FOTB VierkanteO shouted that a new Endemol Quiz began in The Netherlands last night, I won’t bother writing it up as he has done a perfectly good job already (if you’d like to watch it before reading about it, if you’re the sort who quite likes to try and work things out on their own accord, here’s the Watch Again link. The host has some amazing hair going on.)

It’s basically a masterclass in having a thing that looks exciting and clever and turns out not to be exciting or clever. Decent end game though, like a funner version of the Blockbusters Gold Run.

It’s game two of the Bother Series of Poker this evening and it’s open to anyone who is happy to stake the required $5.50 entry, regardless of league ambition. That’s at 8pm. JOIN THE FUN.

In other news: it’s Superbowl Sunday! Regrettably there is no full episode of Channel Four’s Quiz Bowl on Youtube, although there is an advert for it (it’s about 3m into this junction clip). Fighting Talk listeners may recognise host Will Buckley:

It strikes me that QB is a take-off of sixties classic quiz Quizball. Frank Skinner piloted a modern version of it about ten years ago. That’s not on Youtube, but here’s a clip of the sixties show:

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Incredible scenes.

Free next Thursday? TV’s Paul Brassey is after people for a quiz runthrough in London. Reasonable expenses covered. If you’re interested, @ him on Twitter. People at the runthrough last week need not apply.

In other news, you can apply for the next series of The Cube by e-mailing thecube7@objectiveproductions.com. So it’s getting another series then, presumably.

WWTBAM? is on the look out for civilian contestants so presumably they’re doing another The People Play week or whatever. If you want to appear on “TV’s biggest game show” then the link with all the details is here. Closing date 7th April.

Quiet period at The Bar, sorry, but we do have at least two recordings of new shows happening within the next six weeks or so so that will be exciting.

This Sunday is game two of the Bother Series of Poker, open to anyone who can play and can stake the $5.50. That’s Sunday at 8pm. Here are the details. We had a brilliant turn out for game one, hopefully game two will be just as good.

Well done to ITV’s The Chase which has just been “picked up” (as they say “in the trade”) for 324 new episodes, two series of 150 episodes, and 24 celebrity specials. Goodness me, I didn’t know there were that many celebrities.

That means ITV have about twice as much confidence in The Chase than the BBC have for Pointless which got a 183 episode order recently. Game on!

In other news, Pointless begins recording at Elstree in March.

Edit: Hat tip to David, here’s the pitch film for Catchphrase 2013! Not for the faint of heart. It’s taken from the pilots, so the set will look different (better I think) when it hits your screens soon. The “advanced 3D graphics” are the same though.