The Birthday Cake Game (R4 Tue 18.30)

[Nick Odell]

No.

No.

No.

Behind the noise of chatty panelists, do I hear the sound of a barrel
being vigorously scraped down to its bottom? I can not believe that
someone listened to the pitch for a programme based entirely on
guessing the age of a bunch of celebs and then agreed to commission it
- for six episodes in - as it ominously declares - Series One.

No.

(I listened so you don't have to but if you want to:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000z5jj )


Nick

[Nick Odell]

Look! Even Miranda Sawyer didn't like it (though she was much more
polite about it than me.)
<https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/sep/04/the-birthday-cake-game-richard-osman-review-a-wish-for-afghanistan-lyse-doucet-finding-q-dr-death-miracle-man>
Nick

[Peter]

I had not heard the first few broadcasts, but I have heard about three
episodes since you posted and I agree with your negative appraisal. I
believe (or have believed) that the details of panel games is not
important: what makes a programme is the contestants and chairman(*).
But I'm not sure a new batch would improve it. That I haven't heard of
the contestants or many of the people discussed probably limits my
enjoyment.

(* According to an authoritative dictionary, a chairman is a _person_
who chairs a meeting, a company, etc. There is, therefore, no need for
silly terms such as 'chair', 'chairperson',...)

--
The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here
Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg

[Andy Burns]

Nick Odell wrote:

> I can not believe that
> someone listened to the pitch for a programme based entirely on
> guessing the age of a bunch of celebs

Oh, so *that* was what I bumped into the other day ...