Category Archives: Show Discussion

Race to Escape

By | July 25, 2015

OK, I’m out this evening so I’m not going to get to watch until tomorrow, but it looks like the first ep of Science Channel in the US’ Race to Escape is online. Although I’m just getting a black screen at the moment, regardless of using dark magic or not. I’m hoping it will eventually… Read More »

Show Discussion: Hive Minds

By | July 14, 2015

Tuesdays, 8:30pm, BBC4 Fiona Bruce chairs this new BBC4 quiz where two teams of three answer clever questions by finding the answers in a hexagonal wordsearch. As a replacement for Only Connect (which has of course moved to BBC2) it doesn’t look like the apple has fallen far from the tree – teams of three,… Read More »

Show Discussion: Prized Apart

By | June 12, 2015

Saturdays, 7pm, BBC1 Well this has had a slightly more interesting development than most but this week the BBC’s big new shiny expensive new Saturday night hope finally gets off the ground. On paper it sounds like Exactly The Sort Of Thing We Like – ten couples vie for a £100,000 prize, one half of… Read More »

Show Discussion: Benchmark

By | June 1, 2015

Weekdays, 4pm Channel 4 A simple game with a simple host, Paddy McGuinness challenges ten people to answer a range of numerical questions, the average of which forms the notional Benchmark. The challenge for our plucky main player is to work out whether the actual answer is above or below the benchmark for big cash… Read More »