The format is big in Japan (all the best gameshows happen in Japen) where it’s called ‘Tunnels no Minasan no Okage Deshita‘, but more commonly known as ‘Human Tetris’. When the new BBC One website linked to a preview clip I dug around and discovered the format had been sold to France, Australia and the USA (have I missed any?). It seems someone in TV land clearly must have shares in the international big-polystyrene-sheet company.

Dale Winton. Lycra clad celebrities. A heavy dose of camp. Anton Du Beke looking a bit like Rob Brydon. Andi Peters taking it rather seriously. I think it has the potential to be a memorable Saturday evening show.

Incidentally, when Dale introduces the concept and says that each wall will become “increasingly harder” I have a tiny cringe (actually, an identical cringe was caused every week Sir Alan challenged the apprentices to bring back “the most amount of money”) but if you’re going to get picky there are much bigger things to complain about than some dodgy grammar.

Never mind the wholes in the production, this is something I can’t look away from. It gives me the same tingle as the first time I saw Gladiators. Stunning television.