Don't Ask Me (TV programme)
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Don't Ask Me was a popular British television science show made by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network and ran from 1974 to 1978. It attempted to answer science-based questions and contributors included Magnus Pyke (natural sciences), Rob Buckman (medicine), David Bellamy (biology), Miriam Stoppard (medicine), and Derek Griffiths.[citation needed] Those behind the scenes included Adam Hart-Davis, who later became a well-known science presenter in his own right.[citation needed]
The theme music was "House of the King" by the contemporary Dutch fusion band Focus.[citation needed]
The series was rebroadcast for a time on TVOntario.[citation needed]
A follow up called Don't Just Sit There ran for 19 episodes from 1979 to 1980.[citation needed] It was also produced for Yorkshire TV and featured the same panel.[citation needed]
References
- Don't Ask Me at IMDb
- Carl Gardner, Robert M. Young. "Science on TV: a Critique". The Human Nature Review.
- ITV television programmes
- 1970s British television series
- 1974 British television programme debuts
- 1978 British television programme endings
- English-language television programming
- Science education television series
- Television series by Yorkshire Television
- United Kingdom television show stubs
- Non-fiction television series stubs