The Cellar

We’ll just repeat what we accidentally wrote last week:

Also Channel 4′s shuffled afternoon line-up begins  next Monday (oops), 1001 Things… at 12:40, Four Rooms at 2:10, Countdown 3:10. Looks like a big upgrade for Countdown although I suspect that half hour won’t actually make a huge difference – 400-450k maybe? The interesting figure is the one that 1001 Things… gets, because we toyed with the idea of Countdown moving to lunchtime, so it will be interesting to see if it pulls any audience there.

Only Connect is on tonight as well, map lovers against people from Wales.

Edit: Oooh it’s too exciting, apparently Tipping Point begins new episodes today, to little fanfare. Thanks comments peeps.

IN OTHER NEWS: The new Fifty 50 Show is out, Lewis Murphy and David Howell chat about Eurovision and stuff.

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Happy International Rachel Stevens Day everybody! It turns out that she’s currently acting as Mel B’s assistant in the New Zealand version of The X Factor (Daily Mail link). Amazing, but she could totally be the new Dannii in the UK version. Here is your Rachel flag to print out and fly outside your office.

In other news, Only Connect starts on BBC4 tonight at 8:30pm with swish updated graphics and a double-elimination first stage. Also Channel 4′s shuffled afternoon line-up begins today next Monday (oops), 1001 Things… at 12:40, Four Rooms at 2:10, Countdown 3:10. Looks like a big upgrade for Countdown although I suspect that half hour won’t actually make a huge difference – 400-450k maybe? The interesting figure is the one that 1001 Things… gets, because we toyed with the idea of Countdown moving to lunchtime, so it will be interesting to see if it pulls any audience there.

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Four Rooms is one of those shows which is not massively massively popular, but rather a hit with the people who do actually watch it, so it will be interesting to see how it copes as a daily prospect, and without arguably it’s biggest personality in terms of Jeff Salmon.

In Four Rooms people bring intriguing objects in to sell to the four dealers (three regulars and a rotating spot, so it’s been suggested). They can visit the dealers in any order, but if they don’t like the offer on the table they can’t go back if they walk out. They can also not sell to any dealer if they don’t take any of the offers. It’s quite good fun, and the items are usually quite interesting (in fact some of the interest in the daily show will be seeing if they’ve found enough interesting objects and/or people to fill a 40 episode (I think) run).

Tamara Beckwith off of The Big Breakfast is one of the new dealers, so that’ll be nice.

This has just popped up on SRO Audiences. I offer it without comment:

Can a cockroach live for a week without its head? Can an octopus get an erection? Can a comedian tell the difference between badger and bat poo?

Join wildlife expert and TV presenter Chris Packham for the pilot of his hilarious new comedy wildlife panel show, Nevermind The Woodcocks, and you might well find out.

Our host Chris is joined by our two celebrity teams as they compete over a series of funny animal-based rounds.

Nevermind The Woodcocks is the new mischievous comedy panel show that proves what a completely entertaining place the natural world really is. A place where fact is always funnier than fiction.

The pilot is being recorded in London on Monday 17th December 2012 at The Rada Studio Theatre (formerly The Drill Hall), 16 Chenies Street, WC1E 7EX (nearest tube Goodge Street). If you would like to join us for a night of fun, then apply now!

If that sounds appealing, and goodness knows what channel this is being aimed at, you can apply for tickets here.

In other news, the Jeffrey Salmon’s Four Rooms position to be covered by a series of rotating dealers including Tamara Beckwith.

Exciting things abound:

• It’s the Budget! Because isn’t politics, right, the biggest gameshow of them all yeah?
• Four Rooms returns for risky buying and selling, C4 at 8pm.
• The new series of the bladdy Apprentice begins this evening on BBC1 at 9pm! Look out for Twitter quoting the contestants sounding like idiots!
• And it’s the final ever Accumulate!, and you can certainly bank on Dan Peake coming out with a pun or two!

That’s your High Finance Wednesday, here on Bother’s Bar.

It’s the Board of Excitement Mother’s Day SPECIAL! I say special, it’s exactly the same as all the other ones. Still, this one comes with extra freaking-out-American-ness, as they celebrate their Mother’s Day on a different day because they have to be different.

• The Bother Series of Poker Round Six - Mother’s Day SPECIAL! I say special, it’s exactly the same as all the other ones. £5.50 to enter, open to all regardless of ability or league ambition. We’re halfway after this game! (8pm, Sunday, Pokerstars)
• Don’t Stop Me Now – aka 101 Ways To Leave a Talent Show (joke copyright Buzzerblog) (8pm, Sunday, Sky One)
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Mother’s Day SPECIAL! I say special, it’s exactly the same as all the other ones. Steve Pemberton, Anthony Cotton and Samantha Womack team up with their mums to win lots of money for charity, and hopefully a viewer at home. (8:30pm, Sunday, ITV1)
• Only Connect Sport Relief Special – it’s a shame Sport Relief doesn’t really have a “thing” like Pudsey’s eyepatch or Comic Relief’s red noses. Maybe Victoria Coren will do the missing vowels round whilst running a mile. But one thing YOU won’t be running a mile from, right, are these celebrities!  The teams are the Cutters (Nick Hornby, Mark Gatiss, Samira Ahmed) and the Backhanders (Ian Hislop, Stephen Mangan and Allison Pearson). (8:30pm, Monday, BBC4)
• Four Rooms – Last year’s surprise hit is BACK! (8pm, Wednesday, C4)
• Accumulate! – It’s the last one ever! Now into its second season, according to the website. Dan Peake won some sort of lifetime student television acheievement award the other night, apparently. (Wendesday, RU:ON)
• The Apprentice - This has started a little bit earlier this year. Exciting. (9pm, Wednesday, BBC1)
• Sport Relief – Please give generously. (Basically all day, BBC)
• Winter Wipeout Celebrity Special – why they’re showing this now and not before the rugby and saving Pointless Celebs for a full run I do not know. (6pm, Saturday, BBC1)
• The Voice UK - It’s been a long build up, but it’s finally here. (7pm, Saturday, BBC1)
• Britain’s Got Talent - It’s the Saturday night TV clash we’ve all been waiting for. (8pm, Saturday, ITV1)
• The Million Pound Drop – Live! Now at one hour and forty five minutes, The Drop returns next weekend on Saturday and Sunday before going back to trad. Friday and Saturday rotation. This Saturday (the day) two of The Saturdays (the band) will be playing for charity. Apparently this series will be featuring some exciting twists – fingers crossed for a shoehorned in prisoner’s dilemma element!!!! (9:20pm, Saturday, C4)

We might try and watch Elton vs Simon – The Liveshow on Pro Sieben next Saturday as well. It probably won’t last six hours like Schlag den Raab did last night.