The Door

By | April 2, 2010
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I may be watching a recording of The Door very late this evening (let’s hope Chris Tarrant signs off with a Nick Ross-style “don’t have nightmares!”), but don’t let that stop you having a chat about it. I’ve run the gamut of opinions on it since it was first launched, from “Oh.” to “mmm…” to “ooooh!” over the last four months, so I’m hoping it’s worth the wait. The second episode is tomorrow night.

And it’s also Partly New Total Wipeout (the good thing is that from next week, there’s no need to make that joke) tomorrow evening as well. How terrifically exciting.

Happy April Fool’s Day!

By | April 1, 2010
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You will be pleased to hear that there will be no April Fools gags on Bother’s Bar this year – not even hilariously changing the masthead to Bother’s Bra like I did last year, mainly because I can’t be bothered to think anything up.

Or is this an April Fool in itself? Ahhhhhhh. And what about that? Ahhhhhhhh.

Actually, this is all very well, but the big question is: what does an old episode of Run For Money look like in TEXTp?

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Clearly amazing.

Also it’s on Facebook, so I guess I’m allowed to say it: Only Connect‘s been comissioned for a fourth record-breaking series (like it was ever in doubt) which they filming over the Summer.

It’s an all-new episode of “Chris Tarrant Tries to be Convincing Bigging Up His Latest Show!”

By | March 30, 2010
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Absolutely extraordinary, apparently.

I will say this though, the set looks superb. But don’t look at the photos section as it gives away who makes it to Saturday’s show, rather.

Meanwhile, thanks to TV wunderkind Tom Scott for pointing me in this direction on Twitter. Do you remember Didn’t They Do Well? Well here’s like a real life version of it!

Something to think about

By | March 30, 2010
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When Gordon Brown calls the election, the Bother’s Bar/UKGameshows.com Quadrennial Gameshow General Election will be taking place. You’ll be asked for your all-time top ten UK gameshows and hosts.

It can’t be far away, so you might want to start thinking about it.

I’ve turned the comments off for this post (use the one below for other things), this is for informational purposes, not a place for canvassing.

Run for Money

By | March 29, 2010
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Basically, I’ve spent most of today exploring old episodes of Run For Money on Youtube (of which there are several). I’m really, really hoping this guy who uploaded the full recent episode as linked to yesterday is doing it in some sort of official capacity, because this morning it looks like he’s uploaded some really, really old episodes, which don’t seem to have any missions in them (in fact by the looks of a translated Wikipedia article, it’s the first non-pilot ep here) – just Shibuya, nine runners, four hunters and 50 minutes on the clock. So it’s been interesting watching what’s on offer and seeing the evolution the show has taken since 2004. The early episode is more “pure”, but I think the later episodes with the twists and turns are more entertaining.

So ignore Cha$e, my proposition would be do to this as a monthly thing at various locations in the UK (Alton Towers, Lakeside Shopping Centre, Milton Keynes), get 15 contestants, but also allow anyone who survived the previous Run to Run again and give the show its mythology, £50k top prize (not massive massive, but you might need to pay more than one person and they’ll get to Run again) and I think you’ve got the potential of a great event show, here.