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: Show Discussion: Taskmaster Series 2 »
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: Show Discussion: For What It’s Worth Series 2 »
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: Show Discussion: The Code »
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: Show Discussion: Bang On The Money »
Sundays, 7pm, Sky One AND SKY ONE HD Well since the first series it won Best Entertainment Show at the Rose D’ors and has since sold to Denmark, Belgium, Argentina, Sweden, Russia and China (Gary Monaghan suggests those last two feature a bear and a panda). Bother’s Bar once again backing the unlikely winners. And… Read More: Show Discussion: Wild Things Series 2 »
Tuesdays, 9pm, ITV1 I reckon that a semi-serious celebrity motor racing show might have some mileage (as it were), after all everyone likes the Star In A Reasonably Priced Car bit from Top Gear (and of course Star Makes A Reasonably Priced Omelette from Saturday Kitchen), and driving’s the sort of thing you could get quite good… Read More: Show Discussion: Drive »