Saturdays, 7:40pm (ep 1) BBC1 Shane Richie gives couples the chance to win their dream prizes in this new National Lottery game show. How similar or otherwise it will be to Gift Wrapped I don’t know. Shows based around non-cash prizes seem to be quite a hard sell to viewers these days. We like Richie as… Read More »
We’re all about social Christmas dinners this week, so here are some things to look forward to that we may or may not return to in the future: There’s a Perfection app out on iOS (tested) and Android. £1.49 (1000+ questions, in-app purchases for more questions) and initial playthroughs suggest it’s a really slick app that stays… Read More »
iOS (tested) I can’t find references to an Android version yet. (Edit: It’s on Amazon App Store) Blockbusters has been revived (and failed) so many times that we have a running gag that it’s “about time someone did a revivial of Blockbusters” just minutes after the previous series has ended. And now we have a… Read More »
The lovely John R went to MediaCity yesterday and has this to report: To kick off it is the first time I’ve been to MediaCity, nice place. Appreciated how there was alcohol in the waiting area available for purchase (not free sadly!). But getting in to the studio was a bit unorganised, eventually slowly ushered… Read More »
So last night I watched new Irish show Brian Dowling’s Sassy Quiz Sitting On A Fortune (made in association with RDF Television) from TV3 and if you can get round the geolocation you can watch it here. In it, three couples try and win as much money as possible by sitting on a sofa as much… Read More »
Sundays, 7pm, ITV Well look, we saw an episode being recorded, this is very much the sort of family entertainment show that everyone on the internet says there should be more of on television only for nobody to actually watch it. Except this time they might! Except this one is up against the Strictly results… Read More »