And what better way to celebrate than a few minutes of what must surely be Yorkshire Television’s finest hour, Wife of the Week with Christopher Biggins?
Goodbye, England’s Rose
The sad news is that Sky One is being axed, to be replaced by Sky Showcase and Sky Max (“same taste, no sugar”). What gameshow legacy does it leave behind?
- Bob Mills fronted Games World. Classic.
- The Rose of Montreux winning Wild Things. Great.
- A League Of Their Own.
- The New Price Is Right
- Sale of the Century
- Love At First Sight
- Er.
- That safe breaking thing with Ben Shepherd.
- Little Monsters?
Farewell.
Edit: Of course, we can’t forget (although I did) Liza Tarbuck’s Blockbusters. Like all reboots of Blockbusters, it’s not on any more.
Show Discussion: Take Off With Bradley and Holly
Saturday, 6pm,
BBC1
I forgot to watch the pilot episode ages ago but the BBC have made a four-episode series of this, where contestants compete for A PLACE ON THE PLANE! tickets to go to Las Vegas.
Suspect this is more about having a vehicle for the nation’s sweethearts Brad and Holly on BBC1 than being a top class world beating format, it is rather giving off Totally Saturday! vibes from what little I’ve seen of it. Still, though.
Let us know what you think in the comments.
Incidentally, in what feels like a bit of a waste of episodes in this heat, the new series of The Wheel starts tonight at 8:30pm also on BBC1. I don’t think the second series is going to be different enough to warrant its own Show Discussion post, so here’s a link to the original one.
Ant and Dec’s production company are looking for contestants
Apropos of nothing, there was talk of reviving a reformatted Poker Face not so long ago.
Fool Around With… TV Executives
ITV released their Autumn highlights today, the big news for us is the likely-to-come-across-as-a-bit-dodgy Simon Cowell talent show Walk the Line, Definitely Not Millionaire Hot Seat Sitting on a Fortune with Gary Lineker and what feels like the increasingly ill-fated The Moneyshotball with Ian Wright.
However it’s been pointed out that Katherine Ryan’s got a new dating show on ITV2, Ready to Mingle. In it, a singleton meets twelve people of the opposite sex and will whittle them away to one. Unfortunately half of the contestants are already in relationships and coached by their other halves, will attempt to be the chosen one for a big cash prize.
Sounds like fun!
Apropos of nothing, Channel 4 have commissioned a new dating show on Channel 4 with Joel Dommett, The Love Trap. In it, a singleton meets twelve people of the opposite sex and will whittle them away to one. Unfortunately half of the contestants are already in relationships and coached by their other halves, will attempt to be the chosen one for a big cash prize. The losers fall through a trapdoor.
Sounds like fun!
It’s Craig Charles everywhere you look
Do you remember where you were when you first discovered Jools Holland’s Annual Hootenany wasn’t live? I do, I was was watching BBC1 at the time, and he briefly showed up playing actually live at a New Year’s celebration event. My mind was blown. TV had lied to me all this time.
Anyway it was announced today that Craig Charles is to host a new weekday afternoon show on BBC Radio 6 Music. However, he’s also hosting upcoming Channel 4 daily afternoon quiz Moneybags, meaning potentially he’ll be front and centre of two different shows on different networks simultaneously.
Can anyone think of anyone else this has happened to?