New Shows

Revision as of 23:10, 10 January 2014

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, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 are also available.

(R) indicates a revival.

2014

Coming up

• Sport Relief Goes Walkies - Dogs perform for charity. (BBC One, 2014)
• The Lie - Pairs of contestants are challenged to pick out the falsehood hidden in a list of facts. (STV, 2014)
• Celebrity Squares - A modern revival of everyone's favorite big box game. (pilot 2013)
• The Almost Impossible Gameshow - Contestants are tasked with completing straight-forward but difficult challenges, with money on offer for those that succeed. (Initial for Comedy Central, pilot 2013)
• In Sync - Couples compete against each other in challenges designed to test how in tune with each other they are. Davina McCall hosts. (Victory Television for BBC1, pilot 2013)
• The Jump - Two weeks of live programmes hosted by Davina McCall see celebrities compete in a series of winter sports events. Think The Games with snow. (Twofour for Channel 4, early 2014)
• Amazing Greys - Young contestants take on some of the nations most talented golden-oldies for the chance to win thousands of pounds. - (ITV, pilot 2013)
• Timeline - Three teams of two compete against not only each other but also an ever diminishing time limit in order to bank thousands of pounds. Racing against the clock, couples attempt to place a series of events in the right order. Brian Conley hosts. (Whizz Kid Entertainment for Challenge, 2014)
• Rebel Bingo - A bingo experience for the yoofs where the audience plays bingo as normal and as soon one of them gets a bingo, they will be taken to the stage to challenge a reigning champion in a Celebrity Juice/Shooting Stars style game, in order to win some life changing prizes. (Challenge, 2013)
• The Greg James Show - Straight from his Radio 1 drivetime show, Greg James gets to host his very own show as he pits two celebrity teams against each other to use massive modern hit songs (or so they say) on the springboard. (BBC Three, pilot 2013)
• Name That Toon - Celebrities get to control a series of amazing CGI animations. Rufus Hound hosts (Channel 4, pilot 2013)
• Just 1 Thing - Members of the public try to perform a brand new skill they have learnt during a week's training in front of a live studio audience to win some fantastic prizes. But before they are tested, they'll be given a change that'll make their performance of their week's trained skill very difficult. Bradley Walsh hosts (ITV, pilot 2013)
• Take One for the Team - Two celebrities go head-to-head in a series of outrageous games designed to see just how far they’ll go for their friends and family. (ITV, 2013)
• Draw It - A television show based on the internet game "Draw Something". (Channel 4, 2013)
• Take Off - Four contestants invite their friends and family to take part in a quiz that tests not what they know, but how well they know the people they’ve brought with them. With all four groups fully packed and ready to go, only one contestant will pass with flying colours and win the chance to take their loved ones on a luxury break. Paddy McGuinness hosts. (Channel 4, 2013)
• Name Dropping - Two teams of celebrities compete to answer tricky trivia questions about famous people from the worlds of showbiz, music, sport, politics and history and along the way unearth some truly extraordinary facts. Sue Perkins hosts. (BBC1, pilot 2013)
• Good News, Bad News - Jason Manford and three celebrity guests from the world of comedy and entertainment will dissect and digest the week's events in a series of rounds. With the help of our studio audience, they will then decide what's Good News and what's Bad News (Hat Trick for ITV, pilot 2013)
• You and Whose Army - Two celebrity team captains will go head to head in a series of outrageous and ridiculous challenges, but they won't be doing it alone as they have been asked to hand-pick their very own team members, made up of people from their everyday lives such as neighbours, newsagents, pub landlords, celebrity mates and punters they've snatched off the street. With their armies in tow, all the captains have to do is pick the right person for the right game. (Zeppotron for Sky1, pilot 2013)
• Battle of the Ages - It's Act Your Age for television but for ITV instead of BBC. Three teams of celebrities (Young Guns, Middle Ages and Golden Oldies) compete in a series of rounds mixing panel games and stand-up, in a gag-heavy, family-friendly show that will appeal to all generations. Many of the rounds and the eventual winners are chosen by an audience vote. Dave Berry hosts. (ITV, pilot 2013)
• You Couldn't Make It Up - Three celebrity guests compete against each other by answering a variety of multiple choice questions with three possible answers where one of them is correct but the other two have been written by their opponents. Alexander Armstrong hosts. (ITV, pilot 2013)
• Oh What a Week! - Host Jo Brand tests team captains Jonathan Ross and Jason Manford and their celebrity guest on who knows the most about the week's big showbizzy stories. (ITV, pilot 2013)
• Trumped! - Comedy panel show where three celebrity comedians battle it out to 'trump' each other by finding the funniest videos. The celebrity comedians will attempt to defeat their opponents in a range of different categories. (Avalon for BBC1, pilot 2013)
• Take on the Nation - Live interactive quiz show where the people playing along at home don't just watch the show, they provide the answers to the questions. And not only do they provide the answers, they can also win a share of the prize money without even leaving their seats. (Sky1, pilot 2013)
• Would You Rather...? - Panel show in which celebrities are asked to "muse over a series of perplexing predicaments, ranging from the philosophical to the preposterous." Humphrey Ker hosts (So Television for ITV2, pilot 2012)
• Nevermind the Woodcocks - A new panel show about all things wildlife, presented by Chris Packham. (BBC Radio 4, pilot 2013)
• You Couldn't Make It Up - Guests attempt to hoodwink each other by creating their own versions of novel openings, ad slogans, autobiographies and other textual ephemera. (BBC Radio 4, 2013)
• Mrs. Brown's Celebrities - Game show spin-off from the hit sitcom Mrs. Brown's Boys, hosted by Brendan O'Carroll as Mrs. Brown. Two contestants go head to head in a quiz with the assistance of five celebrities from sport, music, TV and film. Once a contestant has won, they will go through to the final round where they will have to use the celebrities' knowledge and brainpower to win some magnificent prizes. (12 Yard for BBC1, 2013)
• Hot or Hotter - The self-declared "hottest" people in the UK meet in a catwalk showdown of incendiary proportions. (Zeppotron for E4)