Weekdays, 3:30pm,
Channel 4
We don’t know an awful lot about this other than a) Rory Bremner’s hosting and b) It’s seems to be effectively Quiz Chicken. Contestants answer questions against the clock building up a bank and hoping not to be in control when it hits zero, but never knowing how much time is left.
Also apparently not that well thought through but we’ll try and be objective with the final result.
It’s sort of the Board of Excitement but different.
Saturday, 7:10pm,
BBC1
They seem very reluctant to call this a gameshow don’t they? Anyway, this “talent” show based on the successful German show Der Klügste Deutsche on the first channel challenges people not only on traditional IQ sort of things but also on other things like emotional intelligence, multitasking, that sort of thing. The challenges look quite clever and interesting so we’ve got high hopes for it. It’s being hosted by The Nation’s Favourite TV Presenter Claire Balding in we think her first non-sports role, and the winner of the series will walk away with £50,000.
Unfortunately we’ve been unable to source an episode of the German show to see how this compares. The official BBC site is here, though.
Saturday 7:15pm,
ITV1
We’re not going to lie to you readers, we put this up as a show of note but I suspect most of the regulars will be watching Britain’s Brightest on at the same time if anything at all. Still it’s certainly a format that’s been causing a, heh, splash in the format development world. If anything 2012 will go down as the year of DIVING SHOW WARS. It was unexpectedly a massive hit in The Netherlands last year and that is why you see it on screen tonight.
Anyway tonight Vernon Kay and Gabby Logan host as Tom Daley trains up celebrities for diving with hilarious results probably. Live from Luton! We miss The Games.
It’s that time of year again, the time where we get asked to put up a contestant call for Only Connect:
The quiz where, as in life itself, knowledge will only take you so far: patience and lateral thinking are also vital. It’s all about making connections between things which may appear, at first glance, not to be connected at all.
We’re looking for teams of three players who share a common passion, ability or profession, to pool their combined wits to solve fiendish conundrums and vexing puzzles.
To request an application please email onlyconnect@parasolmedia.co.uk including a contact name and number. The closing date for applications is Friday 25th January 2013, so get them in as soon as possible.
If you applied for a previous series, but were unsuccessful, you are welcome to apply again for the new series. Auditions will be held in regional centres across the UK. All applicants must be aged 18+ and U.K. Residents.
Also! Don’t forget that the Old-skool CITV weekend is this weekend, and that there will be posts for Splash! and Britain’s Brightest in due course.
I actually had no idea this was on, but it started on ITV2 this evening (it’s repeated at 00:40 if you’re up). It’s based on a Japanese show I think, celebrities try and keep a poker face as things happen, basically, and the other team try and work out who it’s happening to.
If you watch it on catch up do let us know what you thought.