Category Archives: Show Discussion

Show Discussion: One & Six Zeros

By | March 12, 2022

Sundays, 6pm,Channel 4 Dara O’Briain invites teams of three to try and win a million quid by answering seven seven-answer multiple choice questions to keep the pot in play, knocking a zero off for each incorrect answer. As an added fillip, at points during the game the team must reduce their number, hoping to keep… Read More »

Cat Burglar on Netflix

By | February 22, 2022

New interactive cartoon thing from top Gilles De Coster lookalike Charlie Brooker hot off the heels of originally doing this sort of thing with Bandersnatch a few years ago. We said the trailer for this looked interesting last week. Well now it’s out, what’s it like? It’s fun! If you grew up watching old Looney… Read More »

Show Discussion: Starstruck

By | February 11, 2022

Saturdays, 8:30pm,ITV Altogether now: “If you could be a popstar, who would you be? Come share your dream with us, the makeover’s free!” In this totally unique and different talent show, people get professionally made-up and perform as their favourite popstars whilst Olly Murs looks on. Only this time three people are pretending to be… Read More »

Show Discussion: Ant and Dec’s Limitless Win

By | January 7, 2022

Saturdays, 8:30pm,ITV Well there’s nothing like making a rod for your own back is there? Ant and Dec offer to potentially bankrupt ITV (spoiler: they haven’t bankrupted ITV) in the world’s first limitless jackpot, provided you don’t count any existing winner-stays-on shows, and does so in a method that if the adverts are anything to… Read More »

Show Discussion: The Weakest Link

By | December 17, 2021

Saturday, 6:10pm,BBC1 No your eyes AREN’T deceiving you, The “The” is now officially part of the title again after twenty years in the wilderness, for no discernable reason. Look, we wanted Judge Rinder to host. But we like Romesh and can understand why they’ve gone for mildly-pissed-off-uncle in this lighter, brighter The Weakest Link reboot,… Read More »