Cry God for Harry, England and St George!

By | April 23, 2013
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It’s St George’s Day today! And earlier I asked a simple question on Twitter:

And got flooded with loads of answers. Some good, some not so good. The best ones so far are Fluke, Through the Keyhole, I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue and the one which I came up with which was Pointless (It’s about lists which are a quintessential element of the English school system, it’s hosted by posh people, everyone else in the world finds it baffling).

Can you do better? Remember, we’re talking about ENGLAND here rather than Britain.

Meanwhile, the BBC’s Garry Scott has advised that Gordon Burns will be hosting a live three hour quiz for Radio Lancaster/Manchester on May 16th from 7pm. You can listen and play along live, OR you can be one of the teams playing there for real! There are no prizes as it’s a charity event, but if you can put a team of four together and can get to Blackburn on that date then drop Garry a line.

Fifty Fifty 24

By | April 22, 2013
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It’s the new Fifty 50 Show! And I’m a guest, so do listen to it. This week it is mainly about gameshow apps, and why the good ones are good.

A list of all the apps I’ve reviewed over the last few years is here, although some of them aren’t sold any more, which is a bit aggravating. I wonder why the Crystal Maze app was taken off? Here is my exciting press quote for the Fort Boyard app, and here is the review it actually comes from.

Also! 1001 Things You Should Know began a new series today, although it’s not on 4oD yet for some reason. Anyway, they’ve got rid of the numbering and it sounds like the leading contestant decides the categories for all the contestants for the final, by the sounds. May as well use the original Show Discussion post for it.

Challenge TV have bought up Knightmare, and they’ll be showing series one and two from Friday 10th May at 10:30pm. Which is immediately after series one (I think) Fun House! Wow.

I’ve had people enquire about The Line Up, it’s happening eventually, I’m just a bit busy. Think of it as having a Sommerpause.

Deutsches Fernsehen

By | April 21, 2013
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New content! I’ve done a feature on Cash Crash for you.

But that’s not all! Yesterday we watched Opdenhovel’s Countdown (some fun ideas, but I don’t love the reformatting I don’t think). And after that we chanced across the German lottery show on ARD. And it’s Music From Pages From Ceefax-tastic!

Nice.

Don’t forget it’s Game Seven of the BSOP this evening at 8pm and it’s open to anyone who fancies a game regardless of if they’ve got a chance to win the league or not. $5.50 is the stake, so come and join us!

To answer the question everybody is asking to find this site…

By | April 18, 2013
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Yes, the episodes of Tipping Point on during April/May 2013 are repeats. The third series films soon.

We’re going to have a feature on the recently comissioned (in Germany) Cash Crash for you this weekend, and on Sunday night it’s game seven of the BSOP -as it warms up outside, it’s warming up on the felt. It’s open to anyone who wants to play and is willing to stake the $5.50 stake, so come and join us.