Robert he is from a different time,quite schoolmasterly but it suits the show i think.

[@DN21Media]

I take it there was no studio audience?

[@danielpollick339]

Correct. My mum's sister came for a subsequent round but that probably doesn't qualify.

[@muttt.whopull3252]

Oh my , the kids will now be in their 50s and the parents may alas no longer be with us.

[@danielpollick339]

All of us are still here. 88,81,61,59

[@hoopenhanger]

1:28 "Mr. David Buswell is a consulting engineer and his wife, June, is with him". Classic chauvinistic, 1970s British television! No bloody wonder Mrs. Buswell gave him a dirty look when he introduced her! lol!

[@ProfessorBernardFuck]

"my daughter, Keith Moon"

[@inthenameofjustice8811]

Epic comb over. So sad that this shows how dumbed down we have become in the UK. If this was happening today the most common answer would be, "I dunno, mate. I only got an O-level in school bullying."

[@sirloydfcatsby]

A quiz for quantity surveyors of all ages

[@danielpollick339]

Bit harsh. My dad was a market trader, my mum was a teacher and then social worker!

[@sirloydfcatsby]

@@danielpollick339 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nITcnHqJitahgc0

[@danielpollick339]

I’m 54 and parents both still going strong!

[@Alfredromeothatsme]

Glad to know you are all doing well.

[@tonyhaluradiv1445]

You were clever

[@stylus59]

Any more recordings you wouldn't mind sharing with us?

[@parksyist]

Company director bet you had a very nice upbringing :D

[@robferguson8696]

Glad to hear it Daniel, thanks for the upload! Your mum was very good on the show

[@andrewwatson5679]

Hi Daniel. I was the elder child opposite you (Buswell was my step-father's surname, not mine). Thank you for posting this - first chance I have had to watch it since our VHS copy was mislaid 25 years ago. I still remember us being told not to speak to 'Mr Robinson' unless he first spoke to us - a bit like royalty!

[@danielpollick339]

apols if this is a duplicated reply andrew - send me your email address to [e-mail]

[@barriematt]

What do you do for a living now young Pollick or young Busswell if its not too personal? I wonder if Mr Robinson couldn't remember anyones names so he just called them Mrs Busswell and young Busswell. I guess it would have helped if their first names were on the front of the desk. Do you have any other memories of visiting BBC centre to film this? Did you have a tour of Television centre?

[@mrbeancounter90]

Andrew Watson As a Wimbledon boy myself in the same era, what school produced such formidable general knowledge?

[@andrewwatson5679]

Marco Di Franco I attended Rokeby Prep School in Kingston and ended up at Rutlish School in Wimbledon to sit my O and A levels.

[@andrewwatson5679]

BarrieT I don't remember much of the day - only the extreme disappointment of having scored more points than any of the other 7 members of either team yet still being on the losing side!

[@danielpollick339]

For the avoidance of doubt, I've uploaded this as a bit of social/cultural history, for everyone's amusement. I am the Pollick kid and it makes me cringe. Green Onions, BTW, was not so well known in 1977 as you might think. It charted some years later, and that's why you might look back and wonder why no one knew it then.

[@JohnSmith-xc9ms]

I really want to know what you look like now.

[@danielpollick339]

John Smith unchanged

[@yidaho]

Thanks for uploading! Loved this show when I was a kid.

[@scattygirl1]

+Daniel Pollick Was there any parental "Sophie's Choice" agonising because of un-chosen siblings? ;-)

[@andrewscott1253]

+Daniel Pollick I want to see what you look like now.

[@pauldg837]

When famillies had both a mother and a father.

[@andrewscott1253]

When the kids questions are today's adult questions.

[@digitig]

@@andrewscott1253 Have you watched Only Connect?

[@andrewscott1253]

@@digitig I live in the USA now, so no. I know of it as it started around the time I left.

[@securityrobot]

Robert Robinson was a superb presenter and its quite apparent the standard of education then was far better than it is now, some tough questions and some equally good answers.

[@montyf2165]

securityrobot Well said. Mr Robertson, as I am sure would have liked to have been addressed, was the definitive quizmaster.

[@digitig]

It was different priorities in education. Then it was about memorisation of facts, now it's more about how facts relate one to another. And I see that as a reasonable post-internet shift: it's easy to access facts now; the life-skill that's needed is making sense of them.

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

@@digitig I agree with all you 've said Tim, but things that are "easily available" are by that fact, less valued. The process of hunting down information at libraries (and my dad's OWN huge collection of books) before coming up with the knowledge you were seeking was a HUGELY rewarding exercise and I feel the knowledge so gained was more liable to stay in one's mind. Of course it might be early onset dementia in myself (hopefully not) that means that things I find off the internet nowadays tend to drift into oblivion within a week or two.

