A Saturday night game show that is not only watchable, it's often uproariously entertaining. Alexander Armstrong presides over a modern sort of You Bet where the contestants must use their special skill to win a challenge. If they succeed, the panel of comedians/celebrities each awards them a sum of money, and it's up to them to guess how much. If they overvalue themselves, they leave through the fail door.
We were completely hooked by Epic Win, it's so gloriously daft and knowingly stupid, without insulting the viewer or taking the piss out of the contestants. Some of the challenges involved: a guy who loves crisps having people breathe crisp-breath in his face to guess the flavour; a Smurf fanatic identifying the small blue guys just from their silhouette; a fishmonger guessing the fish by being slapped in the face with one; and a bendy girl who kicked herself in the head so many times in a minute. Aside from the ridiculousness of the challenges, there are funny intro sequences, top puns from Armstrong, and the almost constant presence of Micky Flanagan on the judging panel, who is a dab hand at a wry put down and is able to properly value some of these utterly worthless 'skills'. This is what I call Saturday night entertainment! I do hope it comes back, I want to see the fail door, the epic-centre and hear commentator Joe Lycett's 'Epic WIN' catchphrase again.
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Saturday night entertainment that is as knowing and funny as Harry Hill, but on the BBC.
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