It’s not going to have a live audience and it sounds like they aren’t going to be allowed to film outside. But even so the live show appears to be going ahead and two celebs will battle it out over 15 surprise events in an empty arena for Elton’s €100,000 prize. And we’re going to… Read More »
Apropos of nothing, here’s an episode of Crisis Command: Could You Run The Country? that ran for three episodes on BBC2, kind of a high-concept choose your own adventure crisis simulation. One of the scenarios involved a pandemic which everyone is an expert on. This isn’t that episode though.
Here’s a fun thing that turned up on Youtube the other day, an entire episode of C4 quiz championship Grand Slam from 2003. It’s still really nice from a production perspective – looks striking, decent Paul Farrer soundtrack. I still dislike the kick-a-contestant-when-they’re-down round starting rules, and Switch-Switch-Passing (which doesn’t happen here). Clearly some of… Read More »
With the triumphant return of Race Across The World last night, our thoughts once again turn to the show it reminds me most of, which is 2001 Channel 4 reality show Lost. Especially so after being linked to this Guardian article about the behind the scenes stuff on RATW, which reminded me of the excellent… Read More »
A few things happening today: It’s the start of Race Across The World 2! 8pm, BBC2. Belgian Mole starts tonight! It will take a few days for the English subs to come through, but we will discuss it here. We were sad to hear about the death of Tremendous Knowledge Dave Rainford from Eggheads yesterday.… Read More »
Saturday, 9pm (GMT),Here and on Youtube. Join in! Play along on jackbox.tv We’re back for the 18th Game Night! And this episode’s loose theme is “games we’ve not played for a while + Trivia Murder Party 2“, whether through the unluckiness of the board pick or not fitting the narrative we’ve basically made up to… Read More »