After all the excitement of last week this week seems a bit of a disappointment. Only Connect this week are the Edwards Family vs Inorganic Chemists (8:30, BBC4), Celeb Big Brother is on all week (Various, C5), I will have a backlog of Take the Money and Run to catch up on (Tuesday, ABC). Ant and Dec’s answer to Name That Tune The Beat Goes On fronted by Dave Berry begins Wednesday on Five and Saturday sees Epic Win and obviously a Total Wipeout Celeb Special (from 5:20, BBC1) which is of interest because I think it’s the first episode on the new course. So there we are.
That’s Yer Pi(Lot): The Speed of Light
Well I was hoping to go and see this at Television Centre this evening, but despite getting a text message looking forward to me going, the BBC Ticket Unit seem to have neglected actually sending me any tickets. Thanks BBC Ticket Unit! My licence fee, etc!
Still never mind, saves me fifty quid in travel. However if you go then we are of course very interested in your experiences.
All I know is that it’s a lottery show, seven people get whittled down to three and the set is visually impressive. Also it sounds just a little bit like Press Your Luck.
Saturday Night’s Alright For Writing – 20th August
Other than Epic Win which we’ve already given a Show Discussion post, there are a coupke of interesting shows this evening – new series of Secret Fortune and The X Factor begin this evening, Celebrity Big Brother continues with its first proper highlights show (apparently Mohummed Al Fayed is dropping in to visit this weekend) and of course it’s the last in the series of Fort Boyard on France 2. You can write about all these and more.
Edit: And I keep forgetting it’s Live Millionaire Soap Star Special tonight and tomorrow.
Whatever you’re doing tonight, have a good one.
Show Discussion: Epic Win
5:30pm, BBC1
I largely suspect everything I said about the pilot is likely to still stand. Basically this is a comical take on You Bet! with added Chicken element. I thought the pilot was highly enjoyable, hopefully it translates well to TV.
Show Discussion: Celebrity Big Brother 2011
9pm, Channel 5
Aww, I wish I was going to be able to update this on a proper computer this evening (as it is I’ll probably be playing along on Twitter), but you can leave any comments on the CBB Launch this evening (and also Bit On The Side) here if you want.
Alright, because we often get hits for “who’s on Big Brother”, the roll call is this:
- Troubled ex-Kitten and Queen of the Jungle Kerry Katona.
- Troubled US actress and socialite Tara Reid.
- The hard one from My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding Paddy Doherty.
- Vajazzle queen from The Only Way is Essex Amy Childs.
- Paparazzi king and Aussie Dragon Darryn Lyons.
- Wife of the Speaker of the House of Commons Sally Bercow.
- Coronation Street and Waterloo Road actor Lucien Laviscount.
- Baywatch babe and David’s ex-wife Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff.
- Model Bobby Sabel.
- Jedward.
Strong rumours that someone else will be entering the house tonight (writing this on Friday).
The OFFICIAL Gameshow of Bother’s Bar
No it’s not Fort Boyard, it’s this, for obvious reasons:
Meanwhile – how’s this for some unexpected intrigue? – it looks like Impossible? is be being reversioned.