05Apr2013
ITV and Channel 4 Debut New Games This Weekend
If you're a game show fan in the United Kingdom, you're going to have a very busy weekend. Saturday and Sunday are virtually bursting with genre offerings anywhere you look. The two we'll be keeping an eye on the most are ITV's Catch Phrase and Channel 4's 5 Minutes to a Fortune. The latter, 5 Minutes to a Fortune, starts this Saturday, April 6th, at 5:10PM UK (12:10PM ET). Davina McCall (The Million Pound Drop, Big Brother) hosts. Each episode sees a team compete in five challenges within five minutes in order to save as much cash as possible from an ever-draining larger-than-life hourglass. Then, on Sunday, April 7th, a classic game returns. After an eleven year break, Catchphrase comes back to ITV with new episodes at 6:45PM UK (1:45PM ET). The weekly show hosted by Stephen Mulhern simply asks contestants to "see what they say." Beyond those two exciting new shows there are several others on this weekend. Click here for the full story one ach show and let us know which one you're looking forward to the most.
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Buzzer UK: UK Christmas Game Show Preview 2012
Christmas is here once again with the UK major channels drawing up some game show treats for the next few weeks into the new year. Some are returning favourites with some new shows and a special revival of a 1980s classic. Here are the details to what is planned for the festive period. BBC One Given the huge popularity of the London 2012 Olympic Games over the summer. The BBC have decided to bring back 80s sportsfest, Superstars. The original show featured many sport stars taking part in sports that were unfamiliar to them with the finale taking place in the gymnasium for the gruelling gym tests. It was known for having a memorable theme tune, Heavy Action. Which is well known to US viewers as the theme tune to ABC's Monday Night Foot
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There’s No News. Here’s This Week’s “QI”
When I say that there's no news, I literally mean there is absolutely no news anywhere today. I've checked all over and nothing has come up yet. We're still hunting. In the meantime, here's this week's episode of one of our favorite shows, BBC's QI. They've got some great new panelists coming soon like Tim Vine, Greg Proops, and many others among the regulars, so be sure to keep watching. If some actual news comes up we'll let you know, of course. Click here to watch.
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Weekend Replay: “QI” Series I
Football started back up today, so we can go back to pretending baseball doesn't exist unless nothing else is on. So while I'm wrapped up in that all day today I wanted to be sure to alert fans that BBC Two's QI, what I strongly believe to be the best show on television anywhere today, recently started its new series, the "I" series. Few shows fit into our sarcastically titled "The British are Better Than Us" series than QI. It's one of the reasons it exists. I get more emails about this than any other UK show. The first episode is called I-Spy. Are you a fan but didn't get a chance to watch? It's up and you can catch it right here. Click here to watch.
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UK Christmas Game Shows Preview
As Christmas draws near, the UK networks go mad with their game shows, with many shows having celebrity specials. Here is a guide to what is happening on the major networks through Christmas and New Year. BBC One As a yearly Christmas tradition, Celebrity Mastermind will be shown from Monday 27th December through to Friday 7th January with ten celebrity specials. Some of the celebrities sitting in the famous black chair include Red Dwarf's Hattie Hayridge (Holly) and Robert Llewellyn (Kryten) who will be appearing on separate shows. Comedians Rhys Thomas, Kirsten O'Brien and Richard Herring. Decathlete Dean Macey, food critic and brother of Only Connect's Victoria Coren, Giles Coren and the inventor of Reggae Reggae Sauce (as shown on
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The British are Better Than US: “QI” Series H
It's football season so most Sundays are going to be filled with videos that amuse us for a bit. Why not start with one of our favorites? This one is from the great British show QI which would be awesome to see on BBC American but we're too preoccupied by bespectacled werewolves on that channel now apparently. The eight series, "H", started recently. Here's some of the second episode.
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News Flashes: Syndication, Videos, and More
Nothing big today beyond the very exciting Jeopardy! from last night, so here are a few news flashes. As a teaser, by the way, we'll have exclusive interviews with @Family_Feud host Steve Harvey and Who Wants to be a Millionaire executive producer Rich Sirop coming very soon. In this news flash we look at the final ratings for the summer season, a behind the scenes video of Who Wants to be a Millionaire, a small 1 VS 100 update, and the return of two popular British shows. Read more to find out everything.
Read MoreView Comments (6)29Nov2009
QI “G” Series Episode 1
Hooray, it's finally back: QI, the show of goofiness and godawful guff. And besides, how can you not love set destruction? (-10 if you said "because you hate it.")
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