Thank God You're Here
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Improvisation game. Four guests (plus the host) are placed, individually, into various scenarios of which they have no foreknowledge, in which they have to provide off-the-cuff responses to scripted prompts. At the end there is a group scenario and then the host declares a winner. They've rather missed a trick by not allowing the studio audience to vote for the winner. | Improvisation game. Four guests (plus the host) are placed, individually, into various scenarios of which they have no foreknowledge, in which they have to provide off-the-cuff responses to scripted prompts. At the end there is a group scenario and then the host declares a winner. They've rather missed a trick by not allowing the studio audience to vote for the winner. | ||
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From an Australian format by Working Dog Productions. | From an Australian format by Working Dog Productions. | ||
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[[Weaver's Week 2008-02-10|Weaver's Week review]] | [[Weaver's Week 2008-02-10|Weaver's Week review]] | ||
[[Category:Comedy Panel Game]] | [[Category:Comedy Panel Game]] | ||
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Current revision as of 06:30, 7 January 2024
Contents |
Host
Co-hosts
Regular guest: Hamish Blake
Ensemble cast: Tara Flynn, Cicely Giddings, Nick Haverson, Rufus Jones, Richard Katz, Dan Mersh, Aimee Parkes, Nick Waters
Broadcast
TalkbackThames for ITV1, 12 January to 16 February 2008 (6 episodes in 1 series)
Synopsis
Improvisation game. Four guests (plus the host) are placed, individually, into various scenarios of which they have no foreknowledge, in which they have to provide off-the-cuff responses to scripted prompts. At the end there is a group scenario and then the host declares a winner. They've rather missed a trick by not allowing the studio audience to vote for the winner.
The show has clear potential, but the rather rigid scenarios and one-contestant-at-a-time format stop it from being a proper Whose Line is it Anyway? for the new century, and to work properly it really needs to unearth some proper improvisatory talent. Hamish Blake, a frequent guest on the original Aus version but previously unknown here, is a regular in the first series and clearly the star of the show - but TGYH desperately needs a few more players of a similar standard if it's going to be as successful here as it's been down under.
Inventor
From an Australian format by Working Dog Productions.