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The Chase: Blood Moon

By | July 3, 2023

There’s a new The Chase: World Tour app out on your favourite app stores, but we’re not going to do a video of it as it’s one of those modern “give us yer money” ones, where you earn about 20 different currencies to unlock things (“Amazing authentic graphics featuring global landmarks“) but the one you… Read More »

Sound the drums! Summer’s starting!

By | June 30, 2023

That’s right! Season 34 of Fort Boyard begins on Saturday night on France 2 for another nine episodes, 8:10-ish pm UK time although it’s usually late (9:10 on the continent), and this year Pere Fouras has another 9 strategies for shaking the format up weekly, although some have returned from last year. New cells involve… Read More »

Muscles and Mayhem

By | June 29, 2023

New Netflix five part documentary series on American Gladiators “dropped” yesterday. I’ve only watched the first episode so far but it’s great fun, lots of clips from the pilot which looked hysterically awful (grabbing things from a trampoline a Gladiator was bouncing on), loads of interviews with the original Glads and TV people and the… Read More »

It’s Schlag den Star on Saturday

By | June 7, 2023

It’s only been a fortnight since the last one, and this one might be *extra* intriguing as it’s come out this morning that Raab/Brainpool will be moving some of their shows to rival network RTL, including TV Total spin-off Blamerien oder Kassieren and Schlag den Besten, both of which set to be hosted by face… Read More »