Once again it’s time to put your lateral thinking quiz heads on with another game of What? Where? When?, the show where viewers send in their questions to try and stump the panel. It’s 2-1 to the panel so far, who will win today?
If you have an idea for a question then send it in to David and it might feature in a future episode. Don’t know when the next one is going to be as the next few weeks are quite busy, but hopefully soon.
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Today’s #easycontent winner is Tenable which is looking for contestants for a new series with this poster. You can click if you want it slightly larger.
We have another exciting edition of What? Where? When? for you on Saturday.
Tuesday nights, 9pm,
Dave
Hurrah! Taskmaster‘s back for an extended run with five brand new comics testing their problem solving, creativity and gamesmanship talents.
This series features old Bake Off host Mel Giedroyc, new Bake Off host Noel Fielding, Lolly Adefope, Hugh Dennis and Joe Lycett.
Note the new earlier start time (brave) which almost caught me out, although the first episode has been up on UKTV Play all week anyway. However I haven’t watched it yet because I tend to prefer communal broadcast.
This shouldn’t bother you however, if you delve into the comments you should be aware that there are likely to be spoilers.
Weekdays, 2:15pm,
BBC1
Susan Calman is in charge as a team of strangers led by a contestant referred to as ‘the boss’ build up a pot of cash in rounds of questions. Can The Boss stay in power and who will walk away with the cash?
It sounds a bit Weakest Link and a bit Greed. It’s got spinning podiums a bit like The Voice. It’s on for the next four weeks. Let us know what you think in the comments.
Sundays, 7pm,
ITV
Sunday nights are now “people in silly costumes doing physical tasks” nights with this at 7pm followed by the brilliant Wild Things at 8pm on Sky One.
Big Heads sees Jason Manford alongside Jenny Powell and Kriss Akabusi invite six eight people to don gigantic celebrity heads and battle each other over comedy physical games for prizes. Intriguingly it sounds as though the series has been set up as a tournament, with each episode’s winner going through to the final at the end of the series, in a way we’ve probably not seen since The Krypton Factor or something. It’s a fun idea anyway.
The question is does this have anything extra other than what it looks like on the surface? Wild Things has immense creativity with its games and feel and its comedy works on several levels. Total Wipeout brought proper physicality to the table. Meanwhile other recent physical shows have flopped rather – Can’t Touch This was a bit dull, Intervilles is not really a thing in France any more (there is a Chinese backed international version which I presume is The Biggest Gameshow In The World that’s watched by a few hundred thousand on Gulli) and is probably closest to what I suspect this is going to be. The people behind this are the same people behind Release the Hounds, which is a Bother’s Bar favourite, so we’ll see.
That’s right! It’s time to get your brains in gear Russian style for more lateral thinking trivia fun with the third episode of What? Where? When? Who will win the battle of wits this evening?
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If you’ve got an idea for a question you’d like to pose to the panel, send them to David at questions@qwertyuiop.co.uk. Remember to give the answer as well!