Monday entertainments

By | July 27, 2015

There are a few things on today which may be of interest, but probably not interesting enough for full blown show discussion posts so…: Guess This House – 12:30, ITV. Well someone was determined to pun the title (they were asking for contestants under the name Game of Homes), it’s a 12 Yard Production so… Read More »

99 to Beat

By | April 3, 2024

I don’t know who’s giving the ITV commissioners a kick up the backside recently but TVZone reporting this evening they’ve just commissioned another interesting format, 99 to Beat. Not a massive fan of the title to be honest, prefer the Dutch title, De Alleskunner (the all-rounder) but there we are. In it, 100 players take… Read More »

OKemming X

By | May 8, 2023

Over the weekend I watched the first few episodes of Bestemming X, this year’s hottest new format by the sounds of it (the BBC are doing it as Destination X as an NBC co-prod, like they did with The Traitors). In it a group of people in a blacked out bus have to figure out… Read More »

Kings of the Challenge Show Genre

By | October 19, 2022

Joko & Klaas Gegen Pro7 is back on Tuesday nights in Germany, and we’ve been watching the last few series live in the Bother’s Bar Discord (do come and join, 7:15pm UK, you’re not obligated to contribute) and it has become apparent that really, nobody’s producing an equal right now. In it, Joko and Klaas,… Read More »