So here is something the celebrity David Bodycombe threw my way a few nights ago, a low-budget web thriller called The Vault, based around a reality show with a similar aesthetic to second best film of all-time Cube (*) and is sort of an extra-large version of that game from The Mole where people are locked in separate rooms and they have to solve puzzles inside the rooms to help their team-mates escape. Here’s the official site, it started in 2011 and seemed to finish sometime last year. It’s not gory or anything, or at least not as far as I’ve got.

For me (I’m about halfway through) a bit ponderous, although each ten-minute episode finishes with a nice cliffhanger which has kept me watching thus far – I was going to stop a few episodes ago for the night but have kept watching, so it’s certainly doing something right.

IN OTHER NEWS, we always say that until the BBC decides to send a song the public will buy then we’re just wasting our time at Eurovision. But lo and behold, what has topped the physical sales charts this week?

Electro Velvet No.1 on the Official Physical Sales Chart pic.twitter.com/QbtVn445D8

— Danyal (@DanyalWho) April 26, 2015

Unfortunately it’s nowhere to be seen in the official Top 100 made up of downloads, physical and streaming. I wonder how many it has sold physically.

Finally, I was hoping to run another Mario Kart tournament this coming Saturday but I’ve been surprised with a family visit so I’m postponing it for a week to May 9th. This gives you ample time to download and play the DLC tracks (required), and this time instead of a tournament I’m likely to just host a room and everyone can join in so we should all be able to race at once (provided 12 or less turn up) – make sure you’ve added me as a friend on Wii U in the interim – BrigBother, and that’s my name on PlayStation Network as well if you want to add.

(*) The best film of all time is, of course, The Running Man.

Saturday, 7:15pm UK / 8:15pm Europe
ProSieben or naughty internet streaming

[Before we begin a little bit of business, I’ve done a little bit of rationalizing with the new WordPress update. You won’t notice much day-to-day but you might notice we now have a boringly functional mobile version now, so you can slag off criticise constructively shows on the bus. New comments (and the link to see the desktop version) can be found down the bottom, although I will see if there’s a better solution in due course. If you notice issues please hit me up.]

This year we’ve already had a postponement and a cancellation (which happened to coincide with a Saturday I couldn’t do and Lewis Murphy moving country. Coincidence? It seems unlikely.) but THIS SATURDAY Raab IS BACK and there’s €1.5m on the line if a member of the public can best him over fifteen mystery challenges. German Eurovision hopeful Ann Sophie and Stefanie Heinzmann provide the musical entertainment.

And again Bother’s Bar will be providing a live English commentary service throughout the evening, and during the boring bits there will be quizzes by TV legends David Bodycombe and Daniel Peake.

We’re likely to be around for five or six hours so do listen in and tweet us.

Here is our commentary stream. 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.

This is the stream we will be watching. 

Follow us on Twitter for immediate news if something goes wrong. Or because we’re fun guys!!!! @bothersbar, @danielpeake, @ogbajoj, @davidjbodycombe.

Tschüß!

So you might have seen Buzzerblog tweet and write about this yesterday (all our stories stem from Buzzerblog these days, apparently), ITV are sending out casting notices for a new daytime show called Pick Me!

Edit: Updated casting details. Stephen Mulhern hosting pilot, it films on May 6th in Manchester. Hilarious yet challenging battles of wits promised. E-mail possessedcasting@itv.com if you’re interested – good luck.

Edit Edit: Off camera audience tickets are also available for people who just want to watch, tickets SRO. Let us know what it’s like if you go, hmm?

In Pick Me! everyone in the audience is a potential winner but if you want to play for a prize, you have to get picked. So make sure you stand out from the crowd; don your best fancy dress costume, wear your most OTT t-shirt, or bring along a brightly coloured homemade sign. The more outrageous the better.

The interest here is that it’s from Possessed TV, run by the most interesting man in daytime Glenn Hugill. My gut’s not big on that description, although I’m sure it will be brilliant, but what if it isn’t? Who becomes the most interesting man in daytime then? Hugh Rycroft? Judge Rinder? Who?

In other news JOIN US for the live Bother’s Bar Schlag den Raab-cast on Saturday night from 7:15pm where we commentate over the LIVE edition of Schlag den Raab (this month with €1.5m on the line) until the boring bits when David Bodycombe and Daniel Peake have quizzes of their own lined up. It’s sure to be a laugh riot, with some tense bits as we go full armchair producer and criticise German live production decisions, inevitably.

• C4 afternoon quiz Benchmark with Paddy McGuinness films on weekdays up in Salford for the next fortnight, details SRO Audiences.
• A pilot for a show called The Money Box with John Thomson films in Salford on 1st May. The blurb makes it sound a little bit like Bother’s Bar favourite 19 Keys, although I’m sure it’s very different. Details SRO.
• Name That Tune is filming again on Thursday 30th April in London. Details Applause Store.