Saturdays, 19:45 UK time, France 2 or naughty internet streaming Ah! It’s back. It’s funny to think we’ve gone from jumped-up outward bound centre to fully fledged fairy-tale-esque direction in the last few years, but if you can’t have an element of other-worldyness in a castle in the middle of the ocean where can you… Read More: Show Discussion: Fort Boyard France 2013 »
Weekdaily, 1:45pm, Channel 4 Four Rooms is one of those shows which is not massively massively popular, but rather a hit with the people who do actually watch it, so it will be interesting to see how it copes as a daily prospect, and without arguably it’s biggest personality in terms of Jeff Salmon. In… Read More: Show Discussion: Four Rooms »
Sunday 6:45pm, ITV1 Say what you see. JUST DON’T LOOK INTO HIS EYES. Catchphrase is back with Stephen Mulhern as the new host. We went and saw the pilot, and also an episode of the show being made. The spirit of the original is there, as indeed is the theme tune. Don’t like the new… Read More: Show Discussion: Catchphrase »
Premiere episode: Saturday 6th April 5:10pm, Channel 4, Subsequent episodes: 5pm on Channel 4, Celebrity Specials on weekends. Well we’ve been looking forward to this for a while and it’s opening today after the Grand National with a celebrity special featuring the teams of Ann Widdicombe with Anton de Beke and Jo Brand with Meera Syal. It’s… Read More: Show discussion: 5 Minutes to a Fortune »
Weekdaily, 3pm, BBC1 Jake Humphrey finally gets to host a proper quiz on BBC1, in this one contestants try and get questions right before the pack does. We went and saw an episode being filmed, we thought it was a decent idea although the questions aren’t much fun and the game feels stingier than most, but… Read More: Show Discussion: Beat the Pack »
Monday, 10pm E4 We’ve been waiting for this for a little while, it’s a dating show meets Jackass and seems to have a high silliness quotient. Potential suitors in a fairytale land try and impress a lady’s overprotective father through a number of physical stunts and tests, ending in a power ballad sing off to… Read More: Show Discussion: My Little Princess »