New Shows

Revision as of 14:40, 25 August 2006

This page lists the most recent game show debuts and other shows almost ready for transmission. More long-term info about new formats can be found on our In the Pipeline section on the home page and in the Weaver's Week updates.

(R) indicates a revival.

2006

Coming up

• Speculation (Initial for Five) - Les Dennis lets people get rich and do each other over by picking squares on a grid which may help or hinder them. It's Steal for 2006!
• The Race is a motorsports contest featuring D-list celebs (C-list, if we're lucky) under the tutelage of Eddie Irvine and David Coulthard. Denise Van Outen hosts. (Townhouse for Sky One, this autumn)
• Cirque de Celebrité sees E-list celebs (D-list, if we're lucky) learning circus skills and being eliminated by voting and/or serious injury. Ruby Wax hosts. (Sky One, this autumn)
• Jerry Springer is piloting a show called Aladdin's Cave, where a couple goes into a cave of prizes and can pick any three, although if they pick the wrong ones they leave with nothing. Amazing.
• Challenge's stable of original programming expands even further with Showbiz Blackjack and Showbiz Darts coming later in the year. They've already done Showbiz Poker, you might see a theme developing here.
• Business Class: Business reality show created by Peter Jones of Dragons' Den. (ITV1)
• The Inventor: Also created by Peter Jones, essentially Innovation Nation on a larger scale. (Fremantle/Syco/Peter Jones Productions, channel TBA)
• You Bet Your Ass: Irreverent pop-culture quiz based on a Canadian format. (Lone Eagle Entertainment, channel unknown)
• Take It or Leave It, the UK version of a quiz show that's been quite popular in Italy (Endemol for Challenge, "winter" 2006-7)
• Click City sends kids on a treasure hunt with mobile phones. (Lion TV, channel unknown)
• Space Pirates: virtual reality adventure game for children. (Lion TV, channel unknown)
• Best in Preschool: Lorraine Kelly and Dominic Wood test pre-schoolers on stuff. (ITV1, later this year)
• Sell Sell Sell: seeking Britain's top salesperson. (ITV daytime)
• Extreme: thecustard.tv says: "game show featuring men aged 45 to 60 competing in dangerous challenges". (ITV1)
• The Swot Team: quiz in which contestants take on child prodigies. (BBC One)
• Pants On Fire: Angus Deayton hosts a panel game based on tall stories. David Mitchell and Alan Carr are team captains. (BBC)
• Celebrity Bowls: Celebrity bowls. With Gail Porter. Apparently. (Channel 4)
• Big Bluffer - famous faces gamble their own money on the outcome of stunts. Hosted by Alex Zane. (Zeppotron(?) for Channel 4)
• The Rich List: make lists, get rich. Now that's what we call a pitch! Contestants can apparently win "an unlimited amount of money". Eamonn Holmes does his level best to destabilise the world economy. (12 Yard for ITV1)
• National Village Show brings yer traditional village fete contests (flower arranging, jam-making, growing enormous leeks, that sort of thing) to proper telly. There's probably a reason why no-one's done this before. (12 Yard for BBC, filming this summer/autumn for broadcast 2007)
• Tough Decisions, a comedy quiz with Patrick McGuinness (Objective for E4)

2005 archive

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