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The show only lasted one series on [[The BBC|BBC One]] in 1999.
The show only lasted one series on [[The BBC|BBC One]] in 1999.


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* [[Bonus Round]]: The Cubiscus. Guide The Spider around using four control ropes operated by each family member to grab prizes off pedestals (preferably while ''not'' knocking them over) and take them out of the cube. Kinda like a human UFO Catcher, or something like that.
* [[Bonus Round]]: The Cubiscus. Guide The Spider around using four control ropes operated by each family member to grab prizes off pedestals (preferably while ''not'' knocking them over) and take them out of the cube. Kinda like a human UFO Catcher, or something like that.
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: "I am the spider!"
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "I am the spider!"
* [[Catchphrase Spouting Duo]]: The hosts in the Cubiscus:
* [[Catchphrase Spouting Duo]]: The hosts in the Cubiscus:
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'''Bob:''' I AM THE FRESHWATER SHRIMP! }}
'''Bob:''' I AM THE FRESHWATER SHRIMP! }}
* [[Over-the-Shoulder Carry]]: On a treadmill. With [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv7ijWDeRaQ a famous British singer to boot]! For a ''whole'' song. Stephen Greaves had records for running distances carrying weights, so this was no biggy ... for him anyway
* [[Over-the-Shoulder Carry]]: On a treadmill. With [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv7ijWDeRaQ a famous British singer to boot]! For a ''whole'' song. Stephen Greaves had records for running distances carrying weights, so this was no biggy ... for him anyway
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Revision as of 19:36, 23 December 2018

Funky British variety meets game show hosted by comedians Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, where two families compete in performances of their respective talents (or in some cases, a task forced on them by the hosts) to earn points from a panel of 12 judges.

The part where it really got good was the bonus round, The Cubiscus, where the host who was rooting on the winning team is dressed up like a spider and the latter plays the spider's piano player, and the family members must manipulate him around a giant cube in order to make him grab prizes off pedestals and deposit them down a chute and ramp. It's much funnier than it sounds.

The show only lasted one series on BBC One in 1999.

Game Show tropes used in Families at War include:
  • Bonus Round: The Cubiscus. Guide The Spider around using four control ropes operated by each family member to grab prizes off pedestals (preferably while not knocking them over) and take them out of the cube. Kinda like a human UFO Catcher, or something like that.
  • Personnel
Other tropes used include:

Alice: Who is the spider?
Vic: I AM THE SPIDER!
Alice: Who is the spider's keyboard player?
Bob: I AM THE FRESHWATER SHRIMP!

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