Weekdays, 6pm, BBC2 Richard Osman goes it alone for a new light BBC2 quiz where players are split along personality lines for each round of rapid fire quizzing. We’ve seen a couple of episodes being filmed. We’re of the mind that it’s an OK format likely to do well because of Osman’s presence and lots of… Read More: Show Discussion: Two Tribes »
Weekdays 5pm, ITV1 Real life couple Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford challenge couples to win their wedding lists and a lovely holiday in a show that sounds part Who Dares Wins and part Mr and Mrs. Can’t say it sounds too thrilling, but we shall try and keep an open mind. Let us know what… Read More: Show Discussion: Gift Wrapped »
Sundays 7pm, ITV Unusual for us to do this for a documentary series, but this looks like it might be quite good and has had various people we know working on it. The nation’s sweetheart Bradley Walsh takes a four-part look at the history of the game show featuring interviews with legends and contemporaries, clips… Read More: Show Discussion: Come on Down! The Game Show Story »
Weekdays, 5pm, ITV The lovely Gethin Jones challenges 11 people to enter quiz duels with each other, but the only person who gets the chance to win money is the person to answer… the 21st question (duh-duh-DUH). This is on for a two week run, and by the sounds of it most viewers are going… Read More: Show Discussion: The 21st Question »
Weekdays, 4:30pm, Channel 4 TV chef Simon Rimmer challenges two teams of two to answer general knowledge questions to win ingredients and then cook things with those ingredients. The best dish as determined by Rimmer and judge wins a prize. It’s Ready Steady Quiz! Who will make a meal of it and who will make… Read More: Show Discussion: Win It Cook It »
Fridays, 9pm, Channel 4 The show is live and appalongable, so you might want to download the app in advance. It comes in Android AND iDevice flavour and before the live show works to a pretty high standard. Yes yes OK, as we’ve pointed out it’s perpendicular Rising Star, several months before RS launches on ITV.… Read More: Show Discussion: The Singer Takes It All »