I don’t have any leave left so these people need not worry about a surprise drop-in from me, but they might still like a surprise drop-in from you.

• Small Fortune with Dermot O Leary, which basically sounds like Big Money Operation. This is filming at Pinewood this and next week.
• Gino’s Win Your Wish List is recording on Friday at Salford.
• Impossible Celebs returns! 18 brand new celebrities do battle in Glasgow at the end of January.
• Blind Date is recording in Maidstone in Kent next Monday.
• I have no idea what Rob and Romesh vs is, but it sounds a bit like a modern celeb take on Fakin’ It. Anyway they’re doing a DJ set at London’s famous Cargo Nightclub “soon”.
• Re-Play 2018 With Richard Osman, which I think you’ll find is legally different from The Big Fat Quiz of The Year actually, films next Wednesday at BBC Elstree for ITV.
• Your Face or Mine is recording at Television Centre in January.
• The 100k Drop is filming another run up in Salford in January.
• And finally Al Murray’s Great British Pub Quiz records at 3 Mills in London throughout January and February.

Phew!

It was ten nights before Christmas
And all through the house
Brig was hosting another Game Night
It will probably be a wit slaughterhouse.

Join us at 9pm next week for Bother’s Bar Game Night: 13th Night where we’ll be ending the year with a number of amusing INTERACTIVE games and events. Once again I’ll have my Advent Calendar out and we’ll be playing CHRISTMAS themed versions of some of your favourites (if they get chosen).

We’re always on the look out for people to join the live panel and currently there are spaces going, so if you’re free and interested next Saturday night you should @ me.

Saturday, 7:15pm (UK)/8:15pm (Germany)
ProSieben or your naughty alternative of choice.

Well it seemed to go well last time when most of us weren’t around so why not join us for our Christmas-not-Christmas Schlag den Star 2018 Communal Watchalong Special? Grab a mic and join us on Google Hangouts, or just listen to us on Youtube.

We’re not always going to do this. But it’s Christmas!

Anyway, this episode, popstar Sarah Lombardi takes on rapper Eko Fresh over 15 events for Elton’s €100,000 briefcase. There will probably be some singing acts too, which we will probably ignore.

Here is a link to the Youtube commentary stream.
This stream is commentary only. You will need to have a naughty stream running at the same time for the visuals. We are likely to be about 15-20 seconds behind the visual stream (and about a full minute behind if you’re watching an actual satellite feed), sorry.

The Opera VPN has apparently stopped being useful for SdS. Bother’s Bar recommends shelling out for a proper VPN service. Bother’s Bar uses Tunnelbear, other VPN services are available. Matt Clemson recommends Windscribe as a free alternative. We cannot take responsibility for anything you do to your system, so be careful and use some common sense.

To watch it would be useful to sign up for ProSieben’s catch-up service – it’s pretty simple to work out, don’t click the box if you don’t want e-mail messages. You will need to put in a proper e-mail because it will send you a confirmation. 

If anyone knows of any relatively safe livestreams, do feel free to share.

It’s been a little while since the last one but join us on Saturday on Discord from 7:15pm for the live Communal Schlag den Star Watchalong!

This episode, popstar Sarah Lombardi takes on rapper Eko Fresh over 15 events for Elton’s €100,000 briefcase. There will probably be some singing acts too, which we will probably ignore.

In fact if it wasn’t for the slightly updated set and a new Banker you’d be hard pressed to discern it from the show ten years ago.

If you want to watch it I imagine you could probably find it on Youtube or Reddit or something, or even use the Dark Arts. The series will run on Wednesdays on cable channel CNBC, but a “holiday special” aired on the main NBC Network on Monday (making it surely the earliest Christmas Special for a gameshow since The Crystal Maze mid-advent Special last year).

In the spirit of Christmas, I’ll put some thoughts down underneath a cut so you can avoid being spoiled too much.

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The Blockbusters reboot is going to Comedy Central and Dara o’Briain is hosting.