Thursdays, 8pm,BBC3 (on iPlayer) It’s been a long time coming but US cultural phenomenon Rupaul’s Drag Race begins in earnest on BBC3. Michelle Visage, Graham Norton, Alan Carr and a bevy of guest judges will help determine which of the drag queens has the charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent to rule them all, and it… Read More »
Weekdays, 8pm,ITV2 Store manager Rylan Clark-Neal invites pairs to his supermarket to go wild in the aisles with the heavily trailed 2019 gritty reboot of Supermarket Sweep. If our shoppers are very very good they could be walking out with £3,000. Really like Rylan, really like Supermarket Sweep but there are question marks. 8pm feels… Read More »
Sundays, 9pm,Channel 4 We actually had not watched The Island with Bear Grylls, the extreme survival reality show, but they’ve changed it up a bit this time round with a twist that might make it more appealing to our tastes so I thought I’d give it a show discussion post just in case. 12 contestants… Read More »
Wednesdays, 9pm,Dave and UKTV Play It’s time to go again! The comics (from left to right in this picture): Katy Wix David Baddiel Jo Brand Rose Matafeo Ed Gamble Who will win and will the tasks be up to standard?
Netflix This has been on for about two weeks, when I first heard about the idea I scoffed, it’s just Ninja Warrior for cars how original, it’ll have, like, the same obstacles over and over again like Ultimate Beastmaster. it’ll try and be achingly cool to the point of laughability. Readers, I’m six episodes in… Read More »
Sundays, 7pm,STV “If you want to win you have to crack the PIN.” Character actor Lorraine Kelly hosts a new show on STV (whilst the rest of the UK watches a new series of 5 Gold Rings) based around answering questions to crack PIN codes for big cash prizes. Actually getting to watch this outside… Read More »