Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask
Panel show hosted by Alexander Armstrong in which the guests don't just answer questions - they have to think them up too
- Genres
- Panel Show, Chat Show
- Broadcast
- 2011 - 2013
- Channel
- Dave
- Episodes
- 15 (1 pilot + 2 series)
- Starring
- Alexander Armstrong and Dave Lamb
- Writers
- Dan Gaster, Will Ing, Paul Powell, Lee Stuart Evans, Ged Parsons, Steve Punt, Colin Swash, Ali Crockatt and others
- Directors
- Geraldine Dowd and Paul Wheeler
- Producers
- Patricia McGowan, Dan Gaster, Will Ing, Paul Powell and Rina Dayalji
Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask is a panel show designed to challenge Britain's wittiest people to work harder. Host Alexander Armstrong not only wants his guests to answer questions on the topics of his choosing, he needs them to make up the questions too. The aim being to devise a question that only they know the answer to, and the other panellists won't.
The show covers topics as varied as Shakespeare, magic, weddings and the Bible.
During Series 1, Come Dine With Me voiceover man and comedian Dave Lamb sat in his very own 'fact bunker' dishing out fun factoids and extra helpings of trivia.
Guests on Series 2 will include Jack Whitehall, Marcus Brigstocke, Ed Byrne, Rebecca Front, Andrew Maxwell, Phil Jupitus, Jo Brand, Russell Kane, Susan Calman, Tim Vine, Jason Manford and Sandi Toksvig.
- Production companies
- Soundtrack
- Title music by Trellis.
- Laugh track
- Live audience
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 30th May 2011 on Dave at 10pm
- Last new broadcast
- Tuesday 9th April 2013 on Dave at 10pm
- Last repeat
- Tuesday 24th November 2015 at 3:30am
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