In the first few minutes, I thought this show was going to be… well, I can’t utilise handy swear words – what with this being a family site and all – so I’ll put something that rhymes with what I was thinking; absolute ‘trucking plight’.
Phillip Schofield was presiding and let’s face it, he’s the thinking woman’s totty is our Phil, so I was already sold there, but as he introduced the rules and ‘The Cube’, I thought the whole thing was the rather sad lovechild of Crystal Maze and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. And there was a little nod to Top Gear thrown in for good measure in the form of the anonymous ‘Body’ who demonstrates the games in a Stig-like outfit, complete with concealing mask.
So, prepared to be bored witless, it was with some surprise that within minutes, and by the time the first ever contestant, Dean, got to playing for £20,000, my underwear was making it’s way to a place where the sun don’t shine and I was yelling at my telly while groaning when Dean lost a life, of which he had nine by the way. Read more & comment »
Noel Fielding has been axed from BBC’s Never Mind The Buzzcocks after stories of drug use emerged in the weekend tabloids.
The Mighty Boosh comic was rumoured to have been appointed as team captain after guesting on the last series of the show. However The Sun reports that the BBC have axed him after Fielding admitted to taking cocaine, ecstasy, acid and magic mushrooms in an interview with the News of the World yesterday.
Hosted by Gavin and Stacey’s Rob Brydon and featuring team captains David Mitchell and Lee Mack, Would I Lie to You? is the comedy panel show that reveals a profusion of unbelievable truths and very believable lies.
Can you name a George Clooney film? How about a rank in the British Army? Sounds easy, doesn’t it? But what if you had to name the least obvious George Clooney film? Or the British Army rank everyone forgets about?
Would I Lie To You?, the razor-sharp series packed with unbelievable truths and believable lies is back with a new face at the helm – comedian and Gavin and Stacey star Rob Brydon.
Team captains David Mitchell (Peep Show, That Mitchell and Webb Look) and Lee Mack (Not Going Out) return to head up two teams of well-known celebrity faces.
This week’s show sees presenter Richard Hammond on the magnificent Total Wipeout set in Argentina. Total Wipeout is the action-packed game show with spectacular crashes and hilarious mud splashes on one of the world’s most demanding yet hilarious obstacle courses.
See him explain the Do’s and Don’ts of tackling the sucker punches from the er, comfort of mud pit below!
The second instalment of this show was every bit as entertaining as the first, and every bit as maddening. Throughout the tantrums, tears and general five year old like behaviour of the remaining miscreants, I had to chew my cushion in order to stop myself hurling abuse at the innocent bearer of the message, my TV.
And the message it bore yet again last night was that if the kids taking part in this show are a representation of the future of our world, we’re in deep doodoo.
Not a great deal had changed from last week for the girls; Nicola still looks and acts like a bulldog chewing a wasp and everything makes her cry, including work and cleaning. The only thing that makes her happy it would seem is smoking and yelling at her mother. Read more & comment »
Can you name a George Clooney film? How about a rank in the British Army? Sounds easy, doesn’t it? But what if you had to name the least obvious George Clooney film? Or the British Army rank everyone forgets about?
This is the basis of Pointless, a brilliant new game show on BBC TWO Daytime, in which obscure knowledge is the key to success.
Fans of all things telly-related are spoilt for choice with the launch of this new series. Hosted by Steve Jones, alongside regular captains Fern Britton and Jason Manford, the teams battle it out in five TV trivia rounds, with the help of this week’s celebrity guests, television aficionados Tina Hobley, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Pauline Quirke and Lauren Laverne.
Austin Healey presents The Fuse – an explosive new daytime quiz show on ITV1.
The Fuse propels game show tension to a whole new level. Over the course of 60 minutes the fast and furious Fuse threatens to send a fortune up in flames before our very eyes. To beat The Fuse and save the prize money, six contestants – none of whom have met before – must test their nerve and intelligence over four unique rounds.
Hosted by Richard Hammond, Total Wipeout is back for more spectacular crashes and hilarious mud splashes on one of the world’s most demanding yet hilarious obstacle courses.
Amanda Byram reports from Argentina to chat to courageous contestants on how brilliantly… and how terribly… they are doing in their valiant attempts to complete this extraordinary course.
Richard Hammond has admitted that he has no intention of taking part in Total Wipeout’s obstacle course, saying that he prefers to watch from the sidelines.
Speaking to We Love Telly! magazine, he commented: “What do you want me to do, admire the people who do it? They’re lunatics. Why would you do that to yourself?
“Watching The Sweeper, you’re doubled up and cringing – not with sympathy, just imagining: ‘God, what if I was doing it?’ And it’s a relief that you’re not. I’ve conceded that it is marginally terrifying.”
Well it’s been a pretty grim weekend for many of us so far with storms everywhere and feeling a tad sticky but at least when the weather fails us, we’ve got telly to keep us entertained!
And there are lots of new series starting next week too, so here are our picks of some great shows to watch next week… Read more & comment »
Sir Terry Wogan returns for a new series of the ultimate game of memory. The first round is all about survival, as the players need to be first to the buzzer to answer 20 general knowledge questions, filling the answer bank with 20 answers. The player with the lowest score is eliminated. Rounds two and three are a test of not only general knowledge but also memory, as the three remaining players answer brand new questions, but with the same 20 answers. The winner has the chance to gamble for a big cash prize in the final round, by answering new questions… with the same answers!
Crashes, smashes and hilarious mud splashes return to BBC One tonight at 7:25pm.
Richard Hammond is the host of the fabulous hit game show, Total Wipeout. Twenty contestants take on the world’s most ridiculous and extreme obstacle course.
Like a giant magnet, the purpose-built Total Wipeout course in Argentina, draws contestants from across the world to put their bravery, balance and dignity to the test in the hope of winning the £10,000 cash prize and being crowned this week’s Total Wipeout champion.
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