Double Cross – LIVE

By | March 9, 2011
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OK Gang, here’s some fun for you, you may remember Alex Davis of Buzzerblog fame does a sideline in podcast gameshows with Bob Hagh under 5Hole Productions, his first one last year was Double Cross (sponsored by QuizQuizQuiz). I didn’t think it was by any means perfect, but I thought it was a good try and that it was nice to see someone have a serious go at it.

Anyway, things seem to be working out for them and tonight sees the first recording of the new season and it’s promising a lot of change. The first new episode goes out March 14th. So why bring it up today? Because they’re going to do a live video stream of tonight’s recording and you can watch it by clicking here. It starts at about 1800 ET, which my knowledge of poker software suggests about 2300 UK time and should last about two hours. The first season is downloadable on iTunes from here.

Speaking of poker, don’t forget it’s the fifth game of the BSOP on Sunday, do join in.

Pinoy Noir

By | March 7, 2011
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Right then, so we’re all well aware that ITV have an upcoming show called Sing If You Can recording soon where contestants sing whilst being distracted in hilarious and probably painful ways. It’s being reformatted slightly over here, all celebs are playing for charity and it’s likely to be a bit more extreme (one of the losers is going to get dunked into a pool from a great height). In the original, the singers are playing for members of the audience. Getting the tone right is going to be absolutely crucial, which is funny when you think about it.

Anyway you don’t need me to tell you about it, here’s the Pinoy version which is mostly in English anyway. As you will see it’s charmingly Phillippean, but I found myself fast forwarding through the actual challenges once it became obvious that there wasn’t much entertainment coming. This is the opening, the game doesn’t begin properly until part two.

Board of Excitement 6th – 12th March 2011

By | March 6, 2011
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Really not a lot on, almost considered not bothering:

  • 24 Hour Panel People – although it’s finished now.
  • The Amazing Race – Sunday night, CBS
  • Survivor – Wednesday night, CBS
  • A League of Their Own – This won’t get a billing every week but having not bothered to watch it before (seeing as it combines Sky One, sport and James Corden), actually deigned to try it and discovered it’s actually quite amiable indeed and therefore worth a try if you want a comedy panel game to watch with some proper challenge elements on a Friday evening. So fair enough, really. (9:30pm, Friday, Sky1 (+HD))
  • Bother Series of Poker Game 5 – All the details up now. So far I’ve yet to not make the money, can ANYONE end this amazing run?

Show discussion: 24 Hour Panel People

By | March 5, 2011
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OK then, today’s the day that David Walliams off of Little Britain,  Gamesworld et al does 24 different panel shows (they say panel, but The Generation Game and Give Us a Clue and even Room 101 is probably pushing it a bit) in 24 hours for Comic Relief.

You can watch the live stream (watchable outside the UK, apparently) and donate by clicking on the picture (or, I believe, on the red button), it begins at noon Saturday UK time:

I will probably be dipping in and out of it all day, there is a schedule of sorts of what and who will be involved although they don’t seem to be running to a clock. We wish them all best of luck.

If you don’t catch any of the live stream, BBC3 will have 5×30 shows on it in the run up to Red Nose Day on March 18th, and there will be highlights on the night as well.

Is anyone going to see the High Stakes pilot next week?

By | March 3, 2011
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It’s filming up in Manchester on Thursday.

I’m blessed with a job with a very generous leave allowance which I can take at the drop of a hat however I’d rather not use it all up by the end of March. Similarly a train ticket to London is no problem, train tickets + hotels start to add up.

So if you don’t want me at your pilot, go and film it in Manchester. However, is anyone planning on going and would they like to report on it? I notice they’ve got rid of all traces of top one-time gambling-addict and underclass baiter Jeremy Kyle, and that originally it was going to be an ITV/NBC co-production but the NBC bit has been delisted. They’ve also made it sound exactly like Secret Fortune, although I suspect it will be actually different. I’ve already decided that it looks like it’s trying a bit too hard.