TV’s David Bodycombe writes: Run-through contestants required for testing season 2 of Tom Scott’s ‘The Game Garage’. It’ll take place at Limehouse Town Hall, London E14 on Friday 14th June from 10.30am to 4.30pm (at most – we aim to finish earlier). You’ll be helping to try out new game show formats – some quizzes,… Read More »
Bother’s Bar is upset to learn about the passing of the actor Paul Darrow this morning. Most people will know him as Avon from Blake’s 7, but we’ll always remember him as hosting and commentating on incredible early 2000s endurance competition Hercules, giving it a real sense of gravitas and tone. The show was produced… Read More »
Summer is almost upon us, and as we know Summer is officially measured by “is Fort Boyard on?” We’ve opened our FB ’19 discussion page. Look out for a live stream playthrough of the official new Microids Fort Boyard game, coming to Switch and other platforms, when it’s released (currently down for June 19th in… Read More »
Kenneth Clarke’s Civilization. Attenborough’s Planet Earth. Epic documentary series both. And now there’s a new landmark documentary to add to the list, Ben Justice’s Top 100 UK Gameshows of All Time. Justice is a little different from your average punter, he actually works in development (with shows to his name including last year’s best-selling format All Together Now, Richard Osman’s… Read More »
Alan Carr’s done a lot of old gameshow pilot reboots recently, and evidently off the back of successful revivals of old shows in the US with big money endgames, ITV has decided they want some of that as well, with Alan Carr’s Epic Gameshow. Planned episodes include The Price Is Right, Play Your Cards Right,… Read More »
This Friday sees the final part of Actual Real TV Developer Ben Justice’s Top 100 Gameshows of All Time, and it’s a 70 minute monster – that’ll go live at 9:30am. If you haven’t been following, now’s a good time to catch up: Part 1 (100-91) Part 2 (90-81) Part 3 (80-71) Part 4 (70-61)… Read More »