New Shows

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

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

(R) indicates a revival.

2009

July
As Seen On TV Quiz, themed (television)
Four Weddings Lifestyle
The Fuse Quiz, general knowledge
Guesstimation Quiz, estimation
June
The Chase Quiz, general knowledge
Totally Saturday Stunt/dare show
May
Big Brother's Big Quiz Quiz, themed (Big Brother)
Divided Quiz, general knowledge
Hannah-Oke Childrens
April
I'm Spartacus Radio, comedy panel game (film)
The Biggest Loser UK (R) Lifestyle, reality
The Speaker Competitive oratory
Tonight's the Night Variety
Winging It Improvisation
March
Chefs and the City Lifestyle
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night Quiz, general knowledge
Genius (TV) Creative
Percy Edwards Showdown Radio, panel game (wildlife)
A Question of Genius Quiz, general knowledge
Taste the Nation Inter-county cookery show
Wordplay Puzzle
February
The Colour of Money Decision making
Let's Dance for Comic Relief Variety, reality
Quiz is Anfield Specialist subjects quiz
SuperAgents Reality
We Need Answers Comedy panel game
January
Blast Lab Childrens
Cuibhlichean an Fhortain Regional (Scotland), lifestyle
Cwis Meddiant Quiz, themed (sports)
The Krypton Factor (R) Quiz, puzzle, physical game show
Paris Hilton's British Best Friend Reality
The PMQ Show Radio, comedy panel game
Total Wipeout Family game show
Who Wants to be a Superhero?    Childrens
Your Country Needs You Variety
Launch date TBA
Design for Life Reality, creative
Knowitalls Quiz, general knowledge
Sell Me the Answer Quiz, general knowledge

Coming up

  • Britain's Best Brain (Group M / Tiger Aspect for Five) - Allegedly ""television’s toughest ever test", challenging people to perform feats of mental agility "in high stress conditions".
  • Pointless (BBC1) - Alexander Armstrong asks contestants come up with the least popular answers to survey questions, a la C5's little-remembered Topranko!.
  • Guesstimation (Initial for BBC1) Nick Knowles hosts as two families compete over three rounds, with the aim of guessing as close as possible to the correct answer, to win a dream holiday.
  • Family Cook Off (Shine TV for Good Food) Part funded by the Food Standards Agency to promote healthy eating. Amanda Lamb and chef Paul Merret judge as families go head-to-head in a knock-out format cooking competition.
  • Clever Vs Stupid (BBC Wales for BBC Three) - stereotypically "clever" people such as physicists and rubik cube champions are pitted against stereotypically "stupid" people such as hairdressers and call centre workers in a series of practical challenges. To air in the autumn.
  • Drop Zone (BBC1 in-house) - Sounding like a cross between Lost and The Amazing Race, teams are dropped by helicopter into an unfamiliar location, where they must complete tasks. Last team back to the helicopter gets left behind and is eliminated.
  • Keep Your Enemies Close (CBBC in-house) - Children are paired up with their rivals and given silly things to do.
  • School of Silence (Lucky Day for CBBC Channel) - Children are given tasks to do silently. The Subtitlers' Union will be up in arms.
  • You Have Been Watching (Zeppotron for Channel 4) - TV-themed panel game hosted by Charlie Brooker.
  • Food Fight (Betty for Channel 4) - Culinary panel game with Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.
  • Dancing on Wheels (formerly Wheelchair Dancers) (Fever Media for BBC Three) - celeb/amateur couples compete in a kind of Strictly Dance Fever with wheelchairs.
  • The Cube (Objective for ITV1) - Phillip Schofield challenges people to do tricky things inside what looks suspiciously like the glass cube from 19 Keys.
  • Copycats (BBC Scotland for CBBC, filming May/June 2009) - The BBC press release says "Each show pits two families against each other in a variety of exciting and captivating tasks which test players' ability to pass on information." Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes host.
  • The QI Test - daytime quiz spin-off from QI. (TalkbackThames for BBC)
  • Time of Your Life - game show featuring people facing major life events, hosted by the ever-available Michael McIntyre. (Open Mike for BBC One)
  • You've Got the Answer - Quiz meets hidden-camera show. Didn't Oblivious do something like this? Dale Winton hosts. (Channel TBA)
  • One Wrong Move - Couples quiz with Mark Durden-Smith. (Channel TBA)
  • Priceless - Price-guessing game with Jamie Theakston. (Channel 4)
  • 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).
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