Friday Night Lights

By | November 12, 2010

Tonight I’m out, but tonight is also the night for Schlag den Star and The Million Pound Embarrassing Climbdown. So if you’d like to chat about them, why not do so here?

Nigel Havers, Shaun Ryder and Britt Ekland – together at last

By | November 9, 2010

This is actually a pretty good line-up if it’s true.

Quick rundown:

  • Shaun Ryder
  • Nigel Havers
  • Gail Porter Kayla Collins, apparently.
  • Britt Ekland
  • Linford Christie
  • Lembit Opik
  • Alison Hammond
  • Gillian McKeith
  • Stacey Solomon
  • Dom Joly
  • Sheryl Gascoigne
  • Aggro Santos. Expect “who the hell is Aggro Santos?” to go viral.

I predict Gillian McKeith to be the one who gets to do most of the trials this year. Let’s hope they’ve come up with inventive ones.

I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! begins Sunday at 9pm on ITV1.

Edit: Hammond and Joly not quoted in the official press briefing. Maybe they’ll come in for the inevitable first live trial.

Board of Excitement 7th – 13th November 2010

By | November 7, 2010

Don’t tell anyone, but I’m just going to copy and paste last weeks:

  • The Cube (7pm, Sunday, ITV1)
  • The X Factor (8pm, Sunday, ITV1)
  • Only Connect – second quarter-final, The Wrights vs The Bloggers (8pm, Monday, BBC4)
  • The Apprentice (9pm, Wednesday, BBC1)
  • The Challenge: Cutthroat I caught up with this this week, the elimination challenge from the week before last involved hitting your opponent in the face with a fly swatter. Meanwhile one contestant is in hospital having fell badly into some water from 40ft in the air. WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN? (Wednesday, MTV US)
  • The Million Pound Drop – Live – eighty minutes each. I do not think it unfair to suggest that the weekend episodes on this week were significantly down on what the show was getting when it was being stripped, although they remain Decent For Channel Four. (10pm Friday and Saturday, C4)
  • Schlag den Star – hopefully someone will pop up with a link to watch a live stream nearer the time. (7:15pm, Friday, Pro Sieben/the internet)

Edited to add:

  • Premier League Poker – first match. Goodness knows why they show it almost a year after filming it, although I think I’ve forgotten who wins so that’s OK then. New eight-seated deepstack format as well. I believe the first few episodes may already be up on YouTube. (1am, Monday night, Channel 4) Edited to add: Er, might actually have started a few weeks ago, but the blurb says it’s the first match starting this evening. Oh, have there been qualifying episodes? That might explain a lot.