Who's Doing the Dishes?

Current revision as of 02:34, 8 November 2018

Host

Broadcast

ITV Studios for ITV, 1 September 2014 to 14 October 2016 (90 episodes in 3 series)

Synopsis

Brian McFadden leads four people into unknown territory. This gang of courageous adventurers has but one task: discern the name of their host.

To help work out who is cooking their meal, the players are allowed to snoop around the cook's house, where they see some clues laid out. The titles of the dishes may also give clues. At the end of the meal, an identity is offered. The team gets £500 (between them) if they've given the right answer.

Brian McFadden with Nick Hancock.

On the surface, this is a thin programme. It stretches a three-course meal and discussion into a full hour's television. There's no chance for the viewer to join in the guessing - the day's celebrity is shown at the start of the show, and almost every moment thereafter.

This blend of Come Dine with Me and Through the Keyhole isn't to everyone's taste. It's constrained by the restricted "celebrity" available on an ITV daytime budget, and the cash prize is almost derisory.

The titular dishes.

But it's an imaginative and entertaining programme. The sparse content is leavened by deft editing - visual tricks and the best soundtrack since Banzai make the programme more worth watching. Brian McFadden is a revelation, larking about with the celeb and having a whole lot of fun. This fun comes across through the screen.

At the end of the show, there's one question left hanging. Has the team confused the celebrity with someone else? Because if they have, they don't get the cash prize, and have a pile of crockery to wash up. But a correct answer gives the cash and an opportunity to watch said celeb pull on the rubber gloves and clean the dishes.

Toyah Willcox in a pair of rubber gloves.

Trivia

The first series went out in the 4pm slot popularised by Tipping Point. Subsequent series went out in the 3pm slot.

Web links

Wikipedia entry

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 == Host ==
-Brian McFadden
+[[Brian McFadden]]
 == Broadcast ==
-ITV Studios for ITV, 1 September 2014 to present <!--s1: 30 eps-->
+ITV Studios for ITV, 1 September 2014 to 14 October 2016 (90 episodes in 3 series)
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 == Synopsis ==
-According to the ITV publicity:
+Brian McFadden leads four people into unknown territory. This gang of courageous adventurers has but one task: discern the name of their host.
+To help work out who is cooking their meal, the players are allowed to snoop around the cook's house, where they see some clues laid out. The titles of the dishes may also give clues. At the end of the meal, an identity is offered. The team gets £500 (between them) if they've given the right answer.
+<div class=image>[[File:Whos doing the dishes nick hancock.jpg|400px]]''Brian McFadden with [[Nick Hancock]].''</div>
+On the surface, this is a thin programme. It stretches a three-course meal and discussion into a full hour's television. There's no chance for the viewer to join in the guessing - the day's celebrity is shown at the start of the show, and almost every moment thereafter.
+This blend of [[Come Dine with Me]] and [[Through the Keyhole]] isn't to everyone's taste. It's constrained by the restricted "celebrity" available on an ITV daytime budget, and the cash prize is almost derisory.
+<div class=image>[[File:Whos doing the dishes pile of dishes.jpg|400px]]''The titular dishes.''</div>
+But it's an imaginative and entertaining programme. The sparse content is leavened by deft editing - visual tricks and the best soundtrack since [[Banzai]] make the programme more worth watching. Brian McFadden is a revelation, larking about with the celeb and having a whole lot of fun. This fun comes across through the screen.
+At the end of the show, there's one question left hanging. Has the team confused the celebrity with someone else? Because if they have, they don't get the cash prize, and have a pile of crockery to wash up. But a correct answer gives the cash and an opportunity to watch said celeb pull on the rubber gloves and clean the dishes.
+<div class=image>[[File:Whos doing the dishes toyah willcox glowers.jpg|400px]]''Toyah Willcox in a pair of rubber gloves.''</div>
+== Trivia ==
+The first series went out in the 4pm slot popularised by [[Tipping Point]]. Subsequent series went out in the 3pm slot.
-: Every day for a week, four diners have to guess which celebrity's house they're in that day and whose food they're eating.
+== Web links ==
-:Each day will see a different under-pressure celebrity in the kitchen, preparing their favourite starter, main and dessert to the expectant diners. Over the course of the meal, the diners tuck in and deliver their verdicts – delicious, disgusting or just plain dull as well as try to work out who's cooking!  Watching on a monitor in the kitchen is their celebrity host, who reacts to the positive – and negative comments.
-:The guests won’t get to see who is in the kitchen until the end of the meal, but they’ll be given various clues throughout and will be able to find their own clues by snooping around the house. They don’t know each other, but they must work together to try and figure out who their host is. Get it right and a cash prize will go into a collective pot - but if they lose, they must ‘do the dishes’.
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+[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who%27s_Doing_the_Dishes%3F Wikipedia entry]
 == See also ==
-[[Through the Keyhole]]
+[[Weaver's Week 2014-10-05|Weaver's Week review]]
 [[Category:Lifestyle]]
-[[Category:Current]]
+[[Category:ITV Studios Productions]]
-[[Category:Awaiting Review]]