So you might have seen Buzzerblog tweet and write about this yesterday (all our stories stem from Buzzerblog these days, apparently), ITV are sending out casting notices for a new daytime show called Pick Me! Edit: Updated casting details. Stephen Mulhern hosting pilot, it films on May 6th in Manchester. Hilarious yet challenging battles of wits… Read More »
C4 afternoon quiz Benchmark with Paddy McGuinness films on weekdays up in Salford for the next fortnight, details SRO Audiences. A pilot for a show called The Money Box with John Thomson films in Salford on 1st May. The blurb makes it sound a little bit like Bother’s Bar favourite 19 Keys, although I’m sure… Read More »
Buzzerblog has the skinny on this Summer’s BIG NEW WORLDWIDE QUIZ SENSATION. We’ll go into more detail when we’ve got time, but right now it sounds eerily like Big Money Quizzlestick. I just think it’s got Big Hyped Flop written all over it. I’m not quite sure it has mass market appeal, and I’m struggling… Read More »
Well five minutes after the last post, do you remember the Richard Osman classic gameshow curated BBC archive thing mentioned a few weeks ago? Well it’s live now. It’s an eclectic mix featuring Friends Like These (2000), Ask the Family (1982), Weakest Link (2009), Big Break (2001), Bob’s Full House (1987), What’s My Line? (1974), Call… Read More »
We don’t like to go three days without a post but there’s not much gossip about so instead what I’ve done is gone through my Youtube recommended list and posted the first related thing it came up with, notwithstanding full episodes of Jeux Sans Frontieres with disgraced commentator Stuart Hall commentaries (these remain interesting historically… Read More »
If you missed this over the weekend, it looks like there’s another pilot of Name That Tune happening soon and teams of three are being asked for. We went and saw the Bill Bailey pilot last year and thought that although it felt like a lengthy recording it should edit quite well. I don’t know if… Read More »