Weekdaily, 4:30pm New Nick Hancock fronted quiz in the Perfection slot, boasting the longest set in quiz history if we recall what they were saying correctly. Six people compete for £10,000, deciding to work as a team or attempt to break away and take all the money for themselves. Sounds a bit like cycling. Anyway,… Read More »
Weekdaily, 7pm, Sky Atlantic They’re doing a big push for what is a pretty highbrow show on a premium channel, aren’t they? Perhaps they are hoping this will become the new Only Connect. Maybe it will be, because David Stainer features in the adverts. As previously mentioned, someone did a recording report for us last… Read More »
Week 1: 9pm Friday, Channel 4 9:10pm Saturday, Channel 4 Lamby is BACK! with a second series of The Bank Job on Friday and Saturday nights over the next five weeks. The lazy Prisoner’s Dilemma end-of-tournament game has disappeared and now it’s winner stays on, and they could win hundreds of thousands of pounds. We… Read More »
8pm, ITV1 Matt Allwright challenges teams of two to enter a 26-room pyramid answering questions in each room for increasing amounts of money – £100,000 if they’re very lucky. But to keep the money the contestants must escape the maze by remembering every answer and their route. I have been to a recording, I think… Read More »
I am quite pleased this is back, although the first ten minutes did feel like a tribute act to the original UK series (there’s now a pair of troubadours). Is there really any need to show nudity in the pre-titles? Blimey, time and place. Alan Carr is quite a good fit for the voiceover replacing… Read More »
10pm, Channel 4 Endemol’s bright new hope, The Bank Job hosted by George Lamb, begins this evening. In it, contestants answer questions and pick vaults to try and earn as much money as they can, all the while making sure they leave enough time to get out of the vault before it shuts on them.… Read More »