Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit
- TV panel show
- U&Dave
- 2016 - 2018
- 26 episodes (3 series)
Competitive panel show about computer games. Stars Dara O Briain, Steve McNeil, Sam Pamphilon and Ellie Gibson.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 5th September 2016
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- U&Dave
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Dara O Briain | Host / Presenter |
| Steve McNeil | Team Captain |
| Sam Pamphilon | Team Captain |
| Ellie Gibson | Self |
| David James | Guest |
| Susan Calman | Guest |
| Dominic English | Writer |
| 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 |
Videos
Susan Calman plays Tetris on David James
A playable Tetris t-shirt.
Featuring: Dara O Briain, Ellie Gibson, Susan Calman & David James.
David James loses to Steve McNeil at Tekken
The first round of Tekken...
Featuring: Steve McNeil, Dara O Briain, Ellie Gibson & David James.
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 2016Review: 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 2016Dara 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