Friends Like These

For the book by Danny Wallace, see Danny Wallace (humorist) § Friends Like These.

Friends Like These
Genre	Game show
Created by	David Young
Presented by	Ant & Dec (1999–2001) Ian Wright (2001–3)
Voices of	Mitch Johnson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	6
No. of episodes	52 (inc. pilot and 3 specials)
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Release
Original network	BBC One
Picture format	4:3 (1999) 16:9 (2000–3)
First shown in	6 November 1999 (1999-11-06)
Original release	12 February 2000 (2000-02-12) – 20 September 2003 (2003-09-20)
External links
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Friends Like These was a British game show that was broadcast on BBC One first as a pilot on 6 November 1999 and then as a full series from 12 February 2000 until 20 September 2003. It was presented by Ant & Dec from 1999 to 2001 and later by Ian Wright until 2003.

Format

The game show involved two teams, one male and one female, both made up of five individuals. Each team then had to compete in 4 challenges, picking one person from their team for each challenge. Each challenge would win the team a point, which would go forward to the final round, also known as "The Decider". When each team was left with one contestant a piece, they would then go forward to play the deciding challenge, which could win them many points. The team with the most points at the end would be the winners, would go through to the question round.

The winning team would then taken to the face to face round, where each member of the team was asked a question to see how much they know about them. If the person correctly guesses their friend's answer, their chair stays white. However, if the person incorrectly guesses their friend's answer, their chair goes red. After all of these questions had been asked, the team could leave, with only those in white winning the prize. They also had the option to gamble, in which case everyone in the red and white would be asked a question about all 5, and if they got it right, they would also go white. However, if they got it wrong, none of the team would receive the prize.

Transmissions

Series

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
Pilot	6 November 1999		1
1	12 February 2000	1 April 2000	8
2	28 October 2000	6 January 2001	9
3	9 June 2001	4 August 2001	9
4	27 October 2001	19 January 2002	9
5	27 April 2002	29 June 2002	9
6	11 January 2003	20 September 2003	8

Specials

Date	Entitle
28 December 2000	Celebrity Special: Holby City vs. EastEnders
22 December 2001	Celebrity Special: Steps vs. Damage
21 December 2002	Families Like These

External links

• Friends Like These at IMDb.
• Friends Like These at BFI.
• Friends Like These at UKGameshows.com.