Beat The Internet With John Robins. John Robins
Beat The Internet With John Robins

Beat The Internet With John Robins

  • TV comedy
  • Dave
  • 2018 - 2019
  • 20 episodes (1 series)

Comedy game show hosted by John Robins about the weird and wonderful results returned by search engines. Also features Sunil Patel.

  • Episode 2 repeated Tuesday at 3:30am on Dave
Beat The Internet With John Robins. John Robins

Key details

Genre
Comedy
Broadcast
2018 - 2019
Channel
Dave
Episodes
20 (1 series)
Creator
Dan Louw
Stars
John Robins and Sunil Patel
Writer
John Robins
Director
Ben Hardy
Producers
Keith Cotton, Adeel Amini, Tom Baker, Laura Hawkes, Yonni Usiskin, Iain Coyle, Dan Louw and Justin Hook
Company

Comedian John Robins hosts the comedy quiz show where contestants try to finish sentences based on some of the internet's most popular search terms. Can five contestants predict some of the most common 'autocompletes' and survive to the final round?

John is ably assisted by fact-master Sunil Patel, who explains just why we search for the things we do.

It's the only quiz show where humans supply the questions and robots supply the answers, and where you're only ever one round away from being deleted from the game.

John Robins said, "For many years now I've been suspicious that the 'internet' is getting too big for its boots. Its war against our high streets, laws and HMRC goes completely unchecked, and that's not to mention the unknowable impact on future generations of the constant stream of top shelf material it provides, whose sheer volume and variety never ceases to astonish and horrify.

"I say it's time to fight back, to reclaim our streets, to enforce our laws, recoup our taxes, and place pornography back on actual shelves in the real world, where it can be controlled, policed, and placed under a copy of The Times before handing to a sympathetic newsagent. Ladies and gentlemen, I invite you to Beat The Internet."

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Thursday 15th November 2018 at 8pm on Dave
Next repeats
  1. Episode 2: Tuesday at 3:30am on Dave
  2. Episode 3: Wednesday at 3:30am on Dave
  3. Episode 4: Thursday 25th April at 3:30am on Dave
  4. Episode 5: Saturday 27th April at 3:30am on Dave
Most recent repeats
  • Sunday 3rd March 2024 at 3:30am on Dave - Episode 1
  • Saturday 17th February 2024 at 3:20am on Dave - Episode 5
  • Friday 16th February 2024 at 3:20am on Dave - Episode 4

Recording details

  • Spectrecom Studios

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