New Shows

Revision as of 17:56, 19 May 2011

This page lists the most recent game show debuts and other shows almost ready for transmission.

New shows for 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 are also available.

(R) indicates a revival.

2011

May
Compete for the Meat	Quiz, general knowledge
Four Rooms	Antiques selling
Gory Games	Childrens
Impossible?	Variety, decision making
Meindia Dy Fusnes	Business, regional (Wales)
April
Don't Scare the Hare	Family game show
Gleusta	Childrens, regional (Scotland)
Sing If You Can	Stunt/dare show
March
.cym	Comedy panel game, regional (Wales)
Glee Club	Childrens
Love Thy Neighbour	Lifestyle
24 Hour Panel People	Comedy panel game, webcast
February
A Farmer's Life for Me	Lifestyle, reality
Great British Hairdresser	Lifestyle, reality
It's Your Round	Radio, Comedy panel game
Sawl Seren?	Regional (Wales), variety
Secret Fortune	Quiz, general knowledge
The 3rd Degree	Radio, academic quiz
Trade Your Way to the USA	Children's, business
January
The Biggest Loser (R)	Lifestyle, reality
Celebrity Five Go to...	Lifestyle, reality
Cookery School	Lifestyle
Famous and Fearless	Sport
Fast and Loose	Improvisation
The Magicians	Variety
Michel Roux's Service	Lifestyle, reality
Penn & Teller: Fool Us	Variety
Perfection	Quiz, general knowledge
Tool Academy	Dating

Coming up

Safebreakers - Adventure/engineering challenge show in which two teams compete to build vehicles and race to discover the combination to a safe containing the prize money. Ben Shephard and Jilly Pearce present. (Maverick for Sky One)
Camp Orange - Eight children are sent to the Australian outback to compete against each other in a series of challenges. Jamie Rickers and Anna Williamson host, with Denise Lewis acting as mentor to the children. (Nickelodeon Australia for Nickelodeon UK, 2011)
Discovered by Katie Price (working title) - Katie Price conducts a nationwide search to find an undiscovered modelling talent. The winner gets to front a commercial marketing campaign. (Marvellous Creative Group for Sky Living, Autumn 2011)
The Devil's Dinner Party - Diners compete to be the best guest. (ITV Studios for Sky Atlantic, pilot 2011)
Red and Black - You Bet! + big prize + Simon Cowell. Contestants gamble on the outcome of stunts for the chance to win a million quid. (ITV Studios/Syco for ITV1, autumn 2011)
Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask - Comedy panel game in which the guests are given a subject and have to come up with a question to stump their opponents.
Us Vs Them - Topical panel quiz for Sky1, hosted by Jack Dee.
Wall of Fame - Topical panel quiz for Sky1, hosted by David Walliams. Didn't they notice...?
Perfect... - Two professional chefs compete to make the perfect [whatever]. A bit Ready Steady Cook-ish, we reckon. (Optomen for Good Food)
The Bachelor - The UK version of the long-running American dating show returns. (Ricochet for Channel 5, 2011)
There's No Taste Like Home - Gino D'Acampo travels the land seeking people with original recipes. In each programme, three compete and the winning dish goes on the regular menu in a local restaurant. (ITV Studios for ITV1)
Show Me the Funny - Ten undiscovered comedians compete at gigs around the country in a bid to be crowned The Next Big Stand-up. Jason Manford hosts. (Big Talk Productions for ITV1, 2011)
College of Knowledge - panel game pitched somewhere between School's Out and QI. Milton Jones hosts. (Pozzitive Productions for Dave)
Hot Like Us - Several couples, consisting of professional models, live together and take part in a series of relationship and modelling tasks. The winners get an agency modelling contract. (BBC in-house for BBC3, 2011)
Wordaholics - wordy panel game with Gyles Brandreth. (Radio 4)
The Beat Goes On - two teams of three compete in singing, dancing and music trivia rounds. Your host is Dave Berry. (Gallowgate / Group M for Five, early 2011)
Wannabe - Talent show along the lines of Let Me Entertain You. Claudia Winkleman hosts. (Channel 4, 2011)
Splatalot - A Medieval-themed physical gameshow which sees a group of 12 teens, known as 'Attackers', travel to that well-known Medieval location of Toronto to compete against a group of Medieval Gladiators, known as the 'Defenders' in a series of three rounds - Cross the Moat, Storm the Castle, and Steal the Crown - with the last Attacker standing being declared the Prince or Princess of Splatalot. (marblemedia in association with the BBC, YTV Canada and ABC Australia for CBBC, Spring 2011)
Give Us a Clue - the charades-based game looks set for a revival following a pilot with George Lamb as chairman and Kirsten O'Brien and Rufus Hound as captains. (TalkbackThames for whoever wants it)
Fight for Me - The people behind Walking with Dinosaurs and Primeval do a "fighting robots" show. The world says "it's a bit like Robot Wars". We say, "more like FightBox, surely?" (Impossible Pictures / ITV Studios for ITV1)
Date Me Baby One More Time: One half of a recently separated couple tells the story of their break-up, before staging a stunt in public to try to win back their ex. (TwentyTwenty for BBC3, pilot 2011)
Cat Deeley's Treasure Hunt (formerly Treasure Tag): Contestants follow a treasure trail around London, banking money along the way, then play for it in a studio-based endgame. Co-created by Deeley and Eurythmics chap David A Stewart, apparently. (Whizzkid Entertainment pilot)
Bank It or Bin It: Contestants are asked to guess which of two things is more valuable. (Monkey Kingdom for Sky1, pilot 2011)

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 *''Hot Like Us'' - Several couples, consisting of professional models, live together and take part in a series of relationship and modelling tasks. The winners get an agency modelling contract. (BBC in-house for BBC3, 2011)
 *''Wordaholics'' - wordy panel game with [[Gyles Brandreth]]. (Radio 4)
-*''Four Rooms'' - Members of the public bring along their collectibles to sell to one of four buyers. However, they can only hear each buyer's offer one at a time, and they cannot go back to an offer once they have rejected it, meaning they must decide whether to stick with the offer they have received, or move onto the buyer in the next room in the hope their offer might be better. (TalkbackThames for Channel 4, Spring 2011)
 *''The Beat Goes On'' - two teams of three compete in singing, dancing and music trivia rounds. Your host is [[Dave Berry]]. (Gallowgate / Group M for Five, early 2011)
 *''Wannabe'' - Talent show along the lines of [[Let Me Entertain You]]. [[Claudia Winkleman]] hosts. (Channel 4, 2011)