Saturdays, 9:10pm,ITV1 TV’s biggest comedy double act – Romesh and his mum Shanthi, put celebs and their parents to the test in a quiz to win money for their chosen charities. The celebs will answer the questions, their parents will be making bets on what and how much their kids know. Will they let their… Read More »
Saturdays, 9:40pm,ITV1 After what seems like forever (we watched a recording of it June 2023), Password finally appears after a fairly successful US Jimmy Fallon reboot. Of course it’s not a new show, we’ve had versions on various channels across the last sixty years or so, although I think the last version here was the… Read More »
Weekdays, 4:30pmBBC1 Christ a new format, how exciting this is for us. And we’re hoping this is good fun, it looked quite fun from the trailer. Questions fall down the screen, contestants must swipe left or right to determine which of the two options the answer relates to. Get it right and bank the cash,… Read More »
I want to talk about The Influencer on Netflix. Because it is good. The Influencer is a seven-episode long Korean survival variety reality show where 77 social media influencers compete for W300m (about £200,000). If you’ve watched many of these before you know the drill – a disembodied voice sets tasks on an incredible set,… Read More »
Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9pm,U&Dave, series on UKTV Play Dav… sorry, U&Dave’s hunt to find the next Taskmaster continues. This one’s not an original, it’s based on a Korean format. Here Jimmy Carr challenges two teams of two celebs to live in an empty box for 24 hours, each pair the other side of a wall.… Read More »
I don’t have Nebula, but The Getaway from the Jet Lag guys drops on it today. What if The Mole, but all the contestants were secretly Moles? It’s a funny idea, but I would say there’s normally an entertainment limit in watching people consistently doing things badly, even The Mole has a bit of give. I’m intrigued… Read More »