Category Archives: Show Discussion

Brave New World

By | December 8, 2021

Sometimes we discover things by chance, frankly we’d probably have no idea this existed before stumbling on a Twitter conversation, but one of the great things about running this Bar is that I can signal boost something worthwhile. And so we come to New World on Netflix, a new Korean variety/reality show. In it, six… Read More »

Show Discussion: GamesMaster

By | November 20, 2021

Sundays 7pm E4’s Youtube channel,Repeated Wednesday 10pm on E4 And so the speculation can finally come to an end and we can find out if the idea was worthwhile. What’s the point of rebooting GamesMaster? The kids are all getting their gaming content from Youtube anyway and they seem perfectly happy with that. And most… Read More »

Show Discussion: The Tournament

By | November 7, 2021

Weekdays, 2:15pm,BBC1 And so the BBC try out a new format in the apparently challenging post-Doctors slot, this one’s a quiz that’s been devised by the people behind QI and fronted by ex-football captain Alex Scott. Despite its octagonal title card, our eight contestants will not be battling it out in mixed marshal arts, instead… Read More »

Show Discussion: Question Team

By | October 14, 2021

Tuesdays, 10pm,Dave Better late than never for a show discussion post I think (the first episode went out a few nights ago) but the feedback I’ve heard from it has been encouraging so I look forward to catching up in a spare hour, Richard Ayoade invites three comics to come up with their own quiz… Read More »