[@SM-dt1pr]

You don't think you could round up a family whose parents are company directors and consulting engineers (etc) and their privately educated children who could manage these questions?

[@johnmanning5568]

Unfortunately the boy who was asked to name a vegetable as an answer to the music question said orange! That decries your comment about the standard of education being better in those days!

[@atticusfinch8652]

Ah, that gilded era when being openly middle-class, educated, dedicated parents wasn't demonised! Even the music creates a frisson of golden-age thinking in me!

[@cycleSCUBA]

Whilst in my halcyon days I'd watch avidly every week and yearn, ohhh did i YEARN, to be on the show....were it not that my family were working class and thick.

[@mattsawyer343]

yes OF COURSE they're demonised

[@WeaselKing1000]

@@mattsawyer343 If that's an attempt at sarcasm, it's fallen flat. Being middle-class is indeed demonised nowadays, based on a warped understanding of what 'class' entails. (In case you didn't know, it's not purely income, it's outlook first and foremost.) You're either dismissed as being a class that 'doesn't exist' (usually by ostentatiously 'working-class' people who conveniently ignore their own middle-class traits - if any class truly 'doesn't exist' these days, it's the working - but sometimes also by the upper class); or else you're rounded on as 'part of the problem' of society. All poisonous nonsense.

[@hensonlaura]

​@@WeaselKing1000 hear, hear!

[@KebabMusicLtd]

@@WeaselKing1000 But you are as guilty of being a part of the problem that you complain about if you dismiss other forms of class (and you're probably right) but if you remove the working class and the upper class, then you don't have a class-system.

[@davidthomas9190]

I loved the theme music as a boy, it meant Blakes 7 was about to start 😏

[@davidevans3227]

yes.. there was a lot of watching one programme, while waiting for the next.. even waiting for the test card to stop in the morning, for flash gorden or something.. 🙂

[@davidthomas9190]

@@davidevans3227 watching the test card waiting for tv to start. Haven't thought about that in many years ☺️

[@davidevans3227]

@@davidthomas9190 sorry i hope I haven't made you sad.. makes me smile with enjoyable memories, me and my sister watching some awful rubbish, but some great stuff too.. Why Don't You... ? 🙂 😉

[@davidthomas9190]

@@davidevans3227 go outside and do something less boring instead 🤣

[@johamilton5123]

Thanks for posting this Daniel - great to see this programme again! I loved watching Ask the Family when I was a youngster.

[@Nickpaintbrush]

That combover is a work of art, even my Dad couldn't have matched that back then!

[@Alji3dom]

The comb over was actually a toupee masquerading as a comb over.

[@mikewest1542]

Bobby Charlton had a good one but messed it up by getting into tackles , the best in the football league was definitely Chelsea’s John Dempsey!

[@MarkPMus]

I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one bitchy enough to think that! 😅 It became a total fixation!

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

@@mikewest1542 John Dempsey in his Chelsea era possessed a WORLD CLASS "comb over" that could give ANYONE'S a run for its money.

[@BeasleyStreet]

What about Ralph Coates...​@@mikewest1542

[@ianbevis5755]

Well played young Pollick! I tell you what, you don't see comb-overs like that sported by Mr Robinson any more do you?

[@SuperFerdie1965]

A strong wind blowing towards Robinson's head would have produced some interesting results.

[@andynixon2820]

Yes you just don't see a proper comb over like that anymore.

[@SuperFerdie1965]

@@andynixon2820 Would that we could Mr Nixon, would that we could! I love the "I'm not bald" haircuts!

[@digitig]

Araldite doesn't give way that easily.

[@Alji3dom]

Tie balloons to his comb over fringe when he has fallen asleep in his deck chair then let the balloons go revealing Robo slap bonce.

[@truthteller339]

The average family today wouldn't be able to answer a single one of these questions the standard of education has dropped so drastically.People mocking their appearances......so what if they looked ordinary and a bit nerdy ?Rather that than the tattoed painted self obsessed creatures you see everywhere today.I miss the old days when people and life was so much more safe and normal.

[@diggerpete9334]

A time before British TV was dumbed down by the likes of Keith Lemon, Ricky Gervais and Co where even Tiswas was more intellectual that what is spewed on to our telly today.

[@gazzashton2934]

The bucket of water song? - Hmmm - The dying fly? - Hmmm - getting gunged? The nipple revealing wet T-shirt of that girl presenter? ... not a LOT different to today's TV... - You can't knock KIDS entertainment when you're not a kid any more and haven't a clue WHY kids like any of it - If it's the sexual aspect of modern TV shows like Keith Lemon (who I can;t stand either TBH - yes, he's a prick) that bother you, don't forget that half the reason we watched TISWAS was to see that female presenter's nipples whenever her shirt got wet - We wern'et THAT innocent in the 70's!

