Bullseye with Freddie Flintoff

[Philip A]

A one-off hour-long Christmas edition with new host Freddie Flintoff airs on ITV 1 tonight at 6 pm (also on ITV X), with Luke Littler and Richard Ashdown joining the team. In new rounds and classics, which pair of knowers and throwers will be in with a chance to win the speedboat? If a hit with a new audience, a full series could be commissioned. In this new format, Freddie (6th host overall) will also play against Luke in a special round.

[Marc Meakin]

A one-off hour-long Christmas edition with new host Freddie Flintoff airs on ITV 1 tonight at 6 pm (also on ITV X), with Luke Littler and Richard Ashdown joining the team. In new rounds and classics, which pair of knowers and throwers will be in with a chance to win the speedboat? If a hit with a new audience, a full series could be commissioned. In this new format, Freddie (6th host overall) will also play against Luke in a special round.

Some good some bad.
The prize board having the professional helping was good and the extra dart choice on the prizeboard was also a nice touch as was the charity challenge with Freddie who is clearly better with the darts than az a presenter.
The chap standing in for the late great Alan Green was annoying at first but when it became clear that Freddie is no Jim Bowen and needs help presenting then I warmed to him.
The flashy set was a nice touch though Bullseyes USP was the tacky set.

Overall I'm all in and look forward to the new series and I'm sure Freddie will improve

[Jojo Apollo]

It was bloody awful. It went on and on, far too stretched out (no doubt to please the advertisers again). I couldn't wait for it to finish. None of the warmth of the original, it needs a Peter Kay comedian type of host and cut back the length to the original format and Sunday afternoon time slot. Far too much Littler involvement, at one point I thought it was The Luke Littler show...

[Philip A]

The great thing about the revivals of Millionaire, Blankety Blank and more recently Gladiators is that they’ve hardly changed a thing. Meanwhile, ITV lazily duplicate the American versions of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune with unnecessary hour-long padding and destroy the format of You Bet! and now this.

Don’t
Change
the Format

[Marc Meakin]

The great thing about the revivals of Millionaire, Blankety Blank and more recently Gladiators is that they’ve hardly changed a thing. Meanwhile, ITV lazily duplicate the American versions of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune with unnecessary hour-long padding and destroy the format of You Bet! and now this.

Don’t
Change
the Format

It seems to me they changed the format to suit Freddie who isn't a presenter and needed assistance , hence the increased role of the ' Tony Green ' role.
Also Freddie was allowed to showcase his reasonable dart skills by changing the charity formula.
Which I felt was a good thing

[Philip A]

It’s back for 4 more shows plus a Christmas special, starting Sunday 9th November @ 8:00 pm on ITV 1. Luke Littler will again feature in the first show, but there will be a different professional player in each of the other shows. Hopefully it won’t be quite so raucous this time.

[Philip A]

Slightly better, but that head-to-head round on the Yorkshire board was rubbish.

[Graeme Cole]

Slightly better, but that head-to-head round on the Yorkshire board was rubbish.

I thought that round was a good addition, and fits in well with the rest of the show. For anyone who didn't see it, each team in turn is asked a question to which the answer is a number 1-20. The dart player and non-dart player may confer, then the dart player has one attempt to hit the correct number on the dartboard. They play three questions each, then sudden death if tied. It's an entirely new round which tests both darting and knowledge skills, exactly what Bullseye is about.

If they're going to extend a previously 30 minute show to 60, I'd rather they do it by adding a brand new round like this than by keeping the same format and padding it out to an hour (I'm looking at you, Fifteen To One).

[Philip A]

Slightly better, but that head-to-head round on the Yorkshire board was rubbish.

I thought that round was a good addition, and fits in well with the rest of the show. For anyone who didn't see it, each team in turn is asked a question to which the answer is a number 1-20. The dart player and non-dart player may confer, then the dart player has one attempt to hit the correct number on the dartboard. They play three questions each, then sudden death if tied. It's an entirely new round which tests both darting and knowledge skills, exactly what Bullseye is about.

If they're going to extend a previously 30 minute show to 60, I'd rather they do it by adding a brand new round like this than by keeping the same format and padding it out to an hour (I'm looking at you, Fifteen To One).

The Round The Clock charity throw is really good, because it’s fast and exciting - and it’s different, the host and the pro work together. The head-to-head was too difficult and too slow. If you keep missing and it’s still 0-0 after multiple sudden-deaths, what then? Needs a nearest-to-bull to settle a sudden death and save them from cutting it short in edit. Yes, they’ve made it work as a 60-minute show compared to new 15-1 and new UK Jeopardy! but the head-to-head needs work IMO.

[Marc Meakin]

Slightly better, but that head-to-head round on the Yorkshire board was rubbish.

I thought that round was a good addition, and fits in well with the rest of the show. For anyone who didn't see it, each team in turn is asked a question to which the answer is a number 1-20. The dart player and non-dart player may confer, then the dart player has one attempt to hit the correct number on the dartboard. They play three questions each, then sudden death if tied. It's an entirely new round which tests both darting and knowledge skills, exactly what Bullseye is about.

If they're going to extend a previously 30 minute show to 60, I'd rather they do it by adding a brand new round like this than by keeping the same format and padding it out to an hour (I'm looking at you, Fifteen To One).

The Round The Clock charity throw is really good, because it’s fast and exciting - and it’s different, the host and the pro work together. The head-to-head was too difficult and too slow. If you keep missing and it’s still 0-0 after multiple sudden-deaths, what then? Needs a nearest-to-bull to settle a sudden death and save them from cutting it short in edit. Yes, they’ve made it work as a 60-minute show compared to new 15-1 and new UK Jeopardy! but the head-to-head needs work IMO.

Agreed the head to head was pretty clunky.
I think to have questions with numbers as the answer doesn't work unless its maths questions

[Philip A]

https://youtu.be/reNXj7s3w1k?si=PUe340QiKKOpboNn Episode is now on YouTube courtesy of ITV.

[Philip A]

Two shows in and I’ve just spotted a flaw.

You can scrape through the head-to-head 1 point to 0 with LESS money. That is completely wrong.

Instead, it should be three questions and arrows each, and each correct hit should be worth £100. The team with the most money overall should win. This would save the show from resorting to a sudden death crapshoot and, more importantly, reward the better team overall.

The game is good, just change the scoring. Everything else is fine and I love the new charity throw.