Been a while since I’ve done this! But that’s the reality of everything getting shot in Salford, so when something new and London based turns up I’ll try and jump on it. Password is a remake of an old US show that has been tried here several times 40-60 years ago and last year Jimmy… Read More: Watching Telly: Password »
Thursdays, 8pm, (8:15pm ep1)Channel 5 Historian host Lucy Worsley invites six people to compete in rounds involving various aspects of puzzle solving (words, maths, lateral thinking, observation, memory – it’s like the Olympics OF THE MIND) starting off as two teams of three and then the winning team competing against each other to find the… Read More: Show Discussion: Puzzling »
This new Korean show came out almost a fortnight ago on Netflix but thanks to peak-period work and, er, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom I’ve only just got around to starting watching, I’m four episodes in now, and my Tl;dr opinion is: it’s good and an interesting idea, but it’s appeal isn’t quite immediate and… Read More: Siren: Survive the Island »
Sunday-Thursday, 9pm,C4 Apparently the first reality show to be named after a Steps Top 40 hit (although surely there’s a gameshow called 5, 6, 7, 8 waiting to go somewhere), Scared of the Dark sees Danny Dyer challenge eight celebs (one of whom is already blind and presumably there as a sort of control subject)… Read More: Show Discussion: Scared of the Dark »
Saturday. 6pm,ITV1 Joel Dommett presides as two teams of three shout answers at televisions in a bid to win up to £20,000. Thanks to this Radio Times article we’ve an idea of the principle of the show – basically select a category and you get 80 seconds worth of three-second clips (I wonder if this… Read More: Show Discussion: In With A Shout »
Sundays and Mondays at 9pm,Channel 4 Paddy McGuinness challenges 12 people to yomp across South Africa in an arduous journey to win a shared £300,000 – that’s £25,000 each! But there are temptations in store along the way, expensive ones designed to make life easier in the moment, that will knock money off. And if… Read More: Show Discussion: Tempting Fortune »