The specials board is where you can find all of our feature content – opinion, shows from around the world you’ve seen somewhere before, and shows you really probably won’t have. The bracketted date is the year the feature originally went up.

The old features will be tidied up and added over the coming days and weeks, in the meantime…

A MAN WALKS INTO A BAR…
Brig Bother conducts HARD-HITTING interviews with some of the genre’s leading lights.

• Tim Child - gave us a terrifically candid interview for the 20th anniversary of Knightmare. (2007)
• Peter Davey – talks to us about The Mole, inventing I’m a Celebrity…, Playing it Straight and Beauty and the Geek. My first ‘proper’ interview, and also one of my faves. (2006)
• Phil Edgar-Jones – I got hilariously drunk and e-mailed Phil for an interview. He kindly agreed. It’s basically me yapping on about how Big Brother wasn’t as good as it used to be, and basically is a fairly terrible interview if I’m being honest. (2007)
• Glenn Hugill – This was a fun interview, Glenn agreed to be interviewed for Deal or No Deal‘s first anniversary. There’s also some stuff about The Mole and you’ll be pleased to hear I’m much better at poker now. (2006)

DEAL OR NO DEAL AROUND THE WORLD
Bother’s Bar was well ahead of the game when it came to Deal or No Deal, we had experienced versions from other countries a good 18 months before it hit the UK. Why not join us as we take a look at some of them?

• Australia (Daily) – the first one we wrote. The comments are amusing. (May 2005)
• Netherlands (Miljoenenjacht) (2006)
• Belgium (Miljoenenjacht) (2006)
• France (A Prendre ou a Laisser) (2006)
• Germany (2006)
• Italy (Affari Tuoi) (2006)
• Mexico (Vas o No Vas) (2006)
• Spain (Alla Tu!) (2006)
• Spanish USA (Vas o No Vas) (2006)
• United Kingdom (2006)
• United States (2006)

FORT BOYARD
Fort Boyard is one of the most important television shows in the history of the world ever, and it’s testament to the show’s power that it’s still being made twenty-years later. Here are some features I have written about the show.

• A Retrospective (Originally written 2004, updated periodically after)
• Conquer Fort Boyard (2005)
• The Early Years (2006)
• Oh no – Aaaaarrrgh! Locked in the Treasure Room (2004)

DIFFERENT PEOPLE, DIFFERENT NATIONS, DIFFERENT GAMES!
A section dedicated to various versions of shows from around the world different to our own. You’ll know the show, but you probably won’t have seen it like this!

• Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (2007)
• Le Bigdil (2006)
• Die 100,000 Mark Show (2005)
• Dog Eat Dog (2005)
• Les Forges du Desert (2010)
• Happy Family Plan (2005)
• Kies de Kluis (2006)
• Der Klügste Deutsche (2013)
• The Krypton Factor (US) (2005)
• La Piste de Xapatan (2010)
• Let’s Get Married (2012)
• Set For Life (2007)
• Storm the Castle (2005)
• Traumhochzeit (2010)
• Wanna Bet? (2005)
• Wetten Dass…? (2006)
• Wipeout (2008)
• A Word or 2 (2005)

WORLD O’ GAME
Formats unknown to the UK.

• 20Q (2009)
• Alta Tensione (2006)
• Avanti un Altro! (2012)
• Blokken (2004)
• La Carte Aux Tresors (2004)
• Cash Crash (2013)
• Cresus (2006)
• Cultura Moderna (2006)
• Dasshutsu Game DERO! (2011)
• Die Chance Deines Lebens (2006)
• Drôle de Couple (2006)
• Extreme Activity (2006)
• Family Game Night (2010)
• Fattore C (2007)
• The Game of Life (2012)
• Glücksritter (2009)
• Knights and Warriors (2008)
• Le Mot Le Plus Long (2010)
• The Master (2007)
• Mein Mann Kann (2012)
• Mercante in Fiera (2007)
• Mission: Pirattak (2005)
• Les Mondes Fantastiques (2004)
• Quizmaster (2005)
• Scrabble Showdown (2012)
• Secrets of the Cryptkeeper’s Haunted House (2006)
• De Slimste Mens ter Wereld (2011)
• Test Pattern (2009)
• Tokyo Friend Park II (2009)
• Tout le Monde Veut Prendre sa Place (2010)
• Tutto x Tutto (2006)
• Twee Tot De Zesde Macht (2012)
• You Don’t Know Jack (2005)

MISCELLANEOUS
The articles that don’t fit into the other categories!

• ACTUAL SPECTRUM SCREENSHOTS!!! Gameshows on the Speccy. (2004)
• The Future of Gameshows… From 1999 – Kaye Adams, David Young and Paul Ross chat about jeopardy in gameshows. (2007)
• The Idiot’s Guide to Downloading things on IRC (2007)
• Jacques Antoine: The Games Master – tribute to the late French producer and devisor (2012)
• Knightmare VR Pilot 2004: A virtual reality-ized version of Knightmare was trialled out in 2004, I dissect it mercilessly. (2004)
• Maid Marian and her Merry Men: A transcript of Tunnel Vision, the episode that takes off The Crystal Maze. (2005)
• Necromunda: Wanted: When I was younger, I thought it would be a fun idea to turn action adventure show Wanted into a tabletop wargaming scenario. This is my story. (2006)
• We Heart The Mole: My little tribute t one of the best shows ever. (2005)
• Wheel of Commodore: Play all your favourite 80s gameshows on the Commodore 64! (2004)
• Wie is De Mol 2013 – Bother’s Bar’s coverage of the world’s best reality game.