The Bother’s Bar Board of Excitement

It’s BACK! For one post only. It’s actually a pretty good time for new shows starting so I thought it would be worthwhile doing a Board of Excitement. Here’s what’s coming up in the next fortnight or so:

• Beauty and the Geek UK – Sunday 25th September on Discovery+ – Apparently this started yesterday, with apparently no fanfare at all. We’ve always quite enjoyed BatG as a format, although it’s doubtful I’ll bother to subscribe to D+ specifically for it.
• I Literally Just Told You – Monday 26th September, 10:15pm C4 – Footballing special. Of interest, a 65 minute running time.
• Taskmaster S14 – Thursday 29th September, 9pm C4 – Ó Briain! Brady! Kearns! Chawawa! Millican! Davies! Horne!
• Floor is Lava S3 – Friday 30th September on Netflix – More like S2.5 (it’s basically the other episodes they recorded) but if you enjoyed series two (and we largely did, although thought the Volcano was a bit meh) you’ll probably enjoy this as well. Don’t know if it’s the same rooms as S2 though.
• I Literally Just Told You – Friday 30th September, 10pm C4 – The series proper. Of interest, a 65 minute running time.
• The Genius Netherlands S1 – Monday 3rd October NPO3 and I would imagine naughty internet streaming – OOHHHHMMMYYYGOOOOOODDDD. Absolutely thrilled that the Dutch are having a go, if anyone’s likely to make it work it’s going to be them (although selfishly I want the Flemish to have a go as well). I’m reluctant to publicly post links to English subs and such on the front page, but Reddit is probably going to be your friend.
• Unbreakable S1 – Thursday 6th October, BBC1 – Rob Beckett puts six celebrity couples to the test in a new series I suspect they’re going to wish wasn’t so easy to jokingly call Unwatchable.
• The Mole S1 or 6 or 8 depending on how you look at it – Friday 7th October on Netflix – American producers roleplay at making The Mole in Australia, but you never know it might be OK! I suspect it will try and hit the beats whilst lacking the craft, though.

Are we missing anything else interesting?

You’ll find discussion of Taskmaster, The Genius and The Mole in channels on the Bother’s Bar Discord (link in the sidebar) which I suggest you join as the website is a bit of a loss-leader these days, for better or worse. I’m about to buy two more year’s of hosting though, so I can hilariously forget our twentieth birthday in 2024, probably.