Saturdays, 5:40pm BBC1 Joe Lycett, ably assisted by referee Alison Hammond, present new Saturday teatime quiz where contestants are asked questions against the clock, but the clocks are weird and wonderful. The best contestant gets the chance to win a holiday. I think it’s a great pairing, I think the idea on paper is pretty… Read More »
Tuesdays, 9pm, ITV4 Yup, you read that right, ITV4 – this seems like quite the commission for it. Dolph Lundgren off of films challenges teams to ascend his tower in order to win a holiday and cash. On each floor a challenge based on classic action movie scenes. Fail and get thrown out of the… Read More »
Weekdays, 6pm, BBC2 Give me an L! Give me an E! Give me a T! Give me another T! Give me an E! Give me an R! Give me a B! Give me an O! Give me an X! What does it spell! Series two of Letterbox! Hurrah! Britain’s best-loved wordgame IS BACK! for its… Read More »
Tuesdays 9:15pm, All other days (except Saturday) 10pm Channel 4 For next three weeks Channel 4 explores how people try and attain popularity on social media with The Circle. Maya Jama and Alice Levine host as a group of people live in separate apartments in block, communicating with each other only through a bespoke social… Read More »
Weekdays, 2:15pm BBC1 New daily afternoon quiz fronted by BBC Breakfast and sports host Dan Walker. Five contestants and five cases, each with different amounts of cash. However nobody knows what’s in their own case, but by answering questions they can earn the right to find out what’s in somebody else’s. At the end of… Read More »
Wednesdays, 9pm, Dave and UKTV Play I think Taskmaster‘s the only show we’ve bothered to give a show discussion post to seven different series now and here we are again as Rhod Gilbert, Kerry Godliman, Phil Wang, James Acaster and Jessica Knappett compete in ridiculous tasks over the next ten weeks. In related news, Alex… Read More »