(Copyright Charlie Brooker) Gok Wan will apparently be hosting Channel 4’s version of Stateside Jerry Springer fronted sleeper hit Baggage. It’s a dating show where increasingly big secrets get revealed about the contestants throughout the show. I can imagine Wan bringing a fun camp element to it. I gather the UK version will be hour long episodes.
Meanwhile, whilst Ask the Nation on next week’s Millionaire isn’t much of a surprise, there will apparently be a playalong game.
Well here’s a bit of a turn up for the books, it looks like Noel Edmonds is sneaking back onto primetime Saturday night BBC1, he’s going to be hosting the pilot of comedy action game The Bodyguard on Wednesday 17th July at Elstree. Tickets still avaliable on SRO, I want to go but unfortunately I can’t because of work commitments. Really annoyed about that now, actually. If you go and want to write it up for us, please let me know.
OK, lots asked if there will be poker games in the off-season, the answer is YES – keep the evening of Thursday 12th July free – 8:30pm start.
It’s Le Tour, so it’s time for Le Tournoi – KING OF THE MOUNTAINS – hold ‘em as a second category climb.
– 5,000 starting stack
– 5 minute levels
– $10+1 buy-in
– Dope yourself up with an optional rebuy or add-on ($10 each limited to one rebuy in the first half hour, add-ons worth 7,000 chips), or try to win it clean!
– Winner Takes All.
I’m also going on a poker trip to London very soon, so if that goes well I might add some value. And if it doesn’t I won’t.
This is likely to take 2-3 hours depending on how many players we get.
You will need to be a member of Brig’s Poker Club to play, all the details can be found here. Don’t leave it to the last minute as I have to approve all new memberships, but becoming a member is free.
Weekdaily, 5pm, ITV1
20 episodes
Ben Shephard hosts a gameshow based around those coin pushers you see in arcades. Contestants use “skill and strategy” in order to earn the right to play the machine which could pay out as much as £10,000 if they’re very lucky. It’s lucky there’s £10,000 in it, because the machine itself looks a bit bland from the previews. Still though.
I can’t remember the last time there was a Board of Excitement, precumably because there’s been very little excitement over the previous weeks. Here we are though: