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02/08/2019

Nickelodeon Game Shows That Crossed The Pond #1 - Finders Keepers

 So I'm flicking through Youtube, and I'm thinking to myself "What on Earth am I going to jabber on about in blog posts until the series starts back up again?" At this point, I'm scrolling through my subscriptions and I see friend of the blog Jack's Throwback Attack has uploaded a big, long compilation of 90's kids' TV themes. And when I stopped worrying about why I still know the words to the Sooty & Co theme 25ish years after last hearing it, I saw some reminders of shows which dropped an idea in my lap.

 Later this month, 10 groups of 5 family members from America will be flown across the Atlantic and will find themselves in Bristol. They'll maybe see some of Banksy's, and numerous other artists, finest on various walls, they'll take advantage of the hotel amenities, and they'll film their own adventure in The Crystal Maze to be broadcast back home in the States on Nickelodeon in the hope of winning a huge cash prize.


 This isn't the first exchange of formats between a UK broadcaster and Nick however, although in the past it's been their shows getting remade over here. This week, I'm starting off with everybody's favourite CITV show featuring teams of two, a house and an awful lot of mess...



Finders Keepers


 Yes OK, don't worry, I'll get to that other one another time. It was too obvious to start with.