New Shows

Revision as of 19:44, 17 March 2011

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

New shows for 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 are also available.

(R) indicates a revival.

2011

Coming up

• The Bachelor - The UK version of the long-running American dating show returns. (Ricochet for Channel 5, 2011)
• There's No Taste Like Home - Gino D'Acampo travels the land seeking people with original recipes. In each programme, three compete and the winning dish goes on the regular menu in a local restaurant. (ITV Studios for ITV1)
• Show Me the Funny (working title) - Ten undiscovered comedians compete at gigs around the country in a bid to be crowned The Next Big Stand-up. (Big Talk Productions for ITV1, 2011)
• Compete for the Meat - Al Murray hosts a quiz show - the second to be adapted from his Pub Landlord stage act (see also: Fact Hunt) - in which teams compete to win, well, some meat. (Avalon for Dave)
• College of Knowledge - panel game pitched somewhere between School's Out and QI. Milton Jones hosts. (Pozzitive Productions for Dave)
• Sing If You Can - Two teams of three celebrity contestants, each backed by one half of the studio audience, attempt to sing songs while being distracted in a number of different ways. Their performances are judged by a panel, who ultimately decide which team progresses to the final. Here, the longer the team stays on a revolving turntable while singing, the more money they win for a randomly selected person from their half of the audience. (Zodiak Media Group for ITV1, 2011)
• Gory Games - game show spin-off from the Horrible Histories series. Dave Lamb hosts, with support from puppeteer John Ecclestone as Rattus Rattus and Horrible Histories author Terry Deary. (Lion TV / Citrus Television for CBBC, 2011)
• Hot Like Us - Several couples, consisting of professional models, live together and take part in a series of relationship and modelling tasks. The winners get an agency modelling contract. (BBC in-house for BBC3, 2011)
• Wordaholics - wordy panel game with Gyles Brandreth. (Radio 4)
• Impossible? - Illusionist Philip Escoffey invites contestants to guess whether a series of challenges he intends to perform can be completed or are impossible. Contestants who guess correctly are rewarded with cash. (Gogglebox Entertainment and Group M Entertainment for Channel Five, 2011)
• Four Rooms (working title) - Members of the public bring along their collectibles to sell to one of four buyers. However, they can only hear each buyer's offer one at a time, and they cannot go back to an offer once they have rejected it, meaning they must decide whether to stick with the offer they have received, or move onto the buyer in the next room in the hope their offer might be better. (TalkbackThames for Channel 4, Spring 2011)
• The Beat Goes On - two teams of three compete in singing, dancing and music trivia rounds. Your host is Dave Berry. (Gallowgate / Group M for Five, early 2011)
• Wannabe - Talent show along the lines of Let Me Entertain You. Claudia Winkleman hosts. (Channel 4, 2011)
• Splatalot - A Medieval-themed physical gameshow which sees a group of 12 teens, known as 'Attackers', travel to that well-known Medieval location of Toronto to compete against a group of Medieval Gladiators, known as the 'Defenders' in a series of three rounds - Cross the Moat, Storm the Castle, and Steal the Crown - with the last Attacker standing being declared the Prince or Princess of Splatalot. (marblemedia in association with the BBC, YTV Canada and ABC Australia for CBBC, Spring 2011)
• Give Us a Clue - the charades-based game looks set for a revival following a pilot with George Lamb as chairman and Kirsten O'Brien and Rufus Hound as captains. (TalkbackThames for whoever wants it)
• Fight for Me - The people behind Walking with Dinosaurs and Primeval do a "fighting robots" show. The world says "it's a bit like Robot Wars". We say, "more like FightBox, surely?" (Impossible Pictures / ITV Studios for ITV1)
• Date Me Baby One More Time: One half of a recently separated couple tells the story of their break-up, before staging a stunt in public to try to win back their ex. (TwentyTwenty for BBC3, pilot 2011)
• Cat Deeley's Treasure Hunt (formerly Treasure Tag): Contestants follow a treasure trail around London, banking money along the way, then play for it in a studio-based endgame. Co-created by Deeley and Eurythmics chap David A Stewart, apparently. (Whizzkid Entertainment pilot)
• Bank It or Bin It: Contestants are asked to guess which of two things is more valuable. (Monkey Kingdom for Sky1, pilot 2011)