Britain's Brightest Family

Revision as of 08:48, 7 July 2019

Host

Anne Hegerty

Broadcast

Gameface for ITV, 10 January 2018 to present

Synopsis

Anne Hegerty from The Chase hosts a family quiz with differences.

The family - a young captain, and two older relatives - answer questions on the buzzers. Unlike most other shows, this quiz isn't straightforward trivia, but uses pictures and graphics throughout.

The show opens and closes with a team round. One player buzzes in, and nominates another member of their team to answer the question. To show this, the nominated player's chair goes a little way up.

Going up.

In between, each player has a solo round. The subjects - words, mathematics, and logic puzzles - allow for more variety in the questions.

Scoring is also unusual: ten points for each correct answer, but if someone gives an incorrect answer, the points go to the other side automatically.

Anne Hegerty is at her best when talking to the families, firm and supportive. The show is light and brisk, helped by questions that are a cut above the trivial norm.

Shine brighter?

Buoyed by a decent reception, and Hegerty's success on I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!, a second series was shown in 2019. There were some changes in the format. Quick-fire questions on the buzzers still came first and last. There's now just one head-to-head round, and it's questions about a single topic of the producers' choice.

A multiple choice round involved all six players tapping answers to the same questions. There was a memory round, to remember a sequence of shapes in true The Krypton Factor style. The final quick-fire round was timed, rather than for five questions, and still played for double points.

Champions

2018	Curtis Family (Alex, Chris, Brendan)
2019	Lee Family (Richard, Nathan, Rae)

Theme music

Medina Sound, credited for Music.

Web links

Wikipedia entry

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 == Synopsis ==
-The ITV press office tell us:
+Anne Hegerty from [[The Chase]] hosts a family quiz with differences.
+The family - a young captain, and two older relatives - answer questions on the buzzers. Unlike most other shows, this quiz isn't straightforward trivia, but uses pictures and graphics throughout.
+The show opens and closes with a team round. One player buzzes in, and nominates another member of their team to answer the question. To show this, the nominated player's chair goes a little way up.
+<div class=image>
+[[File:Britains brightest family buzz in.jpg|400px|Britain's Brightest Family]]
+''Going up.''
+</div>
+In between, each player has a solo round. The subjects - words, mathematics, and logic puzzles - allow for more variety in the questions.
+Scoring is also unusual: ten points for each correct answer, but if someone gives an incorrect answer, the points go to the other side automatically.
+Anne Hegerty is at her best when talking to the families, firm and supportive. The show is light and brisk, helped by questions that are a cut above the trivial norm.
+=== Shine brighter? ===
+Buoyed by a decent reception, and Hegerty's success on [[I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!]], a second series was shown in 2019. There were some changes in the format. Quick-fire questions on the buzzers still came first and last. There's now just one head-to-head round, and it's questions about a single topic of the producers' choice.
+A multiple choice round involved all six players tapping answers to the same questions. There was a memory round, to remember a sequence of shapes in true [[The Krypton Factor]] style. The final quick-fire round was timed, rather than for five questions, and still played for double points.
+== Champions ==
+{|
+|2018
+|Curtis Family (Alex, Chris, Brendan)
+|-
+|2019
+|Lee Family (Richard, Nathan, Rae)
+|}
+== Theme music ==
-: [[The Chase]]'s Governess, aka Anne Hegerty, is in the hot seat as she hosts a brand new 30-minute quiz show where sixteen brilliantly bright families from across the country take part in a knockout tournament to win the coveted title of Britain's Brightest Family and a holiday to the NASA space centre in Florida.
+Medina Sound, credited for Music.
-: But all is not what it seems - there’s a twist. In this game it's not just what you know that's important but also what you think your family knows. Players must nominate a family member to answer the questions. How well do our families know each other? In this bright new series we'll find out.
+== Web links ==
-: Anne explains what the show is all about: "It's a knockout competition to find Britain's brightest family. Sixteen families going up against each other to face challenges including word and number puzzles, problem-solving and general knowledge skills.  Each team has been selected by its teenage captain, so it's a chance for the whole family to show what they know, and how well they know each other."
+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain%27s_Brightest_Family Wikipedia entry]
-We understand there will also be hydraulic armchairs, going up and down.
+== See also ==
-{{notaired}}
+[[Weaver's Week 2018-02-04|Weaver's Week review]]
 [[Category:General Knowledge Quiz]]
+[[Category:Puzzle]]
 [[Category:Gameface Productions]]
 [[Category:Current]]
-[[Category:Awaiting Review]]