![]() ![]() Kyle and Brendan are best friends from university. Elisha and Michelle are best friends who met doing Saturday jobs 17 years ago. The three teams, at least, are up for it. When he warms up to the task, let’s hope for more of that and less “HR will deal with this later”. ![]() There is a moment of self-mockery when he refers to himself as one of Britain’s best pop stars. He works best when he is winging it – here he seems to have gone method and plays the haughty shop manager a little too well: instead of telling jokes, he complains about the mess the contestants have left on the floor and says “I’m fumin’,” a lot. He is a strong presenter, funny and quick, but he seems frozen by the format by having to get through the admin of asking questions and adding time. Rylan Clark-Neal has taken over hosting duties and you would think it would be a perfect fit. They also leave with a touch more dignity. The losers get a jumper and, in a nod to eco-friendliness, a bag for life. The winning team gets to Super Sweep – a sort of frantic treasure hunt for the big cash prize. Three teams of two answer general knowledge questions, in order to add time to their clocks, which will determine how long they have to tear up the fruit’n’veg section and do the most expensive shop they can. The format is largely the same, though stretched out, unflatteringly, to an hour. It is over the top in its gaudy brashness and somehow also stilted, as if they have bought a massive glitzy helium balloon but forgotten to put the gas in. Instead, I felt as if I was walking around a 24-hour supermarket at 3am. I love a bit of camp tat and was ready for this to be as much fun as I remembered, which is the food that nourishes nostalgia in the first place. ![]()
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