{"id":2697,"date":"2010-12-12T13:33:42","date_gmt":"2010-12-12T13:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=2697"},"modified":"2010-12-12T14:29:22","modified_gmt":"2010-12-12T14:29:22","slug":"board-of-excitement-12th-18th-december-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=2697","title":{"rendered":"Board of Excitement 12th &#8211; 18th December 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was the week before Christmas, and all through the Bar, everything was silent, even the, er, oh.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Drop Zone<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8211; Today in Istanbul and not as TV listings guides would possibly suggest, Constantinople. (3:15, Sunday, BBC1 except for viewers in Scotland where it&#8217;s going out at 1pm on BBC2).<\/li>\n<li><strong>The X Factor <\/strong>&#8211; it&#8217;s the grand final final! (7:30 pm. Sunday, ITV1)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pinpoint <\/strong>&#8211; New series of the 5Hole Podcast gameshow with Bob Hagh and Alex Davis off of Buzzerblog. Still can&#8217;t get excited about GSN Oodles especially when it&#8217;s hard to win anything meaningful (Although apprarently easier this time round), but Tim Halbert&#8217;s music is fairly wicked. (Monday, iTunes)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Only Connect <\/strong>&#8211; Second semi-final: the Alesmen vs Radio Addicts. (8:30pm, Monday, BBC4)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Premier League Poker <\/strong>&#8211; Game three part two. (0:40am, Monday Night\/Tuesday Morning, C4)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Million Pound Drop &#8211; Live! <\/strong>A third run for the show. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=2671\">Don&#8217;t forget our brilliant competition!<\/a> It might be facetious but the prizes are very real. (8pm Wedesday-Friday, 10:05pm Saturday, Channel 4)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Apprentice &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>It&#8217;s the interviews! (9pm, Wednesday, BBC1)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Challenge: Cutthroat <\/strong>&#8211; I believe it&#8217;s the final this week. People shown being carted off on ambulance trolleys in the trailer so it&#8217;s likely to be quite tough. The surviving players have made the cash winning $180k between them, but which team will get to divvy up the final $120k? (*)\u00a0(Wednesday, MTV)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Cube <\/strong>&#8211; Joe Swash and Kelly Osbourne play for charity. Will be interesting to see how it does without the\u00a0X\u00a0Factor to lead into.\u00a0(7pm, Saturday, ITV1)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Schlag den Raab <\/strong>&#8211; After last episode&#8217;s whitewash, there&#8217;s \u20ac1m up for grabs tonight. (7:15 UK\/8:15 CET, Prosieben and hopefully naughty internet streaming, Saturday)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Look out for an iDevice review of the 2011 <strong>Millionaire<\/strong> game probably on Monday also.<\/p>\n<p>(*) I think there is a lot of scope for shows with poker tournament-esque payout structures. I think something like <strong>Cutthroat<\/strong>&#8216;s format but turned into a daily stripped quiz with everyone basically fighting to make it into Friday&#8217;s episode, and hence the money, might be a go-er.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was the week before Christmas, and all through the Bar, everything was silent, even the, er, oh. Drop Zone\u00a0 &#8211; Today in Istanbul and not as TV listings guides would possibly suggest, Constantinople. (3:15, Sunday, BBC1 except for viewers in Scotland where it&#8217;s going out at 1pm on BBC2). 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