Saturdays, 7pm,ITV Saturday night’s king of smart-casual Dermot O’Leary challenges teams to games of skill in worlds of miniature. There’s some serious money on the line as well with up to £150,000 to be won. Will anyone have the dexterous digits required or will Dermot just end up giving the contestants the finger? It’s The… Read More »
Wednesdays, 8pm,ITV The Governess is back with a new series of Britain’s Brightest Family, and it looks like there have been enough changes to warrant a new discussion post, not least a change in prize – the ultimate tournament winners now take £25,000 home, a change in set (out go the raising armchairs, in comes… Read More »
Saturday, 10pm,Channel 5 UK adaptation of US show Hollywood Game Night, presumably Borehamwood Game Night didn’t test as well. Liza Tarbuck hosts two teams of celebrities led by Danny Baker and Susan Calman across a range of different games and quizzes. Evidently they’ve dropped the “civilians hanging out with celebs and winning money” aspect of… Read More »
Thursdays, 8pm, Dave An interesting commission from Dave, a straight no-frills low budget gameshow where members of the public try and predict the sorts of things search autocomplete comes up. Episodes are half an hour and they’re doubling up right now. Comic John Robins hosts, Sunil Patel is the richardosman. I suspect this will have… Read More »
Sky One, Friday, 9pm Apparently this is all on Sky now, presumably as a box set. I will flesh this out later. Basic premise: ten people rob a van and try and keep the money for two weeks. If that sounds like Hunted, it’s probably because it’s by the same people as Hunted. Let us… Read More »
Tuesdays, 10pm, BBC2 A bunch of celebs go to a fancy restaurant and all put their cards in the middle of the table. Between courses they play games, the winner gets to take their card back. The ultimate loser has to pay for the evening. It’s from 12 Yard so there’s every possibility it will… Read More »