We Need Answers - BBC4 Panel Show - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

In We Need Answers, two celebrity guests take part in a knock-about quiz to find out which one of them is the smartest, the funniest, and the best at surreal physical challenges.

Led by Mark Watson, Tim Key and Alex Horne, and adapted from their award-winning Edinburgh show, all of the questions asked come from the AQA text-messaging service.

The rules are simple - contestants must match their answer to the one given by the text answering service. Questions can range from how many gerbils would have to be stacked on top of each other to reach the Moon to what night of the week is "curry night" at the Red Lion in Stockport.

Mark Watson is the main host, Tim Key poses the questions from an under-sized chair, and Alex Horne serves up the graphics and sounds.

A 13 part second series is now on TV. BBC Four boss Richard Klein says: "I am delighted that We Need Answers is back. The show is a smart way of playing with the whole entertainment quiz genre, and Mark, Alex and Tim are an anarchic but genuinely funny team on the show (even if they still don't quite understand the questions)."

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Website links

UKGameshows
A more in-depth article about the show.
Videos: No More Women
The guys behind We Need Answers invented their own celebrity-based name game called "No More Women". You can see them play it here.
Blog: No More Women
The BBC comedy blog has more details on the game including the rules so you too can play "No More Women".
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Broadcast details

First broadcast

Thursday 12th February 2009 at 10pm on BBC Four

Most recent repeats

Wednesday 24th November 2010 at 8:00pm on BBC4 - Series 2, Episode 13
Wednesday 17th November 2010 at 8:00pm on BBC4 - Series 2, Episode 12
Wednesday 10th November 2010 at 8:00pm on BBC4 - Series 2, Episode 11

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