Bigheads

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== Host ==
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== Broadcast ==
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Primal Media for ITV, 23 April 2017 to present <!--28 May 2017 (6 episodes in 1 series)-->
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Primal Media for ITV, 23 April to 28 May 2017 (6 episodes in 1 series)
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== Synopsis ==
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The ITV Press Office tells us:
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Contestants play physical games, while wearing giant polystyrene heads. The most successful player each week goes on to a cash bonus round, and returns for the series final.
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: Eight members of the public are transformed into the world's most famous celebrities by donning giant heads. The Bigheads compete against each other in a series of massive celebrity-inspired challenges in this new physical game show.
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<div class=image>[[File:Bigheads enter.jpg|400px]]''Here are tonight's elite eight.''</div>
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: This six part series, hosted by comedian Jason Manford, will be filmed in front of a live arena audience, culminating in a grand finale, sixth episode.
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The idea showed promise, but every episode turned out to be interchangeable. With almost the same games each show, there was no surprise.
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What were those games? Run along the conveyor belt into a club. Collect champagne from a bottle and pour it into a container. Run around in circles while not getting eaten by a shark. Race up the stairs. The winner gets to bounce up and down, hoping to photobomb other celebs.
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The only change - for a couple of episodes, the champagne was replaced by collect microphones while running on a turntable and put them in a recording studio.
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<div class=image>[[File:Bigheads chased by a shark.jpg|400px]]''Rihanna and Taylor Swift are being chased by a shark.''</div>
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Backstage footage purported to tell of interaction between the Bigheads, how Prince Charles was taught the mobot by Mo Farah.
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Set in a studio, ''Bigheads'' uses travelators and turntables to provide motion in a smaller space. Jenny Powell and Kriss Akabusi commentated on the events with much laughter.
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== Inventor ==
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Based on a format created by Gogglebox Entertainment, and developed by Primal Media.
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== Title music ==
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Nick Foster, credited for "music"
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== Trivia ==
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Won the Rose d'Or for Best Game Show in 2017.
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One unquestionable success was the Big Heads themselves - caricatures of famous people. These models were made by Plunge Creations, with artistic direction by Adrian Teal. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSiTSgkPu54 Here's how they were made].
== Web links ==
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigheads Wikipedia entry]
[http://www.twitter.com/itvbigheads @itvBigheads]
[http://www.twitter.com/itvbigheads @itvBigheads]
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[http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBUEM5R_1iKkFYS8PKCtVOUdTNhgaFuE9 Series highlight clips] via Youtube.
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== See also ==
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[[Wild Things]], another show from the same era where contestants hide in costumes.
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[[Weaver's Week 2017-06-11|Weaver's Week review]]
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Current revision as of 00:25, 17 April 2020

Contents

Host

Jason Manford

Co-hosts

Jenny Powell and Kriss Akabusi

Broadcast

Primal Media for ITV, 23 April to 28 May 2017 (6 episodes in 1 series)

Synopsis

Contestants play physical games, while wearing giant polystyrene heads. The most successful player each week goes on to a cash bonus round, and returns for the series final.

Here are tonight's elite eight.

The idea showed promise, but every episode turned out to be interchangeable. With almost the same games each show, there was no surprise.

What were those games? Run along the conveyor belt into a club. Collect champagne from a bottle and pour it into a container. Run around in circles while not getting eaten by a shark. Race up the stairs. The winner gets to bounce up and down, hoping to photobomb other celebs.

The only change - for a couple of episodes, the champagne was replaced by collect microphones while running on a turntable and put them in a recording studio.

Rihanna and Taylor Swift are being chased by a shark.

Backstage footage purported to tell of interaction between the Bigheads, how Prince Charles was taught the mobot by Mo Farah.

Set in a studio, Bigheads uses travelators and turntables to provide motion in a smaller space. Jenny Powell and Kriss Akabusi commentated on the events with much laughter.

Inventor

Based on a format created by Gogglebox Entertainment, and developed by Primal Media.

Title music

Nick Foster, credited for "music"

Trivia

Won the Rose d'Or for Best Game Show in 2017.

One unquestionable success was the Big Heads themselves - caricatures of famous people. These models were made by Plunge Creations, with artistic direction by Adrian Teal. Here's how they were made.

Web links

Wikipedia entry

@itvBigheads

Series highlight clips via Youtube.

See also

Wild Things, another show from the same era where contestants hide in costumes.

Weaver's Week review

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