{"id":219821,"date":"2026-01-04T10:57:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T10:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/219821\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T10:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T10:57:07","slug":"tv-tonight-a-whopping-81-players-battle-it-out-in-rob-brydons-new-gameshow-television-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/219821\/","title":{"rendered":"TV tonight: a whopping 81 players battle it out in Rob Brydon\u2019s new gameshow | Television &#038; radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Floor<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">8pm, ITV1 <\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Rob Brydon hosts a new gameshow that follows the Squid Game trend of mass contestants (see 99 to Beat, Beast Games, The 1% Club). Across the series, 81 contestants stand on a tile that represents a subject in a square floor. Two players go head to head in a quick-fire duel: the loser exits the game and the winner takes their square. Whoever ends up winning the whole floor gets a \u00a350,000 prize. Hollie Richardson <\/p>\n<p>The Night Manager<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">9pm, BBC One <\/p>\n<p>Chameleonic charmer \u2026 The Night Manager on BBC One. Photograph: BBC\/Ink Factory\/Des Willie<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">After its explosive opener, series two of the sleek spy thriller continues. Tom Hiddleston ditches the specs, upgrades his wardrobe and heads to Medell\u00edn to do what his chameleonic charmer does best: ingratiate himself with a monied psychopath. But has he met his match in seductive arms dealer Teddy (Diego Calva)? Graeme Virtue <\/p>\n<p>The Million Pound Shaman Scam<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">9pm, BBC Two<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The bizarre subject of hit 2023 true-crime podcast Filthy Ritual is now explored in a two-part documentary. In upmarket Hampstead in London, Juliette D\u2019Souza posed as a faith healer to con the community out of \u00a31m. Tim Rayment was the journalist who in 2008 was tipped off about the dark web of spiritual manipulation and South American shamanism. HR<\/p>\n<p>Red Eye<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">9pm, ITV1<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Saboteur? Thief? Assassin? DS Hana Li (Jing Lusi) still has no clue who is targeting the locked-down US consulate, while the flaky ambassador seems more concerned with his swanky party than being interrogated. Elsewhere, airborne spy chief Delaney (Lesley Sharp) gets a Zoom course in ad hoc bomb disposal. Graeme Virtue <\/p>\n<p>Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">9pm, Channel 4 <\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The team leaders have one message for the celebrities who\u2019ve foolishly signed up to train with the SAS: \u201cInstagram can\u2019t save you now.\u201d In this grim new series opener, the social media personalities and actors, including Dani Dyer, are shipped in hoods to north Africa, verbally abused, half-drowned, and forced to hit one another. Ali Catterall <\/p>\n<p>First Dates Beach Club<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">10pm, Channel 4 <\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">To Spain, where Fred Sirieix is matchmaking for a sun-soaked edition of the hugely popular dating series. A new week kicks off with Joe and Emily reaching a crossroads in their romance, while Megan shares a drink with a plumber and Jacques widens his net. HR<\/p>\n<p>Film choice<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Back to Black, 10pm, BBC Two <\/p>\n<p>Love is a losing game \u2026 Marisa Abela as Amy Winehouse in Back to Black.  Photograph: StudiocanalUK\/YouTube<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Marisa Abela was always on a hiding to nothing trying to sing just like the late Amy Winehouse in Sam Taylor-Johnson\u2019s biopic. But she delivers a vocal impersonation of impressive style and gusto, alongside a sensitive performance as the young London singer who had a meteoric rise but fell victim to alcoholism and bulimia. Her amour fou \u2013 AKA \u201ctoxic co-dependency\u201d \u2013 with Blake Fielder-Civil (Jack O\u2019Connell) and interactions with her nan (Lesley Manville) and dad Mitch (Eddie Marsan), rather than her music, provide the tragic drama\u2019s central thrust. Simon Wardell <\/p>\n<p>Live sport<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Premier League Football: Leeds v Man United, 11am, TNT Sports 1 From Elland Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Championship Football: Birmingham v Coventry, 11.30am, ITV1 From St Andrew\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Premier League Football: Fulham v Liverpool, 2pm, Sky Sports Main Event At Craven Cottage. Followed by Man City v Chelsea at 5.25pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Prem Rugby: Leicester Tigers v Saracens, 3pm, TNT Sports 1 At Welford Road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Floor 8pm, ITV1 Rob Brydon hosts a new gameshow that follows the Squid Game trend of mass&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,85,46,411],"class_list":{"0":"post-219821","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}