I’ve got no idea what this is, other than FOTB Mad Monk (Gary Monaghan’s production company) uploaded it to Youtube recently. It’s in four parts, each about ten minutes, so presumably this is a commercial hour. In it, three guys and three gals go to the Love Cabin to find love, but it’s soon apparent not everything is how it appears. Happy Halloween.

I don’t know if this is a proof of concept or a pilot or what – as a reality show I think it requires too much suspension of disbelief, the contestants seem to get over the stuff that’s going on pretty quickly. As a Black Mirror-esque drama I’m completely up for it though. Most of Monaghan’s trademark silliness isn’t really apparent until the last five minutes, where it turns into Killer Camp.

I’ve been very much enjoying this series of The Wall, which is currently taking a break for a few weeks (presumably so Little Mix: The Search can catch up, although I don’t know. EDIT: Six Nations and Festival of Remembrance, it’s been suggested). Say what you like about the final reveal, and the criticisms are correct and fair, but I’ve shed more tears during that bit than anything else I can remember watching on telly in the last few years in a way that the similarly set-up The Exit List and For The Rest Of Your Life could only dream of.

Anyway I always really liked the credits music. And it turns out it’s on Youtube! There’s a four minute mix of Michael Lord’s suite of music for the show – omitting the ball dropping music unfortunately, but still.

Well it’s by Ginger Fox, but still.

£25 on the Amazon store (I get a small commission if you click through there, other outlets are available) and includes no fewer than AT LEAST EIGHT of the games from the hit TV series. And a cardboard cup.

It’s out October 30th.

Also currently in stock is a Taskmaster Expansion Pack (£12.99) for the board game with 40 new tasks and THIS:

Also out this week: Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (Steam on Tuesday, consoles later in the week) and on Friday, the new edition of Schlag den Star on PC (and presumably consoles in Germany).

Saturday, 7:15pm (UK) 8:15 (CET),
Pro Sieben and naughty internet streaming

Yo, what are you doing this evening? Not much these days I bet! So why not join us as two celebs battle it out for €100,000 in an empty studio across fifteen mystery games, one of which will be Blamieren oder Kassieren, live on German television?

As ever we will have our Discord open for live chat and quizzing and gossip and stuff. Remember it’s a privilege not a right so behave yourselves. To avoid cutting out, we advise turning Auto-sensitivity off and setting it to -85dB or so in your settings.

THIS EPISODE! It’s COACH VS PLAYER as Patrick Esume takes on Tim Weise with music provided by Zara Larsson and Mark Forster X VIZE X Michael Geldreich.

The link to the Youtube commentary stream will be live here from 7:15pm until end of broadcast.

This stream is commentary only. You will need to have a naughty stream running at the same time for the visuals. We are likely to be about 15-20 seconds behind the visual stream (and about a full minute behind if you’re watching an actual satellite feed), sorry.

The Opera VPN has apparently stopped being useful for SdS. Bother’s Bar recommends shelling out for a proper VPN service. Bother’s Bar uses ExpressVPN, other VPN services are available. Matt Clemson recommends Windscribe as a free alternative. We cannot take responsibility for anything you do to your system, so be careful and use some common sense.

To watch it would be useful to sign up for ProSieben’s catch-up service – it’s pretty simple to work out, don’t click the box if you don’t want e-mail messages. You will need to put in a proper e-mail because it will send you a confirmation. 

If anyone knows of any relatively safe livestreams, do feel free to share.

Join us this Saturday night at 7:15pm for another LIVE watchalong of Schlag den Star where Patrick Esume and Tim Weise battle each other over 15 mystery events for €100,000. “The participants get musical support from Zara Larsson with her song “WOW” and from Mark Forster X VIZE X Michael Geldreich “Are you okay”” it says here.

Don’t forget the clocks go back this weekend!

Er, we forgot. Watch it on iPlayer. Apparently they do the jackpot question differently.

Edit: Although:

Absolute scenes.