The Totally Senseless Gameshow

The Totally Senseless Gameshow
Genre Variety
Written by Seb Barwell
Jon Purkis
Lucien Young
Steve Parry
Directed by James Lord
Jeanette Goulbourn
Presented by Martin Dougan
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
Production
Executive producer(s) Ash Atalla
Neil Calow
Producer(s) Gina Lyons
Editor(s) Gareth Heal
Running time 25 minutes
Production company(s) Roughcut Television
Release
Original network BBC Three
Picture format 16:9
First shown in 11 August 2015 (2015-08-11)

The Totally Senseless Gameshow is a one-off variety show that aired on 11 August 2015 for BBC Three. It was hosted by Martin Dougan. The gameshow elements were interspersed with 'backstage' inserts, humorously highlighting stereotypical treatment of the disabled.

In the gameshow itself, two mixed sex teams took part - Sugababe Amelle Berrebah teamed up with athlete Greg Rutherford, competing against the pairing of Casey Batchelor and Rick Edwards - with each round's premise being that the contestants were deprived of one sense (or had it artificially impaired):

  1. Paraoke - identifying songs by lipreading their partner's 'karaoke' performance, whilst wearing noise-cancelling headphones
  2. The Drunk Grand National - the contestants had to propel themselves (on board space hoppers 'dressed' as ponies) along a short course, whilst wearing vision-impairing goggles
  3. Flick It, Sniff It, Lick It - one contestant from each team had to identify mystery objects (foodstuffs) without the aid of sight

Although slated as a one-off programme, part of BBC Three's disability season, there seemed hope (expectation?) that it might return, as host Martin Dougan signed off by inviting viewers to return, "the next time we play The Totally Senseless Gameshow."

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