TV Show and Tell podcast

By | November 4, 2021
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I know, I know, you want a new podcast where you get THE TRUTH behind all those celebrity stories you may have read about in the “gutter” “media”. Something a bit more interesting for TV nerds is about to launch imminently though, the TV Show and Tell podcast (follow them on Twitter) where TV’s David Bodycombe and format consultant Justin Scroggie chat to the great and the good of the TV world about how TV shows get made.

The first guest in noneother than Bother’s Bar favourite Little Alex Horne.

They’re hoping to launch by the end of the week, so look out for it in your podcast aggregator of choice, but if you’re on the Bother’s Bar Discord David’s posted a short sneak peek of the Alex Horne interview so get on that if you can’t wait.

Abort the Line (Does this work as a pun? Subs please check – Brig)

By | November 1, 2021
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Oh.

I can’t believe we’re this close and they’ve still not announced a format point that whether someone wins/loses large amounts of cash depends entirely on the whims of Louis Walsh. There’s still time to turn this around SyCo.

Show Discussion: Moneyball

By | October 29, 2021
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Saturday, 6:30pm,
ITV

Well what a story this show has had – a name change from The Money Shot as it’s a bit rude, the mechanism apparently not working on their first set of recordings so it all had to be postponed and reshot more recently… it’s a miracle it seems to have made it at all. But here we are, rewarded with a shoulder peak slot competing against the extremely solid The Hit List rather than Strictly which may or may not work out for it.

In Moneyball, contestants answer questions to load a track with cash, then release a ball and where it lands determines how much they can add to their bank. It’s hosted by football pundit Ian Wright, who was all the rage hosting gameshows about twenty years ago but I think this is probably the first one since The National Lottery Wright Around the World – he was Mr Saturday Night for a bit, I wonder why that stopped?

It feels rather ill-fated but let’s not write write write it off before it lands. Watched it? Let us know what you thought in the comments.

In case of emergency, break glass

By | October 28, 2021
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Lots and lots of new shows coming in the next few weeks so don’t you worry.

Right now though, in the calm before the storm, we’ve been alerted to someone uploading all the episodes of American Gladiators to Youtube. AG is meant to be being rebooted soon. This will inevitably be followed by a slightly better UK version, then cancelled after two series.

This post would have been better if there was a Gladiator named Glass, but unfortunately there isn’t, probably because it suggests someone who shatters easily which isn’t a very good attribute for a Gladiator. Still though.

Making all the right noises

By | October 25, 2021
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I’ll give them this: for a show which seemed like the most pointless revival in the world, GamesMaster In Association With Oculus Rift 2 continues to impress with its decisions – location and hosts are all great choices, and overnight it’s been suggested that Sir Trev is going to be the GM and really that’s a very difficult decision to argue with.

Just… please don’t expect us to take e-sports seriously.

In other news, rather brilliantly over the weekend we were alerted to THREE episodes of The Perfect Crime uploaded to Youtube, the Dutch version of Swap Team/Valvet whatever. It’s roughly the same format as the Swedish one – a team of three takes on the tower, once they reach the safe it’s everyone for themselves, a couple of elimination games then the eventual winner taking on the maze against the clock. Fun stuff, deserved more.