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, 2008 and 2009 are also available.

(R) indicates a revival.

2010

January
Bill Bailey's Birdwatching Bonanza Quiz, themed (birdwatching)
Football's Next Star Sports
Got to Dance Variety, reality
So You Think You Can Dance Variety, reality
Take Me Out Dating
What Do Kids Know? Family game show

Coming up

  • The Umpire Strikes Back - Team captains Kevin Day and Des Clarke are joined by celebrity guests as host Mark Chapman asks questions from across sporting history. (Bite Yer Legs for ESPN Classic, early 2010)
  • 71 Degrees North - Two teams of celebrities trek over 2000 miles across Norway to the edge of the Arctic Circle. A variety of tasks are completed by the celebrities en route, from kayaking rivers, to climbing glaciers, with one celebrity being sent home in each episode. (Fever Media/Nordisk Film TV for ITV1, 2010)
  • The Door - celebs face Fear Factor/bushtucker trial-style ordeals for no obvious reason. (ITV1, 2010)
  • Secret Fortune - The inevitable hybrid of Deal or No Deal-style elimination game and In It to Win It-style multiple choice quizzery. A set of cheques in sealed envelopes are eliminated one by one and the last one contains the player's "secret fortune". Nick Knowles hosts. (Wild Rover/BBC Northern Ireland for BBC One, 2010)
  • So Wrong It's Right - Charlie Brooker oversees a radio panel game where points are awarded for incorrect answers. (Zeppotron for BBC Radio 4).
  • Magic Numbers - live variety show built around a phone-in quiz. Piloted with Stephen Mulhern. (CPL for ITV1)
  • A League of Their Own - James Corden '"referees" this comedy panel quiz, as team captains Jamie Redknapp and Stuart Broad and their guests put their sports knowledge to the test. (CPL Productions for Sky1, pilot to air 2010)
  • Brides On a Bus - David Van Day (from pop combo David Van Day's Bucks Fizz And Dollar Featuring David Van Day Show) officiates as a bunch of brides-to-be travel on a bus to Gretna Green, doing various tasks along the way in the hope of winning their dream wedding. More thrillingly, the bus driver is none other than Radio 2 newsreading legend Charles Nove! Due on Wedding TV (is that even a real channel?) in 2010.
  • It's Going to Penalties - Sports quiz with three teams. Sporting Triangles, anyone? James Nesbitt "referees", while team captains are David Ginola, Shane Warne and Jodie Kidd. (Objective for Sky 1, 2010)
  • Name That Tune - The classic 1980's series is revived once more. (Gallowgate/Group M Entertainment for Five, 2010)
  • Scream If You Know the Answer! - Duncan James hosts as celebrities team up with members of the public to answer questions while on various thrill rides at Thorpe Park. (Lion TV for Watch, 2010)
  • Popstars to Opera Stars - Eight popstars perform operatic arias in front of a panel of judges and a studio audience. Each week sees one potential opera star eliminated, with the last one standing being declared the winner. (Renegade Pictures/ITV Studios/Globe Productions for ITV1, January 2010)
  • Instant Restaurant - two households compete to make the most money by serving up a three-course meal in their own home. Nadia Sawalha hosts. (RDF West for BBC daytime)
  • Escape in Time - twelve locks, sixty keys, four contestants, one tiger. Can they... Escape in Time? Just kidding! Actually this is a spin-off from the Victorian Farm documentary series in which two families compete at various country skills, something like Meet the Challenge goes agrestic. (Lion TV for BBC daytime)
  • Your Hobby or Mine? - people try out, then rate, each other's hobbies. If we're playing "what does that remind you of", our call would be the hobby-swap aspect of Don't Call Me Stupid combined with the scoring of Come Dine with Me. (Sky 1, early 2010)
  • The Bubble (Hat Trick for BBC Two) Celebs are cut off from the outside world for four days, then asked to determine which news stories from that period are true and which are made up. Piloted with David Mitchell as host, six part series confirmed for 2010.
  • Relic (CBBC in-house) - Six children stay overnight in the British Museum where they must successfully answer questions and complete a series of challenges in order not to be incarcerated in the museum forever.
  • 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.
  • 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 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)
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