Granada’s Quay Street opening up for TV business again: https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/2017/03/granadas-historic-studios-will-produce-entertainment-shows-again/ If I’m not mistaken (and I may be mistaken) this is where The Crystal Maze Manchester is opening. People who will know more than me: what does this mean, if anything? Edit: An insider suggests that the Maze isn’t in the main studio block but one of… Read More »
As we dip our hands in the bag marked “emergency filler content that was in a comment you might have missed” a follow-up to last week’s Murphy’s Micro Quiz-m, here’s another RTE show from 1986, Jackpot with the late Dermot Morgan. Yes, Father Ted. The game’s as prosaic as it comes – machine selects a category,… Read More »
Yes I know it barely feels like two days since the last one, but SdS it is. This episode it’s a battle of the musicians as Joey Kelly, member of popular Irish-American band The Kelly Family takes on Alexander Klaws, who was in the German Tarzan Disney musical and won Germany’s first series of Pop Idol, Deutschland… Read More »
Hurrah! Here’s the press release: The multi-award winning family entertainment show Wild Things is returning to Sky 1 this March for a brand new 10 x 60 series. Once again it will feature couples working together to complete the hilarious Wild Things challenge. The format involves one member of each team becoming a Wild Thing,… Read More »
The Nintendo Switch is out today, so let’s jump back 34 years to computer technology of 1983 with RTE’s Murphy’s Micro Quiz-m (no, not a clue what the -m is all about), kind of a proto First Class meets Ask the Family, but with quite good prizes and buzzer noises. Thanks to David for the… Read More »
You can get ready for 65 minutes of playalong appability for 5 Gold Rings on Sunday by downloading the official playalong app. It’s free on Android. Presumably it’s also (or will be also) on the Apple Store as well. Edit: Link for Apple device. Remember: if they ever mention the amount of people playing as a… Read More »