[@chrissywiss]

so right peter

[@vanillaorchid]

I hated this programme when I was younger. The people on were alien to me in every way. I do like, however, Mr Robinson's good old fashioned manners and the way he refers to the parents by title and surname. Presenters are too familiar and matey now.

[@DDandrums]

I like Mr Buswell's safari jacket.

[@daviddwyer8272]

Great to see this again. Thanks for posting. A lot of people sneer at "Ask The Family" now thanks mainly to "Not The Nine O'clock News" I suppose but there are not enough intelligent quiz shows on television these days. The excellent "Only Connect" is descended from this.

[@KebabMusicLtd]

I always liked the format of this show. Instead of being the obvious type of quiz show such as the Golden Shot or Blankety Blank where some gimmick accompanied the asking of the questions, this one was more puzzle oriented.

[@Cruithne3753]

That is one killer combover!

[@danielpollick339]

So Mr Pollick was a market trader. He and Mrs Pollick were both third gen immigrants. Son Pollick (me) was first in family to go to university. I guess we were and are middle class but it’s not like we inherited that status or were silver spooned.

[@idle44]

Blimey! I watched this but I had never realised how fast it was! No wasted time or clapping. I bet there are more questions than in a modern quiz show,

[@gwhite7011]

Would that it were, would that it were

[@j0hnf_uk]

The theme tune to this programme was Sun Ride by John Leach on Chappell LPC 1034.

[@Aaron-dg4gx]

Unforgettable show. Robinson was an excellent host. "Would that it were, would that it were... but, alas, it us not"

[@andyj639]

Wow this takes me right back! Much maligned but a great quiz series, full of stimulating varied questions. Loved the dry, irreverent wit of Robinson

[@CarlGriffith101]

"What vegetable?" "ORANGE" - doh!

[@paulbright5061]

That's a proper comb over.

[@TheCavale40]

The surnames are fascinating. Buswell being a typical Romanichal surname, meaning a fiddle player. The Pollick name may be an Ashkenazic derivative of Polish. Funny thing is, yesterday I looked at a book abt Manchester Jewry and my eagle eye spotted a family of Pollicks standing outside a shop. I keep getting these little synchronicities and connections, it was just weird when I spotted the surname here. ☺️ I think there's a sizeable Jewish community in both Southport and St Anne's too. If you are related to the Pollick family in the book, that would blow my mind. Or maybe it wouldn't, it's actually not the first time I've had amazing coincidences concerning Jewish surnames. Oh well, you live and learn.....

[@danielpollick339]

Yes that photo is of julius And Esther Pollick who came here in the 1860s and had a joinery shop in Manchester. They are my great great grandparents.

[@annakelman6627]

@HistoryAndUFOs thank you sweetheart. 💜

[@gpat64]

Loved it ! We used to watch this every week. Forgot how sarcastic Robert Robinson was to the contestants !!! Thanks for uploading Daniel !

[@TS-1267]

... CUT ROBBO SOME SLACK WILL YA.?..🤩.. LOOK AT THAT ' COMB-OVER ' ...🧐

[@BokorRider]

When Comb over hair ruled ! :D

[@johnmiller0000]

It seemed a bit harsh of Mrs. Buswell to call your mum a danker with such emphasis.

[@symes1906]

Really enjoyed watching this - what a nostalgia trip! Your mum was a star - I thought the questions were pretty difficult

[@davidsanderson5918]

Thanks for uploading Daniel. Watched tonight for a bit of nostalgia but also for a bit of a change from the usual twenty first century noisier telly!! A relaxing pleasant half hour. Very nice! One last thing....the production values always look older to me than the year in the credits. Look at the cramped, angular set. Looks like 1974 rather than 1978. To think Star Wars had already been out a year!!

[@billmarsh1971]

Bobby Charlton's stunt wig earned its keep..

[@markmewordz6860]

I'm guessing this is BBC lol

[@numinousbookofreview]

Mull of Kintyre was still number 1 when this went out. Different world.

[@dcevans1970]

How wonderful, a real blast of nostalgia. we used to crowd around the Trinitron en mass to watch this every week. Many Thanks..

[@davidsingleton1371]

Well.and truly dumbed down society now

[@Kelly14UK]

Any Given Adult : " Where do pizzas originate from? " Any Given Minor : "Pizza Hut"

[@andyjackson2891]

Another scary "Ask The Family" intro when you were only a young kid in the 70's - not far off "Tales Of The Unexpected" this one. "Acka Raga" and the Happy Families theme (grumpy faces & big scissors!!) even scarier but nearly 50yrs on my favourite tune now.

[@noddyholder79]

HAS NOBODY MENTIONED MARCEL PROUST YET? THERE YOU GO, I JUST HAVE...

