According to Broadcast the BBC have commissioned a new daytime quiz from the brain behind Tipping Point called Decimate, where Shane Richie challenges people to hold onto a £20,000 pot, wrong answers decimating the prize money, and will educate the populace of the correct definition of decimate. And it’s a CPL production. I like Shane Richie… Read More »
Recording soon: You Against the Nation – TAKE ON THE NATION IN A QUIZ up in Salford on July 15th. Tickets Applause Store. The Edge – Quiz meets bowling filming end of July at Elstree. Tickets BBC Ticket Unit. The Money Pit (SRO) films on Thursday, the show that more people have asked me about than any… Read More »
Well Richard Osman is always complaining that he’s never won an award, I think the Pointless team have got a decent shout here though, Pointless is shortlisted for a Rose d’Or. The contenders in the game show category: Extraordinary Masters (original title ‘Die Deutschen Meister’) – Brainpool TV GmbH (Germany) Pointless (UK), Episode 1 (Series 9)… Read More »
OK here’s something potentially quite intriguing – according to Broadcast, C4 are going to try and steal a march on ITV’s Rising Star with The Singer Takes It All, a live singing show hosted by Alan Carr where the people at home will vote in real time with an app, with the stage moving forwards… Read More »
It’s still quiet, so whilst we’re waiting for something interesting to happen here’s Cluedo in Swedish. Fans of such murder mystery should undoubtably be watching South Korea’s Crime Scene as it’s a) better and b) subtitled. And c) features AMAZING game playing by Bother’s Bar mascot Jinho every week.
Good luck to the crew of new Endemol BBC2 afternoon quiz Two Tribes, filming over the next fortnight. If it’s good it’ll probably be because of Richard Osman, if it’s rubbish probably because of the internet’s Dan Peake. We’ll probably have a recording report or two sometime over the next fortnight, otherwise if you’re in the… Read More »