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Helicopter tragedy

By | March 10, 2015

You might have read in the news this morning about the tragedy in Argentina, ten people (seven crew including the two pilots, three sporting celebrities) died in a helicopter crash whilst filming reality show Dropped (pretty standard survival fare, originally Norwegian IIRC – drop people off in inhospitable places and see how they cope finding food… Read More »

It’s Comic Relief Only Connect tonight

By | March 9, 2015

So you might find you’re able to answer some of the questions. The celebs involved are: Tom Holland, Reeta Chakrabarti, Patrick Marber, Steve Pemberton, Katie Derham, Steve Jones (not that Steve Jones). That is on BBC2 tonight at 8:30 after University Challenge, you can donate through the website.

Das Spiel Beginnt

By | March 8, 2015

If you were on Twitter last night you might have became vaguely aware of a German TV show that was going out involving giant versions of board games and wondering what it was. So thanks to Nico W we might have a Special Feature on it upcoming soon. It’s called Das Spiel Beginnt, and intended… Read More »

Happy UK Eurovision Entry Reveal Day!

By | March 7, 2015

After The Voice (around 9:30pm), On the BBC Red Button, also the BBC Eurovision site and Eurovision.tv It’s time to find out which act and song, which will inevitably be slightly too worthy but some people will say “look it’s not completely rubbish” but nobody would actually buy, we’re sending to Austria in May! Join Scott… Read More »

Contestants wanted

By | March 4, 2015

Here you go: BRAND NEW BBC QUIZ SHOW Do you and your friends love brainteasers, cross-word puzzles and tough TV quizzes? Can you answer questions on Only Connect and University Challenge for fun? Then this is the quiz for you. We are looking for smart and interesting contestants for a brand new BBC quiz show that… Read More »

Gameshows + Shouting = Buzzr

By | March 4, 2015

So last year Fremantle in the US thought it might be an interesting idea to go through their large back catalogue of formats and redo some of them to appeal to a youth audience. The result of that is Buzzr on Youtube. After an apparent successful go at Family Feud and Password earlier this year, this… Read More »