Vicky Corens game show

[AndrewT]

Only Connect is the nuts.

Quiz shows are, in essence, all about the questions, and OC has fantastic questions.

[rex008]

University Challenge may as well be Family Fortunes compared to Only Connect . Even so, surprisingly compulsive viewing.

[Scottish Dave]

Family Fortunes, Catchphrase and Bullseye were the greatest Gameshows made, none come anywhere near close to how good they were!

[rex008]

Funnily enough, I used to work with the guy that sets the questions (David Bodycombe). Haven't spoken to him in years though. He quit work to become a quiz/games consultant. Set the puzzles in the Metro for several years, and googling him reveals he seems to have been quite busy. He devised some Crystal Maze games when he was 12 or something . And now he gets to work with Vicky Coren on a regular basis. Git .

[RED-DOG]

For a straightforward quiz show with plenty of good questions, no gimmicks and no waffle, (Tell us a funny story about yourself, "Well Les, I once missed the bus and had to walk to work") you can't beat 'Fifteen to One'

[AndrewT]

Fifteen to One was clearly the best quiz show ever - getting rid of it was the most bonkers thing Channel 4 ever did, as they then had a succession of 'nowhere near as good' quiz shows in the same slot.

The one thing that took the edge off the show was the fact it became dominated by the professional quizzers so if one of them got to the final, they'd just take questions and by the time they got one wrong they were too far ahead for anyone else to win.

[Sack it off]

Why was vicky coren chosen for this??

[Sack it off]

wait a minute!

was vicky coren a television presenter before becoming a poker player??

[AndrewT]

Why was vicky coren chosen for this??

It's produced by Presentable in Cardiff, who are the company who made Late Night Poker/other poker programmes, so they'd already know Vicky well.

[rex008]

She's pretty good, I think. Can read the autocue with the best of them, and her obviously off-the-cuff bits usually work too.

She even resisted some obvious jokes when they had a team from a gay men's choir on it a few weeks ago .

[bolt pp]

Quiz shows are, in essence, all about the questions,

you lie, they're about flashing lights and bonus rounds and looking at what you couldve won and surveying 100 people and sexy hostessess carressing white goods and hitting a hotspot and filling in the blanks and spinning a wheel and taking a p from bob and phoning a friend.

[rex008]

Anyone see this week's episode? "The Gamblers" absolutely hammered their opposition, 33 points scored, which is highest I've ever seen. Very very impressive. Their oppo was rubbish though. Me and the wife pretty much solved their wall in about a minute, they got one group.

[Royal Flush]

wait a minute!

was vicky coren a television presenter before becoming a poker player??

She is a journo/author, not a 'poker player'

[AndrewT]

Anyone see this week's episode? "The Gamblers" absolutely hammered their opposition, 33 points scored, which is highest I've ever seen. Very very impressive. Their oppo was rubbish though. Me and the wife pretty much solved their wall in about a minute, they got one group.

Oppo were so so rubbish. I did lol when each of them were described as being 'an Oxford maths graduate'. From the age of them this must have been at least 30 years ago and yet they were still defining themselves through where they went to university. Always a sign of not being the sharpest.

The walls were noticeably easier this week - the last few weeks have featured some which have left me baffled. Though the missing vowels round was a lot harder this week than in previous weeks.

I was shocked to discover that on the screens the contestants see to pick their questions, they don't see the Greek letters symbols, they see a screen with ALPHA, BETA, GAMMA, etc written in English.

[david3103]

Anyone see this week's episode? "The Gamblers" absolutely hammered their opposition, 33 points scored, which is highest I've ever seen. Very very impressive. Their oppo was rubbish though. Me and the wife pretty much solved their wall in about a minute, they got one group.

Oppo were so so rubbish. I did lol when each of them were described as being 'an Oxford maths graduate'. From the age of them this must have been at least 30 years ago and yet they were still defining themselves through where they went to university. Always a sign of not being the sharpest.

The walls were noticeably easier this week - the last few weeks have featured some which have left me baffled. Though the missing vowels round was a lot harder this week than in previous weeks.

I was shocked to discover that on the screens the contestants see to pick their questions, they don't see the Greek letters symbols, they see a screen with ALPHA, BETA, GAMMA, etc written in English.

I lol'd when they all looked blank at being told that Craggy Island was from Father Ted

Gamblers were sharp as tacks though - series winners I reckon