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It’s Swedish Taskmaster!

By | March 28, 2017

You’ll likely need a VPN, but here’s Bäst i test, the Swedish version of Taskmaster. Looks like only three celebs rather than five. Still, though. (Edit: “Two hosts, four regular cast members and a celebrity guest” – @ohheysamshere) I hope there’s a task where they have to try and make an Englishman blush. Taskmaster returns… Read More »

Do you want to win a trophy?

By | March 27, 2017

Could you talk for twenty seconds about Beyoncé? How about Botticelli? The Silence of the Lambs? Sinitta? The Smartest Person at Bother’s Bar asks if you know a reasonable amount about a reasonable amount. Then politely ponders if you know when to shut up. I am looking for contestants! You can find all the details right… Read More »

The Nonary Games

By | March 24, 2017

Something to file under “things that may be of interest”, out on Steam and PS4/Vita today is Zero Escape: The Nonary Games, a remastered collection of 999 and Virtue’s Last Reward previously released on Nintendo DS. I have played neither of the games previously, but I’m totally on board with the theme – nine people trapped… Read More »

Amateur Contestant Call

By | March 23, 2017

Right then, FOTB and Schlag den Star commentator Dan Peake is recording a new podcast game called Codebreaker recording in the next few weeks. He is after contestants. If you like general knowledge quizzes and codebreaking, drop him a line. And here’s the Code Breaker Twitter. And several of you have enquired about The Smartest Person… Read More »

Filler bag

By | March 22, 2017

Let’s take a look inside the Bother’s Bar Filler Bag… yeah why not. Thanks to Brian Moore for sending us a link to this, the Japanese version of LWT’s ‘hit’ 1976 show The Sweepstakes Game, more popularly (and originally) known in the US as Celebrity Sweepstakes. It’s kind of a bit like You Bet meets Winner… Read More »

The Code returns Monday afternoon

By | March 19, 2017

Probably worth pointing out as it’s easy to forget, the new series of fun multiple choice true/false quiz The Code with Matt Allwright and Lesley-Anne Brewis begins Monday afternoon on BBC1 at 2:15. I don’t expect many format changes, so you can read what we thought of the first series here. Edit: Actually it sounds like there’s… Read More »