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.

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Series 1, Episode 1

Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit. Image shows from L to R: Ellie Gibson, David James, Dara O Briain, Sam Pamphilon, Steve McNeil, Susan Calman. Copyright: DLT Entertainment Ltd.
Comedian Susan Calman and England goalkeeper David James join host Dara O Briain, games expert Ellie Gibson and team captains Steve McNeil and Sam Pamphilon to play five video games; Tetris, Chuckie Egg, Tekken, Star Wars Battlefront and special endgame Bust-A-Moob in a bid to become this week's Go 8 Bit Champions.

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Broadcast details

Date
Monday 5th September 2016
Time
10pm
Channel
Dave
Length
60 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Tuesday 6th September 2016 1:00am Dave
Friday 9th September 2016 8:00pm Dave
Saturday 10th September 2016 12:40am Dave
Saturday 10th September 2016 6:00pm Dave
Saturday 3rd December 2016 2:00pm Dave
Monday 19th December 2016 7:00pm Dave
Friday 14th April 2017 10:50am Dave
Saturday 29th April 2017 9:00am Dave
Tuesday 9th May 2017 12:00am Dave
Thursday 27th July 2017 8:00pm Dave
Friday 1st June 2018 7:05am Dave
Friday 4th September 2020 1:40am Dave

Cast & crew

Cast
Dara O Briain Host / Presenter
Steve McNeil Team Captain
Sam Pamphilon Team Captain
Ellie Gibson Self
Guest cast
David James Guest
Susan Calman Guest
Writing team
Dominic English Writer
Production team
Steve Smith Director
Darren Sole Series Producer
Rohan Acharya Producer
Donald Taffner Jr. Executive Producer
Iain Coyle Executive Producer
Simon Lupton Executive Producer
Michaela Hennessy-Vass Executive Producer
Fergus March Editor
Jason Boxall Editor
Peter Gordon Production Designer
Liam Tate Composer

Press

New panel-show fun, as gamers, comedians and series creators Steve McNeil and Sam Pamphilon take on a series of videogame challenges. This week's guests are Susan Calman and David James and, with O Briain reliably droll as host and Ellie Gibson excellent in a sort of Richard Osman sidekick role, it's 70% chat and very funny, too. So it's not a huge problem that, apart from beat-'em-ups, watching gaming on TV is confusing and dull.

Jack Seale, The Guardian, 5th September 2016

Review: Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit

The comedians may be the centre of the show, especially O Briain who seems to be conquering the market in geeky programming after hosting Robot Wars (at his current rate I was surprised he didn't get The Crystal Maze too), but of the regulars my personal favourite was Gibson, with her expert knowledge of games and wonderful wit.

Ian Wolf, On The Box, 5th September 2016

Dara O Briain: why he loves being a nerd

The Mock The Week comedian also talks about his near-death experience on Robot Wars.

Lara Kilner, The Mirror, 4th September 2016

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