Sundays, 9pm,Channel 4 And so the show that we thought might have been a reboot of Survivor but isn’t begins, instead a UK version of a French flop where twelve people must build a 250m bridge within a time limit to a pontoon with £100,000 on it then decide amongst themselves who gets to keep… Read More »
Various channels, Various times,But it mainly looks like first run on Comedy Central Mondays at 8pm and Channel 5 repeat Friday 10pm although apparently that’s only the first episode. The first ep is on tomorrow at 8pm on Comedy Central as well. Slightly baffling Comedy Central commission that makes a bit more sense being repeated… Read More »
Sundays, 8pm,ITV It’s back, and this time it has normal, natural un-media trained everyday families competing for big cash prizes by guessing how 100 people responded to survey questions and trying to avoid the dreaded er-errrs. The big twist this time round is that it’s being hosted by popular Italian chef Gino d’Acampo so we’re… Read More »
Saturdays, 6:25pm,ITV Here we are then, Stephen Mulhern (almost wrote Merchant then, must be the heat) brand new (filmed a year ago) arcade machine quiz where three celeb/civilian pairs of contestants answer multiple choice questions and roll giant coins down a giant coin rolling machine in the hope of avoiding the bankrupts and going home… Read More »
Weekdaily 27th-1st, 9pm,ITV Intriguingly stripped nightly quiz where a player can win thousands of pounds by taking on not just one but an entire team of Chasers. As we understand it each player gets a five question cashbuilder, and then a choice of offers – play against more Chasers with a smaller headstart for more… Read More »
Daily Easter Monday – Wed, 9pm,ITV Here’s something a bit different, a three-part dramatisation of the Major Ingram coughing scandal on Who Wants to be a Millionaire, based on a hit play by James Graham. Michael Sheen (Celebrity The Chase) plays Chris Tarrant, Matthew Macfadyen (Spooks) plays Charles Ingram, Sian Clifford (Vanity Fair) plays Diana.… Read More »