Saturday, 7:20,BBC1 From the Koreans who bought you The Genius here’s the BBC’s new singing non-singing singing show. TV’s Hardest Working Man 2021 Paddy McGuinness asks a pair of contestants to work out which of the singers in front of them can actually sing and which ones are tone deaf, by watching them do everything… Read More »
Saturdays, 8:30pm,ITV1 I completely forgot series two this was starting this week, so what I’m doing is bumping up the series one show discussion and seeing as it’s using mainly the same shows (and Name That Tune), you can continue discussion here. Original post May 29th 2020 Well it’s finally here, Alan Carr’s epic supersized… Read More »
Thursdays, 9pm,Channel 4 And so our second series of lockdown Taskmaster airs on Channel 4, who are this series’ gladiators? Charlotte Ritchie! Jamali Maddix! Mike Wozniak! Sarah Kendall! Lee Mack! So there we are.
Various weeknights over the next three weeks, 9pm,BBC1 Extremely unusual scheduling for a shiny floor show on the BBC this which suggests either a) confidence and a willingness to ape Millionaire or b) desperation over a lack of shows in the bank. Gordon Ramsay’s Bank Balance sees contestants attempt to win up to £100,000 by… Read More »
Weekdays, 6:30pm,BBC2 Hot on the heels on being my favourite contestant on Survivor 20 years ago, Zoe Lyons finally gets that reality cash-in gig hosting the rather striking looking new quiz Lightning for BBC2. Contestants need to answer questions and complete physical challenges against a pass-the-bomb style clock to avoid being struck by lightning and… Read More »
Saturdays, 10pm,ITV To be honest I’m not expecting much lively discussion for this, it’s basically a panel show by the looks of things albeit one where it might get competitive. It does mark though, I believe, the first time Paul has fronted his own TV show and it feels surprising that it’s taken someone this… Read More »