[@brumplum]

Without meaning to be unkind, your dad looked like he was competing with RR for the ultimate comb-over ;)

[@TurnFullCircle]

Happy times!....this is so good to see after many years. It fills me with happy times as a 14 yr old...without a care in the world....thank you....Cheers

[@MrBonafida]

Robert has a better comb over than rab c nesbett!

[@anonUK]

MrBonafida That's another Gregor Fisher character.

[@groovygraham]

Fantastic bit of game show history :) hink I had forgotten how the 70s fashions made the parents look far older then they most likely were. Thanks for the upload Daniel Pollick.

[@andydean1094]

I fear I was one of your classmates who ribbed you mercilessly. If memory serves you got to the final ...but came 2nd. Happy memories. Hope life treating you well.

[@danielpollick339]

I think you were more generous than many, Andy! Your memory is correct. We were obliterated by the Coleby family from Doncaster

[@MrCrispian]

Daniel Pollick this amazing...all the people,..all the memories ...good on ye..!!

[@jamesbutler6253]

When British quiz programmes were still made for the British and aimed at the general level of general knowledge and ability of the British before commercial channels started dumbing everything down in the 90s in attempts to also sell to the American market.

[@Ampex196]

ATF was not always 'automatic transmission fluid'. I took no notice at all of those who thought the show was 'too middle class'. It was of it's time and great early evening TV. Robert was a Master Broadcaster in every sense!

[@samholden4171]

Ampex196 yeah like university challenge but with families.

[@alexmasters6015]

I was trying at the age of 8, to figure out what the Russian style espionage music had to do with the programme. I can imagine this sort of style of programme in Russia today.

[@ThePsychedelicRealm]

Loved this so much. Thank you x

[@DarrenBushnall68]

The best thing about this show was Robert Robinsons hair which always entertains :) Also it's amazing that you could make a complete TV show for about a tenner. If it cost more than that then they were robbed :)

[@ntmdisco]

It still makes me laugh to see Robert Robinson hiding his bald head with a Bobby Charlton hair style.

[@mistofoles]

The Buswells didn't really buzz that well, did they?

[@billgriffiths1685]

They all went for a lockdown haircut back then.

[@pachma405]

The show would be cancelled and Robert Robinson would never work on TV again if they used that anagram question about frogs today.

[@MrBlueSky474]

Your'e correct, it just goes to show how pathetic the mindset of people and the media are today!

[@BaddaBigBoom]

..or how prejudiced they were back then.

[@MrBlueSky474]

Rubbish! People get so upset about trivial things today. The French eat frogs legs so they get nick named "frogs" what's the big deal? I've got ginger hair and I used to get "carrot head" but I didn't go home crying about it. Why doesn't this stupid world man up a bit!!

[@1ATV]

Goodness me , this would never stand up in this day and age

[@wleon4068]

This was the way it was back then. Even then would have rather watched paint dry.

[@scattygirl1]

+1ATV It's not so different in pace, atmosphere and difficulty to Only Connect. The graphics are of their time, and nowadays would be slicker, but apart from widening their definition of what a family is, I could see this being on BBC2 now. With a shaved head instead of a comb-over.

[@mistofoles]

"What's the vegetable?" "An orange?" Duh!

[@marksmith334]

A lovely time before very quiz show question was about Harry fkn Potter

[@thriddoctor]

Thanks for this Dan. I used to watch this all the time. Brings back memories of other shows at the same time, classic Dr Who, It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Tomorrow's World, The Holiday Programme. TV was so much better back then. How far did your family get on the show?

[@danielpollick339]

+thriddoctor sorry for massive satellite delay: we got to the final where we were slaughtered by the Coleby family from Doncaster (this was the first round; the final was the fourth round).

[@johnbeagley2050]

My old man was a Dustman who wore a Dustman hat. He wore core blimey trousers and we lived in a council flat in the rough part of Epsom in Surrey. We was not the typical family for this posh peoples quiz lol

[@JamesSheenOnline]

Both tge music and the titles are quite sinister

[@scattygirl1]

+James Sheen A bit Tales of the Unexpected-y.

[@samholden4171]

James Sheen Yeah used to scare me as a child.

[@BaddaBigBoom]

Mrs Buswell looks like a right old complainer.

[@muttt.whopull3252]

I think she was a bit of alright

[@macronencer]

Rather baffled that Mr. Robinson thought Green Onions sounded as though it had been composed and played on a computer! He had NO idea what was to come...

[@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684]

My god I used to love this program as a lad.... compare the standard and range of questions here to the likes of current "Richard Osman's House of Games". And they say that we're not being "dumbed down"?

[@davidbaird7246]

What's the story with Robinson's hair? I still can't see which side it's swept over from. A lot of work went into that Barnet.

[@smorpcbb]

I believe he did it in a circular whirl