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3%

By | January 8, 2017

For some reason 3% has exploded over my Twitter timeline today, it’s actually been on Netflix for a little while, but when you scan through Netflix it’s quite easy to go past Brazilian sci-fi I suppose. Anyway it’s quite good and Very Much The Sort Of Thing You Might Enjoy. It’s a drama, it’s in Brazilian Portuguese… Read More »

Skill and Judgement

By | January 7, 2017

You might have seen this pop up on my Twitter feed yesterday, the first broadcast episode of Family Fortunes with Bob Monkhouse. Forget how really pared back the format for the first series was, what I found most interesting was the great pains he was in to point out how much skill is involved, from back… Read More »

A schedule as complicated as its questions

By | January 6, 2017

Don’t forget that quintessential weekend show Only Connect‘s baffling move to Fridays at 8:30pm (except in Northern Ireland where it’s 9:30pm) after Mastermind starts tonight, except for viewers in Wales where it’s on Saturday nights instead. Obviously. No I don’t know why a popular and successful show such as Only Connect now has a schedule as complicated… Read More »

Happy New Year! feat. some discussion of Sell or Swap in the comments

By | December 30, 2016

Happy New Year to all our readers! Probably not much going on until Monday January 2nd when !mpossible (pronounced Exclamationmarkmpossible) starts on BBC1 afternoons, followed that evening with the launch of the Bother’s Bar/UKGameshows.com Poll of 2016. It’s sure to be a riot. Whatever you’re doing, have a good one. Edit: Although it is Noel’s Sell Or Swap this… Read More »