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Post by sleepyp on Jul 11, 2023 17:31:43 GMT
Quizzy Mondays are back next week! It will be odd to see a new presenter for UC, but I’m sure the basics will still be the same BBC2 at 8.30, following Only Connect at 8.00
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Post by Miranda on Jul 11, 2023 17:35:55 GMT
Is that next week?
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Post by sleepyp on Jul 11, 2023 18:46:41 GMT
Yes, it’s in the new RT Mastermind will no doubt start a new series in due course
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Post by vicky on Jul 11, 2023 18:56:19 GMT
Excellent news, I love Quizzie Mondays! I find it hard to imagine University Challenge without Jeremy Paxman, especially as Amol Rajan has such a different personality. I'll be watching with great interest to see how he gets on.
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Post by Miranda on Jul 11, 2023 19:29:59 GMT
Doesn't feel that long since the last series!
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Post by sleepyp on Jul 17, 2023 17:30:02 GMT
Are we all ready to see the new UC? 8.30, BBC2, tonight!
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Post by sleepyp on Jul 17, 2023 20:03:41 GMT
Well that was a good start to the series!
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Post by vicky on Jul 18, 2023 7:02:09 GMT
Well that was a good start to the series! I really enjoyed that! It's different but not so different as to put me off and I thought Amol Rajan set just the right tone. He was friendly without being too matey but still with an air of authority. And what an exciting contest to get him underway, talk about nail- biting! It is so good to have UC back. Forgot to say....I do like the new set
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Post by beatxt on Jul 18, 2023 8:40:05 GMT
AR can speak very fast, yet still quite clearly - to me. It would be interesting to know if he got many more questions into that show than Paxo did in his (even before his Parkinsons)? If so we could be in for a lot more high scoring games. Maybe the fact they've got rid of question cards and he's reading off a screen is also a factor here.
The only disconcerting aspect is that when you don't look at the screen you can start to imagine Jack Dee is asking the questions!
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Post by beverley61 on Jul 18, 2023 12:12:29 GMT
I thought it was a good show last night but Rajan is swamped in that big chair and large desk. Surely they could have made it more in keeping with his stature.
If they were going to change anything for me it would be the 'pondering' section where some teams seem to take forever to come up with an answer. A nice little clock might be the difference.
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Post by vicky on Aug 8, 2023 9:54:56 GMT
So far the standard of the teams seems particularly high this year. We've already had several high-scoring results with nail biting finishes.
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Post by beverley61 on Aug 8, 2023 12:07:38 GMT
I'm not sure, I got quite a lot of answers last night. I usually average about 4/5, last night I was well up in the teens.
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Post by Rufus Firefly on Aug 15, 2023 19:22:29 GMT
Wish they would bring back the audience.
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Post by vicky on Aug 16, 2023 8:08:33 GMT
Wish they would bring back the audience. I think it's better without them. I used to sometimes not be able to hear the start of a question because of the clapping.
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Post by sleepyp on Aug 21, 2023 22:21:03 GMT
I agree. Very irritating and intrusive. But they’ve reintroduced the audience this week so someone somewhere thought they were an asset
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