After University Challenge. It’s a hardcore quiz one-two on BBC2. I wonder what Victoria Coren-Mitchell might open the show up with.
It’s political enthusiasts vs cat lovers tonight, and it’s an extra lengthy series – 27 episodes!
Edit: We’ve just remembered that (Celebrity) Pressure Pad starts today at 2:15 on BBC1. “This game requires someone who is good at general knowledge.”
They’ve ‘borrowed’ Sortiern for Pressure Pad, it works but they probably should have done it earliest to latest top to bottom reading down not the way round they’ve done it as it’s a bit confusing.
I quite like Step On as a new round, quite Jack Attack esque.
Presumably twenty shows of double elimination to whittle 16 teams down to eight, then straight single elimination for the last eight teams. (It also means that a team might go lose-win-win-win-win-win in a single series – so, if they do, let’s hope they’re a nice team, because we’ll be seeing them a lot. But they almost always are.)
Really enjoyed OC on Two last night.
And a sly wry wink to their old home in one of the questions. Victoria’s face palm was wonderful!
BBC One
Pointless (R) 3.08 (23.2%)
Celebrity Pressure Pad 0.88 (13.3%)
BBC Two
University Challenge 2.64 (12.0%)
Only Connect 2.03 (8.9%)
Two Tribes 1.12 (7.1%)
Eggheads 0.96 (5.6%)
University Challenge Class of 2014 (R) 0.67 (3.5%)
ITV
The Chase 2.33 (18.2%)
Tipping Point 1.27 (18.1%)
Who’s Doing the Dishes? 1.12 (13.2%)
Judge Rinder 0.91 (13.4%)
Channel 4
8 Out of 10 Cats do Countdown (R) 0.95 (5.9%)
Come Dine With Me (R) 0.87 (6.8%)
Deal or No Deal 0.71 (7.9%)
Countdown 0.40 (5.7%)
Channel 5
Celebrity Big Brother 1.84 (8.1%)
Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side 0.56 (5.8%)
Sky 1
Duck Quacks Don’t Echo 0.24 (1.1%)
Great figure for Only Connect there. Let’s see what it does next week.