Category Archives: Show Discussion

Show Discussion: Spy School

By | January 7, 2018

Sundays, 8:30am, CITV We’ve long thought some of the most fun ideas on telly are kids shows, Spy School is of interest as it’s from the team behind Fort Boyard: Ultimate Challenge, a fairly successful adaptation of Fort Boyard for a specifically kid’s market. Spy School, led by Agents J and L, asks a team… Read More »

Show Discussion: Wedding Day Winners

By | January 5, 2018

Saturday, 7:25pm, BBC1 Lorraine Kelly and Rob Beckett preside as two about-to-get-married couples and their families compete for prizes and to have their wedding broadcast to the nation on primetime BBC. It’s not a bad idea, weddings feel like an untapped entertainment market in the UK, although whether this will successfully capture the feel good… Read More »

Show Discussion: Guess the Star

By | December 30, 2017

Saturday, 7pm, ITV When I first heard about this I thought “that sounds compellingly awful”. I think it’s the title more than anything else, which evokes Butlins more than primetime ITV. But here we are. What we have is sort of Celebrity Stars In Their Eyes but in reverse – celeb dresses up as iconic… Read More »