Friends Like These

Friends Like These was a British game show that debuted as a BBC One pilot on 6 November 1999. It was then picked up as a full series from 12 February 2000 until 1 March 2003, being presented by Ant & Dec from 1999 to 2001 (later by Ian Wright until 2003).

Format
The concept involved two teams, one male and one female, both made up of five individuals. Each team would then have to compete in 4 challenges, selecting one member of their team for each challenge. A challenge win would net the winner's team a point, which would go forward to "The Decider" (final) round. When only one contestant was left on each team, they would then move forward to play the final challenge, with an opportunity to win them many points. The highest scoring team would then go through to the question round.

The winning team would then move on to the "face to face" round, where team members were asked questions about their teammates to see if they knew each other well enough to guess their teammate's answer. A matching answer resulted in their chair remaining white, while a differing answer turned their chair red. After all of these questions had been asked, the team could leave, with only those in white winning the prize. They also had the option to take the "gamble," in which all team members would be asked a question about all 5. If they all answered correctly, they would all receive the prize, but if any of them got it wrong, the entire team would leave empty handed.