Category Archives: Show Discussion

Sitting On A Fortune

By | October 30, 2014

So last night I watched new Irish show Brian Dowling’s Sassy Quiz Sitting On A Fortune (made in association with RDF Television) from TV3 and if you can get round the geolocation you can watch it here. In it, three couples try and win as much money as possible by sitting on a sofa as much… Read More »

Avanti un Altro 2014/15

By | September 14, 2014

Oooh yes! Bonolis and Laurenti return to Italian TV tonight for another seven-night-a-week run of Avanti un Altro, one of our favourite foreign shows of the last five years. In an alternate universe Michael Barrymore’s presenting a daily UK version at 5pm on ITV and it would be massive, but seeing as that’s an alternate… Read More »

Show Discussion: Celebrity Squares

By | September 9, 2014

Wednesdays, 8pm ITV1 Warwick Davies is the unusual choice to front a revival of Bobby’s Big Box Game, this time round with a £20,000 jackpot prize and with Tim Vine and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown favourite Joe Wilkinson as regulars. And an extended 60 minute running time, so expect more arsing about from… Read More »

Beat It!

By | September 4, 2014

So the other night I got the chance to watch John de Mol’s new singing talent show Beat It! currently going out on Saturdays on SBS6 in the Netherlands (catch-up available but geoblocked). In it, team captains Jan Smit and Gerard Joling act as both judges and partner each to nine singers. The host is hosted… Read More »