Don't Ask Me (TV programme)
Don't Ask Me is 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. Those behind the scenes included Adam Hart-Davis, who later became a well-known science presenter in his own right. The theme music was "House of the King" by the contemporary Dutch progressive rock band Focus.[1]
The series was rebroadcast for a time on TVOntario.
A follow-up called Don't Just Sit There ran for 19 episodes from 1979 to 1980.[citation needed] It was also produced by Yorkshire TV and featured the same panel.
References
[edit]- ^ Dennis, Jon (1 September 2011). "Readers recommend: TV themes – results". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
External links
[edit]- Don't Ask Me at IMDb
- Carl Gardner, Robert M. Young. "Science on TV: a Critique". The Human Nature Review.