Someone buy me a 32GB iPad, please thanks.

Here’s some fun, there’s a demo of the new US rules (and music) for the new Who Wants to be a Millionaire? up on the US site.

For those who haven’t been following, the difficulties and cash amounts for the first ten quetions are now shuffled before the game. Cash is cumulative, but make it past question ten and you play “Classic Millionaire” for the big money.

The questions are rather difficult in that they’re quite US-centric, but it gives quite a good flavour of the new game. The music is quite good, a sort of take on the style of the original, but with a bit more Magnum PI.

The show begins in the US September 13th.

Question from Twitter: Does anyone know what font is used for the letters on Countdown? Alex?

…the Strictly Come Dancing launch show will go out 6:25pm on BBC1 on the 11th September. Although I don’t believe the live shows proper start until a few weeks later.

I have just discovered three-quarters of the way through.

I can’t work out who is lead commentator with Robert Williamson III… is it TV’s Richard Orford?

I haven’t had time to watch this yet, but I enjoyed what I saw of the original and hope to watch this tomorrow and I’m giving it its own post so it doesn’t get lost. Daniel?

No Run for Money yet. So for now, here’s something else from last week, in case anyone’s bored and wants something to watch.

A few years ago I mentioned Million Family, where three members of a family had to hide in their house for 30 minutes to win a million Yen. They also set traps to hinder the hosts as they tried to find them. Well, the series ended a couple of years ago, but now they have occasional specials.

A bunch of celebrities have to hide in a big areas (shopping centre, school, park) for several hours. If they can stay hidden until time’s up they win a million Yen.

Last week’s episode was the biggest ever. 3 hour time limit, and a playing area of a big village:

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snsT_Rgz7qQ
Pt 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqxKuA3iISw
Pt 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtwSqOVBMRg
Pt 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imHIZ5mFJDo
Pt 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHK_g-RUZ-M

Thanks Daniel. Also hurry up and upload Run For Money, people of Japan!

Friend of the bar John Hoare asks a very interesting question, but first here is a clip from Bullseye:

Those were the titles, but can you think of any other show that had a different version of the theme played out over the credits depending on if they win or lose? Because I can’t but something nags at me.

The company behind Britain’s worst ever video gaming show (Ginx, Game Face on Bravo) appears to be getting its own dedicated cable and satellite channel.

Good luck with that. 

It’s nice to have a video to break the text up occasionally:

But my question to you is: can anyone remember how the tournament structure worked? I think there were 32 weeks of heats leading to eight semi-finals, then somehow a final but that doesn’t sound quite right. Anyone?

Crikey, I think this is actually a bit of a great line-up. Which I wasn’t expecting:

• Nasty Nick Bateman (Big Brother 1 – 2000): Very possibly the most important person in Big Brother history.
• Brian Dowling (Winner, Big Brother 2 – 2001): Very possibly the funniest person in Big Brother history.
• Nadia Almada (Winner, Big Brother 5 – 2004): Very possibly the most Portugese transexual person in Big Brother history.
• John McCririck (Celebrity Big Brother 3 – 2005): Very possibly the most disgusting housemate in Big Brother history.
• Makosi Musambasi (Big Brother 6 – 2005): Very possibly the most troublemaking person in Big Brother history.
• Chantelle Houghton (Winner, Celebrity Big Brother 4 – 2006): Very possibly the most least celebrity celebrity in Big Brother history.
• Preston (Celebrity Big Brother 4 – 2006): Very possibly the least interesting musically in Big Brother history.
• Nikki Grahame (Big Brother 7 – 2006): Very possibly the whingiest person in Big Brother history.
• Coolio (Celebrity Big Brother 6 – 2009): Very possibly the coolest person in Big Brother history.
• Ulrika Jonsson (Winner, Celebrity Big Brother 6 – 2009): Very possibly the most Swedish person in Big Brother history.
• Josie Gibson (Winner, Big Brother 11 – 2010): Very possibly the most heavily accented person in Big Brother history.

So there we are, that’s the line-up, with an eviction on Friday and two more coming in also on Friday (but not through the front door). Really looking forward to seeing how Nasty Nick and Brian Dowling cope (Brian looked a bit put out that there were so many big personalities in the house), Chantelle and Preston were married and divorced and Chantelle and Nikki have had a falling out in the media.

John McCririck has already been hit by the Tree of Temptation at the time of writing. John Mc wants out as soon as possible, I fully expect the Tree to give him a ticket to the final night.

The Swedes were one of the first countries to try Fort Boyard as a two-team affair almost ten years ago (as Fortet) AND NOW IT’S BACK! With original hosts Gunde Svan and Agneta Sjödin. Digging the titles!

Tigers, there. And apparently Jimmy Carr is the new Fader Fouras. Hat tip to Craig for the link.