Before we begin, we’ve just been alerted to the Whose Line Is It Anyway? archive. Amazing.
Secondly, tonight (Sunday night) at 8pm is the first MAIN EVENT in the Bother Series of Poker 2012. £5.50 buys your first step to winning a lovely trophy, a lovely medal, and a LIFECHANGING sum of money:
BUT THERE’S EVEN MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM. Don’t want to play Hold ’em? Don’t want to play real money? then Mix It Up Real Good! The first event, Omaha Hi/Lo, is next Sunday night. You will have to click to see the wonderous trophy on offer.
Right now that’s out of the way:
- Countdown – Stunt host Nick Hewer is parachuted in to increase the show’s fortunes. Will he be good or will he be rubbish? Expect some interest in the the ratings on Tuesday. (3:10pm, Weekdaily, C4)
- Only Connect – The Crossworders vs The Masterminders. (8:30pm, Monday, BBC4)
- Playing It Straight – We loved the first series of this over five years ago. Same production company making this one, but it’s not Hugill/Davey/Abela producing it which is a shame. This time round Jameela Jamil and Alan Carr are the new June Sarpong and Alan Cumming, let’s hope they’ve kept Brian the Troubadour. (9pm, Monday, E4)
- The Exit List – I’m very interested to see how this comes across on screen. You can read our recording report here. Could this suceed in the Tuesday night flopzone? (8pm, Tuesday, ITV1)
- The Million Pound Drop – Back for more. (9pm Friday, 9:30pm Saturday, C4)
- Poll of 2011 – This closes Friday night at 11pm. Don’t miss out!
Maybe new to you? Certainly new to me – Bob Holness on Celebrity Bullseye:
Ooh, pretty sure I’ve seen this before. Deffo remember Marti Caine being Tony Green.
I’m sure I sent it to you a few Christmases back.
Yep, I think that’s why.
Yeah, sorry, I got overexcited by the preview frame as it looked unfamiliar, but I recognised the (hugely annoying) Marti Caine shtick.
An interview with Nick Hewer here: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/interviews/a358773/nick-hewer-interview-the-country-depends-on-countdown.html
A nice interview, quite reassuring for me, it’s good to see him saying he hopes to come across as warm and not unkind. He’ll still have a hard time replacing Jeff for me but I’m looking forward to his stint a little bit more now.
Meant to post the following on this thread – but accidentally posted it in the “Saturday Night’s Alright for Writing” one… 😳 😳 😳
Anyway.
Could it really be ten years since Dirty Money first popped up on Sky One? 😯
Well, it’s now being repeated on Challenge…
Caught this for the first time on Challenge and really enjoyed it. Katie Brahmall (Mrs Stainer to be) was playing the game I saw and I was convinced she was going to win. It wasn’t meant to be!
Figured this is the best place for it- Disney XD in the US is airing the 2nd set of Fort Boyard Ultimate Challenge episodes starting next Monday (the 16th)- this time it’ll be M-F for 2 weeks….
http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2012/01/10/disney-xd-to-premiere-second-installment-of-fort-boyard-ultimate-challenge-a-reality-adventure-series-on-monday-january-16-805115/20120110disneyxd01/
Wow, that’s especially interesting given it was sort of suggested CITV would be showing the second series first.
Do they intend to make more in the Summer, or is this a sign of getting burnt off?
Does anyone know a place where I can get a clean version of the Only Connect “think music”? I know the Connecting Walls do an extended version, but I’ve been craving the version used during the Connections/Sequences rounds.