Category Archives: Show Discussion

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Weekdays, 4:30pm, BBC One Ore Oduba asks questions of six contestants, each trying to outrun the Hardball as it makes its way along 25m of track by answering general knowledge questions in the hope of winning cash prizes. Don’t know much about the format other than that, presumably they’re keeping it simple and hoping lots… Read More »

Weekdays, 4pm, Channel 4 Well it had been a daily show on the continent so in that sense there’s no real reason why it couldn’t succeed. Davina’s back with a version of The Million Pound Drop but with everything divided by ten – the prize, the bundles of cash (£2.5k each now) and by the… Read More »

Sundays, 2am and 8pm, Sky One New vehicular based combat show which has gone heavy on Mad Max style theming which might be good fun. Freddie Flintoff, Vick Hope and Lethal Bizzle watch as customised cars bash into each other in order to be the last one standing. I don’t have access to Sky One… Read More »

Saturday 9:15pm, Rest of the week 9pm, ITV It’s back for a week of specials for the 20th anniversary (i.e. it’s a sly pilot) and it’s got a new host in the divisive Jeremy Clarkson. But Millionaire is back, whether anyone really gives a damn or not. Also back: the 15 question money tree and… Read More »

Whenever you want, Netflix We’re very excited to see more Korean variety programming come to Netflix (COME ON, THE GENIUS), this one sounds a little bit like Whodunnit? and looks like it might be great fun. The Netflix blurb: Tackling different mysteries in each episode of this game show, seven sleuths get closer to solving the… Read More »