Thursdays from 16th July, 9pmITV1 and ITVX Paris, Zurich, Lisbon, Athens, Barcelona, Rome. When The Chase says it’s going around the world, boy do they mean it. The Chase Around The World sees six pairs of contestants with pre-existing relationships race around these worldwide cities searching for a pair of Chasers who have set up… Read More: Show Discussion: The Chase Around The World »
Amazon Prime from 26th June Romesh is back and he’s back on Amazon Prime as they try and find a third pillar to go alongside Last One Laughing and Clarkson’s Farm, this one features 10 Content Creators (TM) who you’ve definitely heard of flown out to a remote location where a game usually played hypothetically… Read More: Show Discussion: Would You Rather: Decide to Survive »
Sat/Sun/Mon for two weeks, 9pm,ITV1 This is going up a bit earier than usual because I would like, if I may, to have a quick chat about Saturday nights and ITV entertainment. What are the most recent new game-y hits on Saturday night across the last five years? They are Gladiators, The Wheel and The… Read More: Show Discussion: Nobody’s Fool »
Tuesdays, 9pm,U & Dave It’s nice to see Dave try and get back into the game, especially since TLC has basically taken their territory in terms of original programming and on the face of it this sounds Very Much The Sort Of Thing We Like – Mel Giedroyc challenges two teams of comics led by… Read More: Show Discussion: The Way Out »
Friday-Sun 9pm and then Thurs-Fri 9pm,ITV1 It feels like ITV are really pushing this, six families (or various) move into a street and will compete in challenges and politically strategize to eliminate everybody else (although it sounds like others will move into the street as the 12-episode run progresses). The winning household gets £250,000. Graham… Read More: Show Discussion: The Neighbourhood »
Sunday-Tuesday, 9pm,C4 We quite enjoyed Celebrity Bear Hunt on Netflix last year even though its numbers were evidently disappointing and we remember Capture on The CW around a decade ago which promoted itself as a Hunger Games-style competition show – this seems to have a very similar look and feel to that even if the… Read More: Show Discussion: The Hunt: Prey vs Predator »