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: Show Discussion: Big Star’s Little Star »
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: Show Discussion: That Puppet Game Show »
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: Show Discussion: I Love My Country »
Saturday night, 8:50pm BBC1 Well this has had a rather interesting past, Talkback Thames have been trying to work out how to put “counting to thirty seconds in your head” into a hit format for a-a-a-g-g-g-e-s-s, first to my knowledge in Dick ‘n’ Dom’s The Clock is Ticking (third story down – christ, over six years… Read More: Show Discussion: The National Lottery Break the Safe »
Weekdays, 5pm, ITV1 The Chase is on a break for a few weeks, last year the break gave us awesome and popular returnable hit series Tipping Point which basically successfully overcome the natural “urgh, this isn’t The Chase” reaction you’d expect from the audience, this year the slot has been given over to Julia Bradbury and eight… Read More: Show Discussion: Take On The Twisters »