Sundays, 8pm, BBC2 It’s been away for a while but tonight Robot Wars returns promising more story and emotion than ever before, which really captures the appeal of the original. I’m joking of course, people tune in for watching big old robots fight each other. And we’re not joking when we suggest old, there are… Read More »
Weekdays, 4pm, Channel 4 Quizzy Mondays get temporarily quizzier this week with the launch of The Question Jury on Channel 4 afternoons, in the fabled Benchmark slot no less. Or one of them anyway. Seven people in a jury room work as a team and face questions to win a cash prize of up to… Read More »
Tuesdays, 10pm, Dave and on demand on UKTV Play. We’re super pleased for the return of last year’s surprise hit, which ranked second on the OFFICIAL list of last year’s best new gameshow formats. Another five comics (Doc Brown, Jon Richardson, Katherine Ryan, Joe Wilkinson and TV’s hardest working man Richard Osman) are challenged to complete… Read More »
Weekdays, 2:15pm, BBC1 The first series of this was a bit of a surprise hit, we liked it – a Bullseye-esque combination of quizzing and antiques valuation, but crucially not an antiques quiz which I would have found dull, it wasn’t quite perfect but it had a pretty good mechanic at its heart and was entertaining,… Read More »
Weekdays, 2:15pm, BBC1 New month, new attempt to find a daytime quiz hit which makes my job interesting at least. This one sees Matt Allwright and Lesley-Anne Brewis challenge teams of between one and three people to answer questions to find a combination to a safe. Inside is £3,000, but one wrong answer eliminates the… Read More »
Saturdays, 7pm, ITV Two groups of three friends take part in physical and mental challenges trying to hit target numbers ‘bang on’ in order to win up to £40,000 in what is being described as a party atmosphere whilst being cajoled by Kiss DJs Rickie Haywood Williams and Melvin Odoom (they both did Sweat the… Read More »