Call My Bluff

WHAT IS IT ABOUT: This UK quiz show features two teams of three players. Each team takes it in turns to read three definitions of an obscure word, only one of which is true. The other team then has to work out which is the correct answer. The show has run, in some format, for 40 years, finally ending in 2005. IS IT ANY GOOD: A show like this, with such a simple premise, has to have a good cast, and this one did. In its 1996-2003 run, Sandi Toksvig and Alan Coren made the show a real winner, with their fast paced witty banter. The game itself is simple enough, and therefore you can play along at home. When the contestant is trying to bluff ...  Read the complete review

Its been a while seen I last saw this but its one of the better daytime television quizzes. In fact, its probably the best daytime quiz, which isn't really saying very much when you look at the abysmal competition but it does stand head and shoulders above these. The idea is a simple one. There are two panels of three contestants headed by two permanent captains and four celebrity guests - usually I don't have the faintest idea who they are, but then I obviously do not mix in high-brow enough circles. Each team is given a rather odd, antiquated looking word to present to the opposing team, giving them three different deifinitions of what that word ...  Read the complete review