Carnal Knowledge (game show)

For other uses, see Carnal knowledge (disambiguation).

Carnal Knowledge is a short-lived British television game show relating to sex.^[2][3][4] It was shown very late at night, in accordance with its explicit subject matter. It was one of only a handful of shows to transfer from Channel 4 (where the pilot edition was shown as part of a sex-themed weekend) to ITV.

Carnal Knowledge
Genre	Game show
Presented by	Maria McErlane
Starring	Robert Llewellyn (pilot) Graham Norton (series)
Theme music composer	Simon Bass Peter Stuart
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	27[1]
Production
Running time	60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companies	Rapido TV and Granada
Original release
Network	Channel 4 (pilot) ITV (series)
Release	15 February (1996-02-15) – 1 August 1996 (1996-08-01)

Gameplay

Each edition featured two different couples being asked personal questions by Maria McErlane about their sex lives. Graham Norton acted as the assistant. One of his roles was keeping the scores.