What do you think is the easiest game show hosting gig in the UK?

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BuncleCar@reddit

I just don't like Walsh. I remember him from Minder and The Bill and he may be saintly but I have an aversion to East End geezer types.

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HendoMGM@reddit

The Floor UK version.
Rob brydon just talks to the contestants duelling and then stands back.

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BriennesBitch@reddit

I think having to pretend to like the complete nutters who go on that show requires a certain amount of skill.

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I’m considering applying 🤣 I’ve got a period of time off work coming up. I reckon the hardest thing about it would be standing through around 22 other games before yours. Otherwise, fairly easy £7k. Used to be £10k I reckon before they dropped the top prize.

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Unemployable-Sunfish@reddit (OP)

Forgot about that, absolute skive of a job.

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Omnissiah40K@reddit

Nah come on, you've got to fill an hour of small talk with some of the most boring people on the planet. Thats fucking graft and you know it.

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Evening-Tomatillo-47@reddit

Aye it takes skill to pull all that numerology bullshit.

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i7omahawki@reddit

No way, the whole game hinges on the host’s performance.

Tipping point is way easier, most of the work is done by the giant coin pusher.

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Moppo_@reddit

That's not even a gameshow. It's just a waste of a studio.

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jolie_j@reddit

But the contestants have a “strategy”…(!)

I can’t believe they cut the top prize too. Enshitification of an already shit show

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vicartronix@reddit

I’d say that’s one of the harder ones. Having to chat that much fluff for ages

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JuanitaMerkin@reddit

I suppose there’s an element of building the tension (with very little to work with) there that’s not present in a lot of game shows

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jolie_j@reddit

Yeah I was thinking this. And remembering who had what colour number in a row (although I assume he’s got someone in his ear telling him that Susan has had a red 5 times in a row)

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MembershipKey1520@reddit

Millionaire looks like a skive. Hosted by a millionaire, ironically, but Clarkson is far better than the unbearable Tarrant. He was such a smug tw*t.

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perishingtardis@reddit

Tarrant was smug, but at the same time was much more charismatic and energetic than Clarkson. Teehee!

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MembershipKey1520@reddit

Charismatic? Surely not - he was just an unbearable, smug tosser. Clarkson is too, mostly in his Top Gear days but he's not like that (usually) on Millionaire.

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perishingtardis@reddit

Well yeah. He has the gift of the gab, he'd have to considering his main work was on radio. He is irritating but undoubtedly a skilled presenter

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feesh_face@reddit

A contrary opinion - Clarkson is unbearably smug imo.

Agree with the response to the question through, Millionaire is a seemingly very easy gig.

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Moppo_@reddit

The difference is Clarkson's smugness can be funny, even though he is a twat.

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mhoulden@reddit

Bamboozle: https://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Bamboozle!

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MarkRand@reddit

Preferred the teletext version

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mhoulden@reddit

So do I but Reddit broke my link. Try [this one] (https://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Bamboozle!)

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PazyP@reddit

The bridge of lies with Ross Kemp seems pretty easy, a few questions are asked though but he basically just stands there up on that balcony thing.

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Ok-Set-5829@reddit

Remember, were looking for the easiest game show presenting gig!

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ShowmasterQMTHH@reddit

Repeating himself and "talking to the bridge". It's like he was a soap star

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TheFortyFourthSunset@reddit

Troof or lie? Troof or lie? Nothing else is gonna open up”. Can’t stand that show.

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PazyP@reddit

It’s absolutely dung

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LiamJonsano@reddit

I love the idea that he’s stood there saying it but I’m 100% sure he records it after in a box and they just play it over when it goes quiet/the contestant has nothing to say

TRUTH OR LIE and reading the options is clearly “live” though

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Moppo_@reddit

I dunno, I can't imagine it's easy being that patient. I think I've probably seen two contestants out of who knows how many who actually knew what thdy were doing.

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Tight-Principle-743@reddit

Pointless - for Xander, it’s a bit of reading, some banter with your cohost and contestants and that’s about it.

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MintberryCrunch____@reddit

He also has to read answers with letters missing, which might be tricky when he seemingly often knows most of them.

