Mondays, 8pm,BBC2 This is a big swing (they’ve put it in the Only Connect slot, BBC2’s highest rating slot of the week) and I’m here for it, but they’re already doing things that on paper seem more amateur than Grandmaster. I mean look at that subtitle! Is this the first or last series? Sue Perkins… Read More »
From Wednesday 5th February,Netflix Holly Willoughby invites 12 celebs to the Costa Rican jungle where Bear Grylls will put them through their survival paces, the celebs deemed to be not up to scratch will have to fight for their survival avoiding capture whilst being hunted by the ex-head of the Scouts. Netflix have given this… Read More »
Xmas Specials 23rd and 26th December, 5:30/5:40pmSeries proper starts 6th January 2:30pmITV Two lines of thought here, it’s an extremely old-school show with an old-school premise – people draw pictures for others (each team two civilians and a celebrity) to identify against the clock for a nice prize. On the other hand everyone says they’re… Read More »
Sunday, 6pm,ITV Do yer remember Bullseye? Do yer? Do yer remember “stay out of the black and into the red, nothing in this game for two in a bed?” Do yer remember “iiiiiiinn one?” Do yer remember the speedboat? They were always giving away a speedboat weren’t they! Do yer remember that bit where they’d… Read More »
2 eps on Friday 19th December, 1 ep weekly thereafterAmazon Prime This has become a bit of a curio really. Mr Beast, world’s most famous Youtuber famous for his big money challenges and giveaways (and basically doing Real Life Squid Game in 30 minutes), now throwing his considerable weight around for Amazon Prime with a… Read More »
Saturday 7th December 8:15pm,Sunday 22nd December 7pm,ITV1 It’s actually been a while since we last had a show that was a bit like You Bet! – Epic Win with Alexander Armstrong and Joe Lycett, Go For It! with Stephen Mulhern were 2011 and 2016, it was probably only a matter of time in our age… Read More »