Bradley Wiggins

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It's a dangerous business, this cycling lark. Bradley Wiggins should have been parked on Graham's sofa tonight but is at home nursing cracked ribs having taken a tumble, leaving more time for Gambit star Cameron Diaz and comedian Sarah Millican to talk in tandem at host Graham. Another guest? Cue a quick scout round the BBC canteen to see who's lurking near the cold cuts.

Larushka Ivan-Zadeh and Carol Carter, Metro, 9th November 2012

I'm not convinced that Odd One In is going to do much for ITV's viewing figures. Bradley Wiggins hosts a comedy game show, involving a lot of noisy orchestral brass accents and flashing blue and red lights (are they an Ofcom requirement for game shows?). The idea is that the panel identify the genuine eccentric or oddity in a line-up of fakes, an exercise which - like the similar section in Never Mind the Buzzcocks - offers a modest opportunity for comic improvisation ("Have you ever smuggled children out of Austria in wartime," one panellist asked one of a line-up of nuns, in an attempt to identify the real thing from the forgeries). The audience in the studio can take part by means of electronic handsets and the one who performs best gets the chance to go up on stage and win £5,000, once the celebrities have finished. Unfortunately, the creators of the format have neglected to come up with any kind of incentive that might persuade the audience at home to stick around till the end.

Tom Sutcliffe, The Independent, 19th July 2010

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