New Shows

Revision as of 17:22, 27 June 2007

This page lists the most recent game show debuts and other shows almost ready for transmission.

New shows for 2004, 2005 and 2006 are also available.

(R) indicates a revival.

2007

(R) means that the show is a revival.

Coming up

• Come By! - The soon-to-launch Sky channel Horse & Country has commissioned this One Man and His Dog clone (they wanted to use the name too, but unsurprisingly the BBC wouldn't let them as they're still using it themselves), to be produced by Norwich-based Great Takes TV - whose Creative Director is none other than sometime Timekeepers star Bill Dod. The show will be fronted by former 1M&hD presenter Robin Page and is pencilled in for October.
• The Great Pretender - daytime bluffing game with Chris Tarrant. (RDF for ITV1)
• Escape From Adventure Island - kids take on Survivor-type challenges on an island off Brazil. (RDF for CBBC)
• The Baron - Actor Mike Reid, ex-pat pop svengali Malcolm McLaren and ex-Hear'Say starlet Suzanne Shaw compete for what is claimed to be a real Scottish barony. (Two Four for ITV1)
• Dirty Cows - The Bachelor-type dating/reality show in which city girls compete for the attentions of a rich young farmer. Tara Palmer-Tomkinson hosts. (Living TV, autumn)
• Number One Soap Fan - quiz to find the nation's num... yes, you're ahead of us here. Bradley Walsh hosts.
• Saturday Night Showdown - Vernon Kay and Bruce Forsyth host what looks to be an old-style Gen Game-type Saturday night game show. Hopefully they'll come up with a better title, though. (BBC1)
• Eating With The Enemy - knockout contest for amateur chefs. James Martin is to be a "mentor". (RDF West for BBC)
• Making a Meal of It - couples are challenged to take the reins of a busy restaurant. (BBC Birmingham for BBC1 Daytime)
• Food Poker - Chefs make a dish, but first they have to win ingredients in a card game. Yes, really. (Optomen for BBC2 Daytime)
• First and Last, a show where people compete to be as average as possible, ironically to be hosted by Justin Lee Collins. Wikipedia has a description of this format. (Endemol for Channel 4).
• An as-yet untitled talent search for the UK's best Elvis impersonator, to be hosted by Vernon Kay. (BBC One, summer)
• Nothing But The Truth - Hour-long quiz from an unmade US format. Sky have commissioned eight episodes for a primetime run, probably in the autumn. (Ruggie Media for Sky One)
• Are You Smarter Than A 10-Year-Old? - self-explanatory, wethinks. (Sky One)
• Beat the Host - a German format apparently being "prepped" (as they say) for the British market, in which contestants take on the host (yet to be named) in a series of games. (Diverse, channel TBA)
• The Sorceror's Apprentice - young magicians compete to impress. (Twenty Twenty for CBBC Channel)
• Battle of the Exes - one-off relationship game show with Alex Zane and Jenny Frost. (E4)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• Tough Decisions, a comedy quiz with Patrick McGuinness (Objective for E4)
• Dawns-Tastig (Dancetastic), S4C prepares to jump onto the dance-based reality bandwagon with this contest for 11-14 years old. Winners get performance with dance group in a Pineapple Studios production in London (Apollo for S4C)