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
Coming up
- The Beat Goes On - two teams of three compete in singing, dancing and music trivia rounds. (Gallowgate / Group M for Five, late 2010/early 2011)
- The Boss is Coming to Dinner - Job candidates entertain their potential future employer in their own home before the boss makes their decision on who to hire. (RDF Television for Five and Discovery Real Time, August 2010)
- Wannabe - Talent show along the lines of Let Me Entertain You. Claudia Winkleman hosts. (Channel 4, autumn 2010)
- 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)
- The King is Dead - Each week, a well-known world leader hypothetically kicks the bucket. Three celebrities then compete to convince a comedy panel led by Simon Bird (The Inbetweeners) that they are the best candidate to take over the job. (BBC Three, 2010)
- At Your Service (working title) - Restaurateur Michel Roux Jr. takes eight young people aged 17-24, and over eight weeks trains them in the art of providing the perfect front-of-house restaurant service. Probably not hugely gameshowy, though at the end of the series, two of the eight receive a six-month scholarship with the Academy of Food and Wine, where they can develop and refine their newfound skills. (BBC Two, 2010)
- Monte Carlo or Bust - Three pairs of celebrities race to be the first pair to drive their car from London to Monte Carlo, whilst completing tasks along the way. (ITV, 2010)
- Britain's Best Cooking Family - The Hairy Bikers present another daytime cookery show. It looks like it will have various parts to it, but the main hook is a competition between two families each day. Hence the title. (BBC Entertainment for BBC Two)
- Trade Your Way to the USA - Children take part in buying and selling challenges, with the best being taken to the USA for the final. (CBBC in-house)
- Meet the Parents - Hidden-camera-type show in which men supposedly meet their girlfriends' parents for the first time, except that the parents are actually actors who secretly put them through various challenges. A twist on My New Best Friend, essentially. (Objective for E4, pilot)
- Must Be the Music - Another reality-talent-y show, this one open to musical performers in any style. Weekly vote, hundred grand top prize, bish bosh, sorted. The last acts standing will have singles released in semi-finals week, which would suggest there might be a Popstars: The Rivals-type chart-off to decide the winner. Judges to be Dizzee Rascal, Jamie Cullum and Sharleen Spiteri. Fearne Cotton is to host. (Princess Productions for Sky1, August 2010)
- Ten Mile Menus - Two teams, one made up of celebrities, the other of professional chefs, travel around the country, competing head-to-head in cooking competitions. (Cactus TV for ITV1, Summer 2010)
- Dinner Date - A single person has three meals cooked for them by blind dates and picks the best. Something like Come Dine with Me meets Dishes with maybe a hint of Cinio Caru. Stripped daytime show. (Hat Trick for ITV1)
- 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)
- Ramsay's Best Restaurant - the competition from Gordon Ramsay's The F Word gets its own spin-off series. (Channel 4)
- The Village - A bunch of townies move into the North Yorkshire village of Grassington, and the existing residents vote for who gets to stay. (Studio Lambert for Channel 4)
- The Great British Bake Off: Mel and Sue reunite to front a nationwide baking competition. Mmmmm... cake. (Love Productions for BBC Two)
- 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 2010)
- 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 2010)
- This Kid Could Change the World: Children put forward their ideas to change the world and compete to see whose idea is best. (Shine for CBBC)
- 71 Degrees North - Two teams of celebrities - Shane Richie, Joe Absolom, Andrew Castle, Konnie Huq, Suzy Amy, Lesley Garrett, Gavin Henson and Michelle Mone - 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. Gethin Jones and Kate Thornton host. (Fever Media/Nordisk Film TV for 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. To be tied into the National Lottery. (Wild Rover/BBC Northern Ireland for BBC One, 2010)
- Drop Zone - 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. Steve Jones hosts. (BBC1 in-house, 2010)
