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05 Nov 2009 19:26
5th November 2009
BANG!!!1
Do you know what I forgot?
Yesterday I was quite surprised to find my V+ Box recording at about half eight because I couldn't think what I had asked it record. It turns out it was Britain's Best Brain which I put on series link. This is probably not a ringing endorsement for the longevity of Britain's Best Brain.
Something else I fully expect to forget to watch from episode 2 onwards is Sell Me the Answer which begins on Sky 1 on Monday afternoon and is hosted by Gethin Jones off of Blue Peter. In it, contestants are asked ten questions in order to win £25,000. If they don't know the answer, they audience gets all excited because they can sell the player the answer. Two people are selected and they're given ten seconds to pitch why they should give it to them. They win money if they're selected, but the player goes home with nothing if they are wrong. A guide to the potential quality of the show can be found by the fact that one of the audience members bluffing an answer in the pitch film from the Keith Chegwin hosted pilot is none other than Graham off of Coach Trip. I don't think any more needs to be said although doubtless everyone who was on it reckons it's a really brilliant format.
In other news, thanks to Buzzerblog for pointing this out, the Daily Mail has an article (which has spread to Digital Spy) that are suggesting that C4 are asking Deal or No Deal to make cutbacks when its contract comes up again as part of a channel wide budget cut, including potential lowering of prizes (this would almost certainly kill the show). There may be some truth in this (Paul O Grady has already had a whinge) and I will ask Glenn Hugill how much truth there is to this for you Travis, although I would largely suspect a non-illuminating answer. Perhaps most interesting is the Daily Mail's asertion that Noel's on £20,000 a show. I'll tell you what, I'll do it for £250 a show then you can send it into You've Been Framed and claim it all back. Perhaps it is time to bring the viewer competition back.
That new Ant and Dec format (Push the Button) sounds eerily like something 12 Yard were kicking around about ten years ago, although I can't for the life of me remember what it was called.
At a glance: Speed of Countdown air dates, Gizensha makes a baffling context-less comment about Dale Winton, University Challenge. Damian Eadie hates us and everything, Push the Button and Ant and Dec generally.
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