The Mole In Dutch In English

By | January 9, 2013
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We’re reaching the last few days of our Poll of 2012 voting, don’t forget to get your votes in by Friday 11pm.

Anyway, thanks to Friend of the Bar ThatDarkSpark, an English translation of the latest Wie is De Mol? is now for viewing. You can join in with our Wie is De Mol? 2013 coverage here, where you can also play Daniel Peake’s The Suspect List.

Meanwhile, it looks like Seven in Australia have dropped the Culture Clash element of their new series pretty quickly:

Don’t know when that is starting yet.

Show Discussion: Face the Clock

By | January 7, 2013
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Weekdays, 3:30pm,
Channel 4

Face_the_ClockWe don’t know an awful lot about this other than a) Rory Bremner’s hosting and b) It’s seems to be effectively Quiz Chicken. Contestants answer questions against the clock building up a bank and hoping not to be in control when it hits zero, but never knowing how much time is left.

Also apparently not that well thought through but we’ll try and be objective with the final result.

Sunday Supplement

By | January 6, 2013
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It’s sort of the Board of Excitement but different.

  • We are just waiting for a translation of this week’s Wie is De Mol? series opener. Please direct discussion to the page, linked to up the top.
  • Face the Clock with Rory Bremner starts on Channel 4 tomorrow at 3:30pm. A show discussion post will go up in due course.
  • Only Connect fans rejoice, there’s a series five vs series 6 champions episode tomorrow (BBC4, 8:30pm) followed by an Eggheads vs People Who Are Good At Only Connect Called David Special the following week. Still nobody has gone for the ratings behemoth that would be the Eggheads vs the Chasers. Edit: One of the questions is mine. That’s right, look impressed. Although I’m not credited.
  • The Bother Series of Poker starts two weeks today. The trophies have been ordered, full details in due course. You can sign up to the Bother’s Bar Poker Club for free right now.
  • We’ve had loads of ballots for the Poll of 2012. Thanks to everyone who has voted. We want more! Lines close on Friday night.
  • Catchphrase films this week. We’re hoping to go on a return trip so look out for a review.
  • Finally it’s Schlag den Raab next Saturday and yes! We’ll be doing another LIVE commentary! Probably.

Show Discussion: Britain’s Brightest

By | January 5, 2013
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Saturday, 7:10pm,
BBC1

britbrightThey seem very reluctant to call this a gameshow don’t they? Anyway, this “talent” show based on the successful German show Der Klügste Deutsche on the first channel challenges people not only on traditional IQ sort of things but also on other things like emotional intelligence, multitasking, that sort of thing. The challenges look quite clever and interesting so we’ve got high hopes for it. It’s being hosted by The Nation’s Favourite TV Presenter Claire Balding in we think her first non-sports role, and the winner of the series will walk away with £50,000.

Unfortunately we’ve been unable to source an episode of the German show to see how this compares. The official BBC site is here, though.

Show Discussion: Splash!

By | January 5, 2013
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Saturday 7:15pm,
ITV1

SplashWe’re not going to lie to you readers, we put this up as a show of note but I suspect most of the regulars will be watching Britain’s Brightest on at the same time if anything at all. Still it’s certainly a format that’s been causing a, heh, splash in the format development world. If anything 2012 will go down as the year of DIVING SHOW WARS. It was unexpectedly a massive hit in The Netherlands last year and that is why you see it on screen tonight.

Anyway tonight Vernon Kay and Gabby Logan host as Tom Daley trains up celebrities for diving with hilarious results probably. Live from Luton! We miss The Games.