Sam Pamphilon

Fundraiser for comedy promoter Beth O'Brien

A special charity gig is being put on by the former clients of Beth O'Brien's Ditto Productions to raise money for O'Brien's medical expenses.

Another pixel-packed episode, with captains Sam and Steve joined by two standups from contrasting ends of the video-gamer spectrum: Marcus Brigstocke's favoured gaming tipple being multi-dimensional physics puzzler Portal 2, while Gina Yashere gave up around the time of Snake. The mismatched mirthmakers duly do battle, along with quite possibly the tensest Sonic 2 battle since the days of imperial phase Hadaway.

Go 8 Bit episode 1 review

Dara O'Briain hosts a new videogaming TV show for Dave that turns out to be huge fun...

How comedy brought video games back to TV

Two comedians and a bit of star power have brought the gaming show back to British television, hoping to draw in gamers and non-gamers alike.

Review: Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit

The comedians may be the centre of the show, especially O Briain who seems to be conquering the market in geeky programming after hosting Robot Wars (at his current rate I was surprised he didn't get The Crystal Maze too), but of the regulars my personal favourite was Gibson, with her expert knowledge of games and wonderful wit.

The spotlight on ... McNeil and Pamphilon

They're a double act who do sketches, one's called Steve McNeil, one's called Sam Pamphilon, together they're called McNeil and Pamphilon and they're really rather talented you know. Say hello ...