{"id":2869,"date":"2011-01-11T18:36:03","date_gmt":"2011-01-11T18:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=2869"},"modified":"2011-01-12T22:23:17","modified_gmt":"2011-01-12T22:23:17","slug":"mpd-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bothersbar.co.uk\/?p=2869","title":{"rendered":"MPD returns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Million Pound Drop – Live!<\/strong> returns for another eight-part run on Fridays and Saturdays, 10pm on Channel 4 from the 28th January.<\/p>\n

Hat tip to Travis P.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Who Wants To Be a Millionaire<\/strong> apparently isn’t except in specials form. It’s a sad end for The Most Important Show In The History of TV (I’ve always said if you want to know why TV is like what it is today the 20m viewers Millionaire<\/em> was getting in its heyday\u00a0is the genesis), still Chris Tarrant is on The Magicians<\/strong> this weekend.<\/p>\n

I think there’s something amusing about the fact that Who Wants to be a Millionaire?<\/em> is only going to be played by (likely) millionaires in future (or at least people who are very well off). What should they change the title to?<\/p>\n

Edit: <\/strong>Endemol Joe suggesting the story is bogus and civilian contestants are not off the cards. Make of that what you will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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