Simon Tyers

@BothersBar Would have been the fourth most watched programme of 2024. WHY WON'T THE BBC DROP THIS FLOP SHOW.

BARB's updated, Traitors final 14.94m. so close!

@CameronYardeJnr @BothersBar Feel like if they were interested and more importantly had the money they would have taken it up long before now.

@BothersBar Why isn't Dave all over this?

Intrigued to see if this is more successful than The MASH Report on Dave.

@BothersBar "New role", accompanied by a picture of him previously in the role.

"Shit, he hasn't done Taskmaster"

@doctorwho1980s The number 130 smash!

It's April 1985. Who cares? #DoctorWho1985

@BothersBar "Popular Taskmaster-filled show", because nobody in it has ever done anything else.

Yeah we're watching it now. It's watchable, but it's more overtly "wacky", we're not laughing as much. Maybe that says more about us. Also can see why they gave Jimmy Roisin to bounce off, Graham's on his own for hours.

@BothersBar It could be anyone! (assuming 'anyone' only means the band not only named long ago but actually listed in the DigiGuide blurb for The Big Eurovision Party)

Who could it be?

@BothersBar Same procedure as every year.

Dinner for One did well in Germany again yesterday. dwdl.de/zahlenzentrale…

@BothersBar Masterind being there, I meant. Lucky I don't work in sub-editing.

It is! At half eight but apparently not important enough to make the highlights blurbs earlier in the month. I will add them later.

@BothersBar I assumed University Challenge was there to create a two hour quiz block for the fortnight.

For one year only I'm bringing back #xmaswhattimeisit, mainly because I'm at work today. So it's MONDAY 23rd December, it's just a normal working day get over yourselves. Here's today's Festive Broadcaster entry:

@BothersBar ...this is what happens when you go to the end of the show first. (Also, that well known rapper Michael Jackson)

@Simon_Tyers Isn't it? That version 25 minutes in is pretty much the rap as I remember and includes that!

OH MY GOD it's the first episode of You Bet! Brucie in a lift! A theme that's *a bit* like the one we all know! Deffo worth a subscribe to @misterdoc5773's YouTube channel. youtu.be/leGBo34G4uo?si…

@BothersBar But it's still not the full "don't fret, get set..." version! Is this a Mandela effect?

THE YOU BET RAP

@BothersBar Assume they wanted a consistent two hour quiz block over the prime period.

Just updating the Festive Broadcaster with Celebrity Mastermind (seemingly demoted to BBC2). Sounds like Wheel of Fortune gets to enjoy a Gladiators free week on Jan 4th, presumably Glads launching Jan 11th. Waste? Don't know. bothersbar.co.uk/?p=14924

@BothersBar @andrew_raeburn Apparently SRO was referring to it as New Year's Eve Treat.

@andrew_raeburn Not yet, my money's on Jan 2nd as that's a Thursday.

New Year's Day is going to do *crazy* business for BBC1 with Traitors and Celeb Glads (allegedly). NYD has more live eyes on it than Xmas Day these days, although it might be a bit different this year with Wallace and Grommitt and Gavin and Stacey.

@BothersBar Feels weirdly self-defeating these days in that there's more CIN branded prime time BBC1 programming than ever (the challenges, the celebrity shows, The One Show builds up to it for seemingly months) but because the night is shorter and less entertaining it feels far less.

I know I say this every six months but God, do you remember when the prospect of a telethon night was really exciting? Great days.

@BothersBar Ooh, Tomorrow's Star Melvin Odoom!

Alright, goodcline-up, can't pick a winner. But who are they dropping in three days in? #ImACeleb

@MrPhilNorman Was surprised a while back to see an episode in which one of the side actors was a post-Edgar Briggs David Jason. No wonder the BBC didn't think he could lead a sitcom, he was already heading back down the bill.

Around the same time Granada's The Krypton Factor debuted, ATV launched The Masterspy, a Bond-themed quiz show hosted with suave elan by William Franklyn. It put up a good fight, but Gordon Burns' more austere contest won out.

@SkillageSteve Wow! A real pot pourri of an evening. (Though, while I imagine not much can be done about it, the photos aren't helping)

Well, this is quite the evening bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00f…

@BothersBar If he doesn't call anyone a wilf I'm going to recall my family's 1989 licence fee payment.

No Dad, don't make me watch this bothersbar.co.uk/?p=14872

@SkillageSteve Hope they discuss Pop Upstairs Downstairs. Or at a pinch Cult Radio.

Is it... Lard's Animal Sanctuary?

Reminds me of my previous pop culture barometer, Which Pop Stars Would Take Part In A Trevor & Simon Sketch? (Sabrina Carpenter yes, Charli XCX no, Chappell Roan would insist on the script first)