Louisa Mellor Aug 10, 2016
How do they choose the 100 people polled on Pointless? What counts as a Mastermind specialist subject? 7 geeky game show questions…
It’s all very well for game shows to sit there and ask all the questions. How would they feel if we turned the tables and started to interrogate them? Then the quizzing shoe would be on the other foot.
(Potential ITV pitch “The Quizzing Shoe”: two teams of professional cobblers answer trivia questions on the history of footwear for a chance to win their choice of shoe worn by a member of the opposing team. Suggested hosts: Imelda Marcos, P.C. Boot from The Shoe People, Elizabeth Shue.)
Here are our best attempts at answering seven questions we’ve long wondered about some of the UK’s finest game and quiz shows…
1. How do they choose the 100 people polled on Pointless?
If a lady with...
How do they choose the 100 people polled on Pointless? What counts as a Mastermind specialist subject? 7 geeky game show questions…
It’s all very well for game shows to sit there and ask all the questions. How would they feel if we turned the tables and started to interrogate them? Then the quizzing shoe would be on the other foot.
(Potential ITV pitch “The Quizzing Shoe”: two teams of professional cobblers answer trivia questions on the history of footwear for a chance to win their choice of shoe worn by a member of the opposing team. Suggested hosts: Imelda Marcos, P.C. Boot from The Shoe People, Elizabeth Shue.)
Here are our best attempts at answering seven questions we’ve long wondered about some of the UK’s finest game and quiz shows…
1. How do they choose the 100 people polled on Pointless?
If a lady with...
- 8/9/2016
- Den of Geek
✒Some of those who relished the Pirandellian spectacle of the BBC's coverage of the Queen's visit to New Broadcasting House on Friday (climaxing in especially postmodern fashion with her contribution to a Radio 4 special about, well, her visit to New Broadcasting House) consulted the maps for BBC staff of the "goldfish bowl" newsroom, as previously reproduced in MediaGuardian. And, yes, the spot where Hm stood as she appeared panto-style behind the news presenters is the No 1 no-go area, marked "please don't stand here".
✒This wasn't the only instance of royal scorn for the rules, as she wore a hat in the newsroom and was accompanied by an equerry equipped with a sword, both contrary to BBC guidelines though more alarmingly so in the latter case. At one point it seemed possible the sword might come in to use, when a second chap in military garb could be glimpsed making a...
✒This wasn't the only instance of royal scorn for the rules, as she wore a hat in the newsroom and was accompanied by an equerry equipped with a sword, both contrary to BBC guidelines though more alarmingly so in the latter case. At one point it seemed possible the sword might come in to use, when a second chap in military garb could be glimpsed making a...
- 6/9/2013
- by Monkey
- The Guardian - Film News
American 'shock jock' Alex Jones launched into a rant on live television this morning (June 9).
The Us broadcaster - known for his conspiracy theories and support of gun ownership - appeared on the BBC's Sunday Politics show to discuss the recent meeting of Bilderberg group members.
Jones stated his belief that the group of business leaders, politicians and policy makers is actually a firm that secretly governs the world.
He explained to host Andrew Neil that the creation of the euro was a "Nazi German plan", and that "Bilderberg is heavily involved in the EU plan" and "it is a Nazi plan".
"We have forced them from cover to admit they're puppeteers above the major parties," he added.
Guest David Aaronovitch, who has written about conspiracy theorists like Jones, queried: "[If the group are so powerful] why are you still alive?"
However, Jones insisted that he had received calls threatening "to cut [his] head off" after speaking about a previous Bilderberg meeting.
The Us broadcaster - known for his conspiracy theories and support of gun ownership - appeared on the BBC's Sunday Politics show to discuss the recent meeting of Bilderberg group members.
Jones stated his belief that the group of business leaders, politicians and policy makers is actually a firm that secretly governs the world.
He explained to host Andrew Neil that the creation of the euro was a "Nazi German plan", and that "Bilderberg is heavily involved in the EU plan" and "it is a Nazi plan".
"We have forced them from cover to admit they're puppeteers above the major parties," he added.
Guest David Aaronovitch, who has written about conspiracy theorists like Jones, queried: "[If the group are so powerful] why are you still alive?"
However, Jones insisted that he had received calls threatening "to cut [his] head off" after speaking about a previous Bilderberg meeting.
- 6/9/2013
- Digital Spy
David Aaronovitch, a political journalist for The Times in London, seemingly viewed writing Voodoo Histories: The Role Of The Conspiracy Theory In Shaping Modern History as a public service. It’s a guidebook to prepare readers for that party where they get cornered by someone who wants to tell them about the truth behind 9/11, or discuss any of more than a dozen major conspiracy theories of the last century. Aaronovitch starts each analysis by laying out a theory and discussing how it came about, some of its major advocates, and the seemingly reasonable people who bought it. He ...
- 3/11/2010
- avclub.com
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