You Can't Ask That is an Australian TV series created by ABC Television that first went to air in August 2016. its seventh season is on air in Australia.
The series took a hiatus in 2023, but is expected to return beyond that. In March 2026, the series was renewed for an eighth season.
The series was created by Kirk Docker, Aaron Smith and Jon Casimir in 2015, as a spin-off from Hungry Beast. The first episode of the first season aired on ABC TV on 3 August 2016, as well as on iview.
Its seventh season started airing in May 2022 in Australia.
The show aims to offer insight into the lives of marginalised communities and break down stereotypes while answering the questions people are afraid to ask, reportedly inspired by Ask Me Anything (AMA) threads on Reddit. Each episode asks controversial questions sourced from the public to a minority Australian population, with the first series including indigenous people, people of short stature, Muslims, sex workers, transgender people and more. Several representative organisations were credited in the series including Short Statured People of Australia, Scarlet Alliance, Alzheimer's Australia and Exit International, as well as The Karuna Hospice Service and Palliative Care NSW.
On 28 September 2016, the ABC announced the series had been renewed for a second season. On 25 October 2017, the ABC announced the series had been renewed for a third season.
The series is set to return in 2026 with topics including; Scammed, Kids of Celebrities, Heroin, Modern Slaves, AI Relationships, Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD), Kinks, Teen Mums, Accidental Heroes, Survivors of War, Indian Australians, Really Tall.
You Can't Ask That won the Rose d'Or for Best Reality or Factual Entertainment in 2017. It also won 3 UN Media Awards for Promotion of Disability Rights and Issues, Promotion of Social Cohesion and Promotion of Empowerment of Older People. In 2018 it was nominated for a Logie for Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Program.
In July 2017, Kan 11 in Israel began broadcasting a local version of the series under the name "" (Slicha Al HaShe'ela, Excuse me for asking), with total of 98 episodes in 8 seasons (2 of which are in Arabic, and 3 are for kids).
In February 2019, Dutch broadcaster BNNVARA started broadcasting a local version on public broadcasting channel NPO 3 under the title "" (I hardly dare to ask).
In June 2019, CBC Television in Canada released a local version of the series titled You Can't Ask That with eight episodes.
An Arabic language version called "èÃÂç àäçîðé" (bila muakhadha, No Blame) began airing on 21 September 2019 on the Kan 11's sister channel Makan 33.
In April 2020, Kan Educational in Israel began broadcasting a local version of the series for kids under the name " áÃÂÃÂÃÂàâàÃÂéÃÂÃÂàÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ" (Slicha Al HaShe'ela Yeladim, Excuse me for asking kids).
In October 2020, a U.S. version of the series was picked up by Current Flow Entertainment. Remake rights were acquired for both English and Spanish language versions.