Weekdaily, 3:30pm, Channel 4 Sandi Toksvig hosts a new afternoon quiz where celebrities ask questions of people on things you probably really ought to know. Hey, that sounds a bit like the Open Door round in De Slimste, but we digress. Answering the easy questions lets you answer harder questions for money. That’s all we… Read More »
4:30pm, weekdaily BBC2 Nick Hancock’s back with surprise afternoon moderate hit Breakaway. There have apparently been some modifications to the game for the second series (from what we can gather fewer questions and the lives and what you can do with them work slightly differently). We discussed series one here. Let us know what you… Read More »
Thursday, 10pm, Channel 4 Of course we’re not expecting this to be a “serious” game show, but we’re very interested to see what Vic and Bob do with this, a show that’s set to be a sort of sequel to the long-running, popular (and axed) celebrity TV quiz Shooting Stars. Expect a lot of sketches and… Read More »
ITV1, Weekdays, 5pm New relationship testing quiz with the usually awesome Tim Vine. Went to a recording, thought it was a bit meh although also thought the end game was quite fun, but you never know how it will all come across in the edit do you?
Saturday, 7:15pm and 9:15pm, ITV1 Welcome back to Red or Black. The fact that it was ITV1’s highest rated new entertainment show of 2011 probably says more about the state of ITV1 than it does the quality of the show. The first series attracted a record amount of comments and discussion. Still though, here we are.… Read More »
ITV1 9pm Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Yeah, wooh! The public. Three special live editions where not only do members of the public get to sit in the hotseat, but everybody playing along at home can get their name and lights and even help out the contestants in the studio. Here’s the Millionaire site where you should… Read More »