Sorry, I Didn't Know

Revision as of 00:00, 3 October 2022

Host

Jimmy Akingbola

Co-hosts

Team captains:
Chizzy Akudolu
Jo Williams (2016)
Judi Love (2020-1)
Eddie Kadi (2022-)

Broadcast

Triforce Productions for ITV2, 3 November 2016 (Pilot)

Triforce Productions for ITV, 6 October 2020 to present

Synopsis

A panel game about black history.

The rounds were nothing unusual. We began with "What's Your Game?". Here are some faces from history; points if you know who they are and what they did.

Then came The World Wide Web of Lies. Each panellist reads out a "fact" – a short story, a little anecdote. The other team is to determine whether it's a fact, or something made up down the pub at lunchtime yesterday.

Who's on the hat?

After the break, they play "Who's On the Hat", yes-no questions against the clock to work out who is on your hat. And there's the inevitable buzzer round to ramp up the tension for the last few minutes. Points, winner, closing credits.

Sorry, I Didn't Know may have lacked originality. But it's got bags of attitude, and it's comedy from start to finish. There was a running joke about aviators and space pioneers being the first people to be pulled over at 20,000 feet. It's just a little glimpse into black culture, and television doesn't show much black culture.

The first face on the board was Ira Aldridge, and he prompted a brief discussion about playing Othello in Shakespeare. Is it a role that only black people can play? Conversely, is it the only role that black people can play? The discussion isn't deep, it's not a debate so much as a run of one-liners, but we can tell the panel knew what they were talking about. The wit and humour hid a cogent and informative chat on the topic.

Entertainment, and just a little education, and more than a dash of culture.

Host Jimmy Akingbola.

Catchphrases

History, with a touch of colour.

Inventor

Mr and Mrs Ayres, who also produced the show

Theme music

Al Hutton

Trivia

Part of a short season to promote the MOBO Awards on ITV2, it took nearly four years for a series to be produced; while touted as specially produced for Black History Month, one wonders if the fact that panel shows are cheap to produce and that ITV had to save money as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic was a factor in commissioning.

Web links

Wikipedia entry

British Comedy Guide entry

Feedback

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+<div class="image">[[File:Sorry i didnt know title.jpg|300px]]</div>
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 == Host ==
 Jimmy Akingbola
+==  Co-hosts ==
+Team captains:<br>
+[[Chizzy Akudolu]]<br>
+Jo Williams (2016)<br>
+[[Judi Love]] (2020-1)<br>
+Eddie Kadi (2022-)
 == Broadcast ==
-Triforce Productions for ITV2, 3 November 2016
+Triforce Productions for ITV2, 3 November 2016 (Pilot)
+Triforce Productions for ITV, 6 October 2020 to present
 </div>
 == Synopsis ==
 A panel game about black history.
-ITV's press office tell us:
+The rounds were nothing unusual. We began with "What's Your Game?". Here are some faces from history; points if you know who they are and what they did.
+Then came The World Wide Web of Lies. Each panellist reads out a "fact" &ndash; a short story, a little anecdote. The other team is to determine whether it's a fact, or something made up down the pub at lunchtime yesterday.
+<div class=image>
+[[File:Sorry i didnt know whos on the hat.jpg|400px]]
+''Who's on the hat?''
+</div>
+After the break, they play "Who's On the Hat", yes-no questions against the clock to work out who is on your hat. And there's the inevitable buzzer round to ramp up the tension for the last few minutes. Points, winner, closing credits.
+''Sorry, I Didn't Know'' may have lacked originality. But it's got bags of attitude, and it's comedy from start to finish. There was a running joke about aviators and space pioneers being the first people to be pulled over at 20,000 feet. It's just a little glimpse into black culture, and television doesn't show much black culture.
+The first face on the board was Ira Aldridge, and he prompted a brief discussion about playing Othello in Shakespeare. Is it a role that only black people can play? Conversely, is it the ''only'' role that black people can play? The discussion isn't deep, it's not a debate so much as a run of one-liners, but we can tell the panel knew what they were talking about. The wit and humour hid a cogent and informative chat on the topic.
+Entertainment, and just a little education, and more than a dash of culture.
+<div class=image>
+[[File:Sorry i didnt know jimmy akingbola.jpg|400px|Sorry, I Didn't Know]]
+''Host Jimmy Akingbola.''
+</div>
+== Catchphrases ==
+''History, with a touch of colour.''
+== Inventor ==
+Mr and Mrs Ayres, who also produced the show
+== Theme music ==
+Al Hutton
+== Trivia ==
+Part of a short season to promote the MOBO Awards on ITV2, it took nearly four years for a series to be produced; while touted as specially produced for Black History Month, one wonders if the fact that panel shows are cheap to produce and that ITV had to save money as a result of the [[Impact of COVID-19|COVID-19 pandemic]] was a factor in commissioning.
+== Web links ==
-: Two teams of comedians (Chizzy Akudolu, Jo Martin, Jimmy James Jones, Toby Williams, Paul Chowdhry, Judi Love) will take viewers on a tour of black history across the globe. Insightful, educational. bold, tongue-in-cheek and above all very funny, the teams will battle over four rounds as they unveil some interesting historical facts.
+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorry,_I_Didn%27t_Know Wikipedia entry]
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+[http://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/sorry_i_didnt_know/ British Comedy Guide entry]
-==Trivia==
+== See also ==
-Part of a short season to promote the MOBO Awards on ITV2.
+[[Weaver's Week 2016-11-20|Weaver's Week review]]
 [[Category:Comedy Panel Game]]
+[[Category:Current]]