Ask Rhod Gilbert

Ask Rhod Gilbert is a British comedy panel show produced by Green Inc for the BBC. It began on 27 September 2010 and ended on 9 November 2011 on BBC One, it is presented by Rhod Gilbert with Greg Davies and Lloyd Langford as regular panelists.

Ask Rhod Gilbert
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Chris Jones Stephen Stewart
Directed by	Pati Marr
Presented by	Rhod Gilbert
Starring	Regular Panelists: Greg Davies Lloyd Langford
Theme music composer	Cormac O'Kane
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	16 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Stephen Stewart Piers Fletcher Mark Linsey Alan Tyler
Producers	Chris Curley Richard Grocock Stephanie McIntosh Sophie Cousens
Editors	Bill Gill Mykola Pawluk Coilin O'Cearbhaill
Running time	40 minutes (Series 1) 35 minutes (Series 2)
Production company	Green Inc
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	27 September 2010 (2010-09-27) – 9 November 2011 (2011-11-09)

Overview

In each episode questions are asked by well-known personalities (many of these questions are set-ups for jokes) and members of the public, the host and his guests attempt to find the answers through studio demonstrations, experiments, archive clips, internet distractions, live phone calls and visual link-ups from home and around the world.

The second series became more structured than the first, with four rounds making up each show. The first round, "A Famous Face Asks", begins with a video clip from a famous personality or personalities, with questions asked in each one. The second round, "The World Asks", involves a video-recorded question from a person around the globe, while the third round, "The Audience Asks", is a quickfire round with questions from the audience. The fourth round, "Our Special Guest Asks", involves a question from one of the panellists, and also involves a section entitled "Let's Go To The Lab", where either one or two of the show's 'regulars', Greg Davies, Lloyd Langford and Rhod Gilbert direct a studio demonstration, usually involving one (or two) of the remaining 'regulars' partaking in an "experiment" to help answering the question in that round, with the "experiment" usually involving some form of gunging or minor humiliation of those involved.

Production

A pilot of the show was recorded on 22 March 2010 at the BBC Television Centre but has not been broadcast. Recording of the first series began in September 2010 and ended in November 2010. Three episodes of the first series were recorded at BBC Television Centre, another two were recorded at the BBC Blackstaff Studio, Belfast and the rest of the episodes were recorded at BBC Pacific Quay.

In 2013 Rhod Gilbert revealed that the show had been axed.

In 2021, Gilbert reflected on his own contribution to the show on the vlog Ed Venturing, stating "I think it suffered from being a big BBC1 production show ... It's obviously exciting when you get a show with your name on it... and you naively think that you're going to shape it all, and you realise that... just the number of people with a vested interest in a show like that...you realise that you're one cog of many, and you're sort of a very small cog."

Transmissions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	27 September 2010	15 November 2010	8
2	21 September 2011	9 November 2011	8

Episode list

Series 1

Show	Air date	Authenticator	Guests
1x01	27 September 2010 (2010-09-27)	Kate Silverton	Jo Brand and Amanda Byram
1x02	4 October 2010 (2010-10-04)	Lorraine Kelly	Dave Gorman and Sarah Millican
1x03	11 October 2010 (2010-10-11)	Carol Vorderman	Micky Flanagan and Suzi Perry
1x04	18 October 2010 (2010-10-18)	James Martin	Connie Fisher and Russell Kane
1x05	25 October 2010 (2010-10-25)	David Tennant	Adam Hills and Rita Simons
1x06	1 November 2010 (2010-11-01)	Louise Minchin	Arlene Phillips and Jack Whitehall
1x07	8 November 2010 (2010-11-08)	Susanna Reid	Andi Osho and Goldie
1x08	15 November 2010 (2010-11-15)	Kaye Adams	Erin Boag and Katy Brand

Series 2

Show	Air date	Authenticator	Guests
2x01	21 September 2011 (2011-09-21)	David Hasselhoff	Phill Jupitus and Kimberly Wyatt
2x02	28 September 2011 (2011-09-28)	Deborah Meaden	Shappi Khorsandi and Craig Revel Horwood
2x03	5 October 2011 (2011-10-05)	John Prescott	Edith Bowman and Russell Kane
2x04	12 October 2011 (2011-10-12)	Fern Britton	Katy Brand and Adam Hills
2x05	19 October 2011 (2011-10-19)	Angela Rippon	Amanda Byram and Sarah Millican
2x06	26 October 2011 (2011-10-26)	Nick Hewer	Jenny Eclair and Christian O'Connell
2x07	2 November 2011 (2011-11-02)	Germaine Greer	Larry Lamb and Andi Osho
2x08	9 November 2011 (2011-11-09)	Janet Street-Porter	Andrew Lawrence and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen

External links

• Ask Rhod Gilbert at BBC Online (Episode list)
• Ask Rhod Gilbert at IMDb (Episode list)
• Ask Rhod Gilbert at British Comedy Guide (Episode list)