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HotRabbit999@reddit

He was the answer to a question once too. "Best selling albums of 20xx" (can't remember the year) & he was a pointless answer which was quite fun lol.

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LaidBackLeopard@reddit

It's a classic

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given_to_the_wind@reddit

Pretty sure I also saw him as a pointless answer to actors in Doctor Who Christmas specials too a few years ago

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JamesL25@reddit

100%. All Robin Houston had to do was read the questions

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Hazeri@reddit

Bridge of Lies

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TapeDeckSlick@reddit

Catchphrase

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jamesdownwell@reddit

Just say what you see I guess.

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mhoulden@reddit

Tell that to Roy Walker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLNMB1Om8AQ

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snaphunter@reddit

Or Nick Weir who broke his foot during a recording.

https://youtu.be/oJhHTnBWc6M

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Prasiatko@reddit

That then looked like it took a year to heal due to all the filming being done in a week or two period.

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disgruntledhands@reddit

Million Pound Drop

Davina is paid to say whats on a HUGE screen that the audience and contestants can see and she just repeats it ad nauseum.

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SaysUselessThings@reddit

None of them. Presenting is tricky and takes a reasonable amount of skill. It's not just reading questions.

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adrian-tw10uk@reddit

The 1% club. I love Lee Mack but it's an extremely repetitive format. Question, how many got it wrong, new jackpot, next question.

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Live_Lifeguard1267@reddit

The best presenters make a very difficult job look easy. It's why Wogan, and everything he ever touched, always looked so relaxed as he was brilliant at what he did.

Edmonds (can't stand the man) looked like he had the cushiest job in the world because he is (and always was) fantastic at what he did. Even if he was a total CockWomble.

The best current presenter (IMHO) by some distance is Victoria Coren Mitchell. She can hold her own on pretty much anything from her own superlative Only Connect to Taskmaster, Would I lie to You, Have I Got News for you, Room 101 whether as host or panel member. Let alone she is a double European and World Poker Champion.

And if it sounds like I have a big ole crush, you'd be right

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adrian-tw10uk@reddit

She's absolutely fantastic on Only Connect. She perfectly balances self-depricating sarcasm, given it's quite a niche quiz, with genuine interest and her clearly very high level of general knowledge. (I'd really like to see her do Last One Laughing, btw)

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SquirrelIll8180@reddit

Great tits too

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BerryOk966@reddit

Oh do grow up

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HotSector8167@reddit

100% agreed its not the Chase, Bradley is irreplicable

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mhoulden@reddit

I'm sure they put some of the answers in it just to see if he can keep a straight face.

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TheRealVinosity@reddit

As a follow-up to that... when Bradley met Fanny.

https://youtu.be/rb-DYY0upBo?si=USOcOhtb1IkymHMJ

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HotSector8167@reddit

Hahaha I love this iconic clip! I think its a testament to how fun he must also be backstage if people are comfortable to mess with him like this. Honestly its so hard to explain how every aspect of The Chase just works but it just does

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LiamJonsano@reddit

Tenable when it was on… read 6 questions, bit of jokes about “I used to be in Star Wars/Harry Potter you know” when those sort of categories came up, have a go at people not knowing answers and pop them off to the vortex…

Great show mind, and Sally Lindsay did make it look awfully difficult to host

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T_raltixx@reddit

QI

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dmmjrb@reddit

Danny Dyer is on his third gameshow where he relies on a female presenter to read the questions, so I think he's got the cushiest gig.

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thehewguy1888@reddit

House of Games...... Just get to chill on a seat and read out some questions

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KingStevoI@reddit

Tipping Point's the easiest, especially the celeb edition. You couldn't get questions more tailored for them. It's mind numbing too imo, watching them insert tokens into the machine.

The Chase is by far my favourite and likely the hardest, unless you've got the right team. The questions are all round and, as you said, Bradley's brilliant at firing out the questions. The Chaser's add that extra obstacle, of course.

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I got bored of The Chase a while ago, but you got to admit Bradley's ability to speed read the questions is impressive.

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