Best of Friends

Best of Friends is a British children's game show that ran from 7 March 2004 to 13 August 2008. It first aired on CBBC for series 1, then on BBC One from series 2-3 and then back on CBBC from series 4-5.

For other uses, see Best of Friends (disambiguation).

Best of Friends
Also known asBest of Friends Africa
GenreChildren's Game show
Created byJonathan Wolfson
Mark Robson
Presented byMichael Absalom
Rani Khanijau
Ortis Deley
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original language(s)English
No. of series5 (Original series)
1 (Africa series)
No. of episodes90 (Original series)
5 (Africa series)
Production
Running time30 minutes
Production company(s)Talent TV
Release
Original networkCBBC (2004, 2008)
BBC One (2005-7)
Picture format16:9
Original release7 March 2004 (2004-03-07) –
13 August 2008 (2008-08-13)

Format

Tasks and Treats

In the show, five friends with a strong friendship must complete a series of three unpleasant tasks in order to win a final treat. The tasks include mucking out pigs, cleaning bins, picking up ice with the bare feet, getting your feet tickled without laughing or smiling and so on, for the test of friendship. While some members of the group are doing the task, their friends do treats such as visiting animals at the RSPCA, getting a manicure, shopping, going to a football game, going to a theme park etc. They must make decisions deciding on who will do the task and who will do the treat or they can use the "Unlucky Dip".

"The Unlucky Dip"

The unlucky dip contains three, two or one blue sweet(s) in a bag. The friends choose a sweet each (without looking) from the bag, and then suck it. The number of children to do the next task, and therefore the number of blue sweets in the bag, will depend on the success of the previous task. The people or person with the blue sweet(s) will have a blue tongue and will be forced to do the task, while the others will do the treat. The first task requires three people and, each time the children pass a task, the number needed to do the next task will reduce. For the final task they have three options: the unlucky dip, volunteer or the whole team can do the task as it is the hardest.

The presenters also have an option of volunteering to do the task. If they do not volunteer, the presenters also do a compulsory Unlucky Dip with each task. The presenter with a blue tongue will be forced to do the task.

Transmissions

Original series
SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
17 March 200431 March 200415
26 January 200521 April 200515
38 January 200721 February 200720
48 January 200810 March 200820
52 April 200813 August 200820

Africa
SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
14 July 20058 July 20055

Specials
DateEntitle
14 July 2006Sport Relief Special

Episodes

There are 5 friends in each episode. These are the friends.

Series 1
  1. Northwich: Joe, Nathan, Matthew, Richard & Miles
  2. London: Joseph, Charlotte, Rachel, Jack & Chanelle
  3. London: Angel, Leona, Seamus, Connor & Nye
  4. Manchester: Paul, Nieve, Catriona, Josh & Daniel
  5. Wrexham: Ryan, Amy, Savin, Natalie & Becky
  6. S
  7. Warrington: Haydn, Ashley, Charlotte, Alice & Josh
  8. Hackney: Reece, Joe, Kieron, Ashok & Andy
  9. Macclesfield: Amy, Tasha, Jenna, Katie & Shannon
  10. Nottingham: Ella, Beth, Sam, Mana & Sophia
  11. S
  12. London: Rachael, Kalil, Daniel, Jessica & Miami
  13. S
  14. Bristol: Ben, Gareth, Matthew, Louis & Oscar
  15. S

Series 2
  1. Harbridge: Ben, Bradley, Tom, Alex & Captain Bradley
  2. S
  3. S
  4. S
  5. S
  6. S
  7. S
  8. S
  9. S
  10. S
  11. S
  12. S
  13. S
  14. S
  15. S

Series 3
  1. Plymouth: Robbie, Laura, Ben, Gabby & Bethan
  2. S
  3. Exeter: Josh, Harvey, Max, Jordi & Raph
  4. Acle: Harry, Danny, Ella, Olivia & Tom
  5. Norwich: Jared, Steph, Meghan, Callum & Georgia
  6. S
  7. S
  8. Mundford: Danika, Leona, Charlotte, Hannah & Halima
  9. Ellie, Jack, Victoria, Antony & Georgia
  10. S
  11. S
  12. Clough: Joe, Emma, Megan, Kerry & Joseph
  13. S
  14. Derby: Jeevan, Saif, Ashley, Ross & Jasneet
  15. S
  16. Kingston: Tom, Daniel, Jack, Tim & Jonny
  17. S
  18. Newcastle: Jamaal, Jamie, Jake, Holly & Jack
  19. Derby: Anna, Suman, Lottie, Ellena & Janah
  20. Durham: Sophie, Charlie, Katie, Ashley & Katherine

Series 4
  1. Ryan, Max, Caleb, Euan & Jack
  2. S
  3. S
  4. S
  5. S
  6. S
  7. S
  8. S
  9. S
  10. Cardiff: Louis, Aneesha, Callum, Kallum & Courtney
  11. Aberdeen: Jacob, Becky, Perry, Charley & Matthew
  12. Glasgow: Dean, Taylor, Mabashar, Liam & Danyaal
  13. Aberdeen: Dean, Steph, Leah, Louis & Alysha
  14. S
  15. S
  16. Swansea: Lozzie, Laura, Lauren, Rebecca & Nicole
  17. Swansea: Lowri, Liam, Rebecca, Patsy & Angharad
  18. S
  19. Glasgow: Danielle, Marc, Erin Eve, David & Caoimhin
  20. Glasgow: Alistair, Megan, Dale, Lucy & Chris

Series 5
  1. Portsmouth: Tyler, Callum, Rhia, Harry & Sam
  2. S
  3. S
  4. S
  5. Portsmouth: Dylan, Bradley, Samuel, Jordan & Sam
  6. Southampton: Dani, Annalise, Rachael, Jay & Penny
  7. Southampton: Sophie, Jordan, Chido, Katie & Morgan
  8. S
  9. Southampton: Kane, Billy, Kieran, Matthew & Reece
  10. Leicester: Joe, Elliot, James, Jordan & Jack
  11. Glasgow: Emma, Lynn, Sean, Jacqueline & Roisin
  12. Brighton: Rosie, Georgia, Deanna, Marianne & Becky
  13. S
  14. S
  15. S
  16. S
  17. S
  18. S
  19. S
  20. Southampton: Ryan, James, Karl, Zak & Ben

Africa
  1. E
  2. E
  3. E
  4. E
  5. Jessica, Stephanie, Marijke, Dominique & Meagan

Sport Relief Special: Ryan, Jake, Brandon, Miles & Bradley

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