I will never be able to thank Neale Simpson enough for letting the other blog members and myself on set to test games. Not just once but twice. Those two days are days I will never forget and he let me live out a childhood dream that, for a very long time, I never saw happening because the show wasn't on. I'd give limbs for another day on that set, two if it was for a TV recording*, but a certain pandemic seems to be putting a gigantic spanner in those works.
By the way, Neale's book The Crystal Maze Challenge is still available online, £4 on Google Play. Go on, he's one of the nicest TV producers I've ever had a pot of tea with. It's a short list of those that have, but I don't particularly care. Chris Lore and Neale didn't have to come down and have a chat with us lot, yet they did.
However, the situation is what it is and it's a situation that certainly won't be fixed by sulking about it. As such Neale, in his role as Creative Director at Fizz, has got a new show starting next week on BBC Two and it looks rather fun.
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@BothersBar Lightning. pic.twitter.com/tdAVvikCUV
Hosted by comedian Zoe Lyons (Mock the Week, QI, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow), 'Lightning' combines game show and quiz show in one fast-paced format. Contestants must do what they can to stay out of the spotlight, avoid being struck by lightning and take home £3000. Contestants cant see the clock ticking but viewers can. When the clock hits zero, lightning strikes and whoever is in the spotlight at zero is struck by lightning and out the game. Think Rory Bremner's Face the Clock but with more physicality and skill required.
Starting Monday 25th at 6:30pm, right after Richard Osman's House of Games, 'Lightning' will be on every weeknight for 5 weeks.
It'll also mean that 5 out of 6 shows on BBC Two on Monday nights between 6pm and 9pm will be game/quiz shows.
House of Games, Lightning, Mastermind, Only Connect and University Challenge, there's a bit of something for everyone who likes a challenge in there.
*Never said they'd be my limbs
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