Sundays, 9pm,BBC2 Five pairs race from Greenwich, London to Singapore without taking a plane or using a smartphone. They have enough money for the equivalent airfare (£1,329, fact fans) and if they run out they have to earn more. They’ll have to hitchhike their way around the world taking in five checkpoints, and there’s a… Read More »
The first of three game show pilots by Nerdy Internet Celebrities Tom Scott and David Bodycombe where other Nerdy Internet Celebrities play a game and we find out if it’s any good or not and Nerdy Internet Commenters point out how brilliant it all is in the comments. I was fortunate enough to see these… Read More »
Saturdays, 7pm,ITV Saturday night’s king of smart-casual Dermot O’Leary challenges teams to games of skill in worlds of miniature. There’s some serious money on the line as well with up to £150,000 to be won. Will anyone have the dexterous digits required or will Dermot just end up giving the contestants the finger? It’s The… Read More »
Wednesdays, 8pm,ITV The Governess is back with a new series of Britain’s Brightest Family, and it looks like there have been enough changes to warrant a new discussion post, not least a change in prize – the ultimate tournament winners now take £25,000 home, a change in set (out go the raising armchairs, in comes… Read More »
Saturday, 10pm,Channel 5 UK adaptation of US show Hollywood Game Night, presumably Borehamwood Game Night didn’t test as well. Liza Tarbuck hosts two teams of celebrities led by Danny Baker and Susan Calman across a range of different games and quizzes. Evidently they’ve dropped the “civilians hanging out with celebs and winning money” aspect of… Read More »
Thursdays, 8pm, Dave An interesting commission from Dave, a straight no-frills low budget gameshow where members of the public try and predict the sorts of things search autocomplete comes up. Episodes are half an hour and they’re doubling up right now. Comic John Robins hosts, Sunil Patel is the richardosman. I suspect this will have… Read More »