We’re EXTREMELY EXCITED for this, as we understand it it’s basically The Genius Mk 2, and it’s out on Netflix on September 26th.
Perhaps The Devil’s Plan will be thing that gets The Genius UK across the line, although by then everyone will be talking about The Devil’s Plan, so that’s an exciting fillip.
In theory, in theory, going by a press release, Romesh and Tom Take on Takeshi’s Castle ought to launch tomorrow in the UK (August 30th), we’ve seen no promo for it at all. And now it looks like we’ll be getting the original Japanese dubs with subtitles on September 26th 27th now.
The quietness is a bit worrying isn’t it? One of our German correspondents suggests their dubbed version was nonsensical and pretty terrible (and sent us a link to this), about ten minutes of people failing the same thing before moving on, and a rather complex episode arc. Nobody watches Takeshi’s Castle for the complex narrative, but you also need light and shade – you need to be impressed by someone who can actually make the challenge occasionally, otherwise what’s the point? Hopefully our edit will be a bit smarter.
Edit: Rom and Tom’s Takeshi’s Castle is now up! Episodes about 40 minutes, so some sharp cuts to the Japanese ones.
Another US gameshow big beast, Bob Barker, has passed away at 99.
Everyone will know him best as the long-time host of The Price is Right so as that’s extremely easy to come by on Youtube, here’s a 1961 episode of Truth or Consequences.
Great spot from JGAdventureZone on TwiX:
Weekdays, 4:30pm
BBC1
New quiz from the makers of The Chase, contestants try and win up to £5,000 in a quiz version of those donkey-derby machines you get in funfairs (you know the sort, where you roll the ball in the hole and your donkey goes along a track) only this time the contestants are in chariots and you have to get questions right to propel yourself forward. Hopefully they’ve nailed the kinetic energy.
Really lovely idea (also crucially, easy to explain to others as “that show with the moving chairs”) – hopefully there’s little a bit more to it than one correct answer = one space but perhaps that’ll be enough, who knows. Capital Radio breakfast show and Broman‘s voiceover Roman Kemp is a new face for quizzing, although it sounds like Saturday morning legend Sarah Greene will be asking the questions.
We pointed out ages ago that it’s basically the *exact opposite* of Andi Peters chair-a-thon Ejector Seat which was a neat idea that didn’t quite nail the execution. Fingers crossed this will nail the execution.
Let us know what you think in the comments!
So this was spotted on The Artist Formerly Known As Twitter last night:
There has been no legitimate way to watch Survivor US in the UK since it launched, apart from the very first series being shown on Challenge TV back in the day. I mean, this obviously hasn’t stopped the diehards, but still.