Friends Like These

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Friends Like These
Format	Game Show
Created by	David Young
Starring	Ant & Dec (1999 - 2000) Ian Wright (2001 - 2003)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	50
Production
Running time	45 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One
Picture format	4:3 (1999 - 2000) 16:9 (2001 - 2003)
Original run	6 November 1999 – 1 March 2003

Friends Like These was a television program broadcast on the BBC, and was presented by Ant & Dec and later by Ian Wright. The show was aired on BBC One from 6 November 1999 until 1 March 2003.

[edit] 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 winner, 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 turns 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, which 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.