Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit. Dara O Briain. Copyright: DLT Entertainment Ltd.
Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit

Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit

  • TV panel show
  • Dave
  • 2016 - 2018
  • 26 episodes (3 series)

Competitive panel show about computer games. Stars Dara O Briain, Steve McNeil, Sam Pamphilon and Ellie Gibson.

Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit. Dara O Briain. Copyright: DLT Entertainment Ltd.

Key details

Genre
Panel Show
Broadcast
2016 - 2018
Channel
Dave
Episodes
26 (3 series), plus 1 Highlights episode
Creators
Steve McNeil and Sam Pamphilon
Stars
Dara O Briain, Steve McNeil, Sam Pamphilon and Ellie Gibson
Writers
Dominic English, Stephen Hill and Dan Whitehead
Director
Steve Smith
Producers
Darren Sole, Rohan Acharya, Ross Murray, Donald Taffner Jr., Iain Coyle, Simon Lupton and Michaela Hennessy-Vass
Company

Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit is based on the smash hit live Edinburgh show Go 8 Bit and hosted by comedian and gaming enthusiast Dara O Briain. Each week the show will see two celebrity guests compete to be crowned '8 Bit Champion'.

The team captains are Steve McNeil, a self-confessed gaming geek, and Sam Pamphilon, a cynical amateur, who both devised and hosted the original Edinburgh show. Each week they guide their celebrity guest team-mate through five rounds of increasingly competitive gaming contests.

Whether it be an arcade classic like Pac-Man, the latest blockbuster Grand Theft Auto or Fallout title, the most cutting-edge computer technology - or even larger-than-life game-inspired physical challenges, Dara and the show's resident gaming expert Ellie Gibson are on hand to adjudicate, commentate, and generally wind up the contestants.

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Additional details

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Multi-camera
Picture
Colour

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Monday 5th September 2016 at 10pm on Dave
Most recent repeats

Recording details

  • Fountain Studios - Series 1
  • BBC Elstree Centre - Series 2 and 3

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