Show Discussion: Hive Minds

By | July 14, 2015
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hivemindsTuesdays, 8:30pm,
BBC4

Fiona Bruce chairs this new BBC4 quiz where two teams of three answer clever questions by finding the answers in a hexagonal wordsearch.

As a replacement for Only Connect (which has of course moved to BBC2) it doesn’t look like the apple has fallen far from the tree – teams of three, large range of subject matter, a bit where the teams have to try and find a perfect solution to a grid – so we shall see how much the wordsearch element adds to the mix.

Quizzy Monday

By | July 13, 2015
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There will be a separate post for Hive Minds tomorrow, but feel free to have a general discussion post for the plethora of new old quizzes starting today.

Show Discussion: King of the Nerds

By | July 12, 2015
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KingoftheNerdsLogoSundays, 7pm,
Sky One + HD

Konnie Huq invites eleven of Britain’s brightest to Nerdvana to take part in a series of tasks and challenges based around pop-culture, intelligence and ingenuity over eight weeks to determine who will get to sit atop the Throne of Games.

The original US show is good fun so we shall see how this Objective Production translates.

Even more excitement next week

By | July 8, 2015
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Well I think it’s great that so many channels are inefficiently putting out new shows right at the beginning of Summer where there’s going to be no audiences. Some more to add to the list:

  • King of the Nerds – Sky 1 AND SKY ONE HD DONTCHAKNOW, Sunday 7pm – this is interesting because they’ve kept the launch of this quiet, rather, and sounds like it’s been on a shelf for a little bit, but they’ve been scouting for contestants for a series two so I don’t know. Anyway Konnie Huq invites self-proclaimed nerds to an elimination nerd-off. If it’s like the US show, actually much more entertaining than it sounds, challenge weeks alternate between creative (cosplay, debating about comics) and technical (drone flying, building structures). US show had a largely celebratory tone, will be intrigued to see how Objective have pitched it.
  • The Link – 2014’s second best gameshow OFFICIAL returns with some episodes that weren’t shown during the last run. Monday, 1:45pm.