The Almost Impossible Gameshow
- TV comedy
- ITV2
- 2015 - 2016
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Anarchic comedy game show in which 10 contestants per episode get 50 chances to beat each of a series of simple but difficult challenges. Stars Dave Chambers and Bob McGlynn.
Press clippings
Irish comedy duo the Rubberbandits bring their funny anti-gameshow back to ITV2. Think an underfunded Total Wipeout, seemingly filmed on a dilapidated regional airstrip. Having said that, 70s show It's a Knockout is an equally valid comparison, considering the likelihood of concussion as contestants are given 50 lives in which to complete a range of increasingly bizarre tasks including "eggy hammer" (smashing eggs with a spoon attached to a helmet) and "candle scream".
Ben Arnold, The Guardian, 6th April 2016ITV2 orders The Almost Impossible Game Show 2
ITV2 has ordered another series of The Almost Impossible Game Show. Comedy duo The Rubberbandits will once again provide the anarchic commentary.
British Comedy Guide, 7th December 2015Tricky things to get right, comedy gameshows. For every Shooting Stars, HIGNFY or Buzzcocks, there are dozens more resembling the sort of shriekingly witless affairs featured in darkly satirical movies about dumbed-down dystopias. Or just Through The Keyhole with Keith Lemon. So, with tasks including putting on a pair trousers while running on a treadmill, and pedalling a tiny bicycle across a narrow beam, this could be a right laugh - or not (no previews were available). We live in hope, always.
Ali Catterall, The Guardian, 1st October 2015