Friday 20th September, 8pm, Channel 4 Well it’s finally here, Adam Hills hosts the return of the knockout quiz that puts fifteen contestants up against each other in a knockout quiz. In this one-off-with-a-view-to-a-series, those fifteen people are celebrities playing for charity, for Channel 4’s Eighties Weekend. I expect the celebrity one to do OK this… Read More »
It’s back! It’s time to join Bonolis and Laurenti for the quiz where anything could happen and uniquely actually might as AuA returns for another seven-day-a-week run on Canale 5 in Italy for the next however many months. New mini-world characters are promised and maybe a modification to the end game. And who knows what else?… Read More »
Wednesday 8pm, ITV1 Stephen Mulhern’s back with celebrities getting embarrassed by their kids, all a bid to win £15,000 for charity. OK, it’s high stakes Wait ‘Til I Get You Home, but some research (i.e. a chance glance on Wikipedia looking for the logo) suggests that there are elements of Child’s Play (guess the thing… Read More »
Saturday, 18:45 BBC1 This is slightly unusual because I’ve actually already been to an audience screening and seen two episodes. If you want to read the full report it’s right here. Basically it’s entertaining, but the ad-libbing is rather funnier than the behind the scenes scripted stuff and unfortunately the behind-the-scenes scripted stuff is about… Read More »
The Chase US started on GSN yesterday with Brooke Burns and Mark Labbett. We haven’t seen it yet but perhaps you have and if so feel free to discuss it – I’ll update this later when I can give it some proper attention.
Saturday, 7:30pm BBC1 When something is described as “big in Spain”, we’re usually a little sceptical when it makes it to these shores. When something is described as being “big in The Netherlands” however, we pay a little more attention. And so we come to I Love My Country, a comedy quiz celebrating national characteristics… Read More »