Best of Friends facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Best of Friends
Genre	Children's Game show
Created by	Jonathan Wolfson Mark Robson
Presented by	Michael Absalom Rani Khanijau Ortis Deley
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	5 (Original series) 1 (Africa series)
No. of episodes	90 (Original series) 5 (Africa series)
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Talent TV
Release
Original network	CBBC (2004, 2008) BBC One (2005-7)
Original release	7 March 2004 (2004-03-07) – 13 August 2008 (2008-08-13)

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.

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

Africa

Specials

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
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7. Warrington: Haydn, Ashley, Charlotte, Alice & Josh
8. Hackney: Reece, Joe, Kieron, Ashok & Andy
9. Macclesfield: Amy, Tasha, Jenna, Katie & Shannon
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11. Barnet: Jamie, Sam, Dino, Sam & Ricky
12. London: Rachael, Kalil, Daniel, Jessica & Miami
13. Essex: Rushabh, Liam, Shazaib, Uday & Dilip
14. Bristol: Ben, Gareth, Matthew, Louis & Oscar
15. Bristol: Joanna, Rebecca, Lucinda, Sophie & Rebecca

Series 2

1. Harbridge: Ben, Bradley, Tom, Alex & Captain Bradley
2. Edinburgh: Ashley, Amy, Lisa, Jennifer B & Jennifer
3. Belfast: Anna, Gemma, Maedbh, Sarah & Rebecca
4. Belfast: Emma-Louise, Kyle, Eoin, Sean Paul & Aisling
5. Leeds: Shaq, Vardaan, Aaron, Johnny & Courtney
6. Leeds: Samson, Mark, Tyler, Andre & Dominic
7. Leeds: Georgina, Kerry, Anya, Elle & Tyne
8. Leeds: Alisha, Abbie, Courtney, Katie & Cheilua
9. York: Will, Charlie, Rob, Steve & Ryan
10. Belfast: Julia, Jade, Aisling, Tiphani & Kelly
11. Birmingham: Lydia, Candice, Tamsin, Niamh & Whitney
12. Edinburgh: Euan, Naomi, Caitlin, Deena & Craig
13. Edinburgh: James, Steven, Ryan, Sunny & Robert
14. Birmingham: Jake, Mohammed, Zakir, Haris & Arjun
15. Leeds: Akua, Kirsty, Anu, Adele & Ib

Series 3

1. Plymouth: Robbie, Laura, Ben, Gabby & Bethan
2. Exeter: Alex, Greg, Tom, Adam & Matt
3. Exeter: Josh, Harvey, Max, Jordi & Raph
4. Acle: Harry, Danny, Ella, Olivia & Tom
5. Norwich: Jared, Steph, Meghan, Callum & Georgia
6. Norwich: Clieo, Maisie, Isfahan, Diphda & Talia
7. Norwich: Izzie, Beth, Annie, Aimee & Polly
8. Mundford: Danika, Leona, Charlotte, Hannah & Halima
9. Worksop: Ellie, Jack, Victoria, Antony & Georgia
10. Heaton: Amy, Hannah, Ella, Kodi & Jess
11. Nottingham: Ella, Beth, Sam, Mana & Sophia
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13. Clough: Joe, Emma, Megan, Kerry & Joseph
14. Derby: Jeevan, Saif, Ashley, Ross & Jasneet
15. Derby: Anna, Suman, Lottie, Ellena & Janah
16. Heaton: Tom, Daniel, Jack, Tim & Jonny
17. Walton: Shannon, Jake, Claire, Jack & Ashleigh
18. Newcastle: Jamaal, Jamie, Jake, Holly & Jack
19. Chandlers Ridge: Olivia, Emily, Kirsty, Amy & Jessica
20. Durham: Sophie, Charlie, Katie, Ashley & Katherine

Series 4

1. Glasgow: Ryan, Caleb, Max, Euan & Jack
2. Glasgow: Ami, Lucy, Becky, Toni & Chloe
3. Bristol: Fleur, Jemima, Chloe, Freya & Lauren
4. Glasgow: Marc, Declan, Nabiha, Patrick & Asahi
5. Cardiff: Georgia, Chanel, Lukasz, Ameer & Sajida
6. Bristol: Rebecca, Hannah, Sam, Sarah & Sophie
7. Cardiff: Harry, EJ, Jeron, Nathan & Aaron
8. Bristol: Hannah, Chloe, Alana, Elena & Samantha
9. Glasgow: Alistair, Megan, Dale, Lucy & Chris
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. Aberdeen: Amy, Melanie, Megan, Emily & Alix
15. Bristol: Charlie, Alice, Tasa, Kian & Emily
16. Swansea: Lozzie, Laura, Lauren, Rebecca & Nicole
17. Swansea: Lowri, Liam, Rebecca, Patsy & Angharad
18. Bristol: Alex, Jaffa, Fabian, James & Marcus
19. Glasgow: Danielle, Marc, Erin Eve, David & Caoimhin
20. Glasgow: Emma, Lynn, Sean, Jacqueline & Roisin

Series 5

1. Portsmouth: Tyler, Callum, Rhia, Harry & Sam
2. Portsmouth: Claudia, Morgan, Sophia, Phoebe & Grace
3. Portsmouth: Joe, Sam, Georgia, Callum & Sumeiya
4. Portsmouth: Grace, Beckie, Joanna, Hannah 2 & Hannah 1
5. Portsmouth: Dylan, Bradley, Samuel, Jordan & Sam
6. Southampton: Dani, Annalise, Rachael, Jay & Penny
7. Southampton: Sophie, Jordan, Chido, Katie & Morgan
8. Ilford: Hannah, Abiola, Leah, Alicia & Noelly
9. Southampton: Kane, Billy, Kieran, Matthew & Reece
10. Leicester: Joe, Elliot, James, Jordan & Jack
11. Southampton: Tegan, Lauren, Emma, Francesca & Emily
12. Brighton: Rosie, Georgia, Deanna, Marianne & Becky
13. Brighton: Lewis, Robyn, Daisy, Ryan & Zoe
14. Brighton: Tom, James, Sam, Connor & George
15. Leicester: Shahid, Fawzan, Jovan, Jabid & Vinay
16. Leicester: Shannon, Keiron, Demi, Louise & Kenny
17. Leicester: Semra, Marlon, Molly, Jordan & Chelsie
18. Brighton: Edward, Ben, Joel, Max & Louis
19. Brighton: Charley, Saskia, Louisa, Chloe & Laura
20. Southampton: Ryan, James, Karl, Zak & Ben

Africa

1. Mpho, Ayanda, Khanyi, Pascaline & Tebogo
2. Sasha-Lee, Kim, Terryon, Desiree & Roxanne
3. Linray, Leila, Timothy, Zaid & Trisha Lee
4. Andrew, Michael, Brandon, Christopher & Chris M
5. Jessica, Stephanie, Marijke, Dominique & Meagan