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.

Episode menu

Series 1, Episode 2

Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit. Image shows from L to R: Ellie Gibson, Sam Pamphilon, Gina Yashere, Dara O Briain, Marcus Brigstocke, Steve McNeil. Copyright: DLT Entertainment Ltd.
Comedians Marcus Brigstocke and Gina Yashere join host Dara O Briain, games expert Ellie Gibson and team captains Steve McNeil and Sam Pamphilon to play five video games; Sonic 2, Portal 2, Snake, Little Big Planet and special endgame Boom! Shake the Rooms in a bid to become this week's Go 8 Bit Champions

Preview clips

Broadcast details

Date
Monday 12th September 2016
Time
10pm
Channel
Dave
Length
60 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Tuesday 13th September 2016 1:00am Dave
Friday 16th September 2016 8:00pm Dave
Saturday 17th September 2016 2:20am Dave
Saturday 17th September 2016 6:00pm Dave
Saturday 10th December 2016 2:00pm Dave
Tuesday 20th December 2016 7:00pm Dave
Friday 14th April 2017 11:50am Dave
Saturday 6th May 2017 9:00am Dave
Saturday 2nd June 2018 7:10am Dave
Saturday 5th September 2020 1:50am Dave

Cast & crew

Cast
Dara O Briain Host / Presenter
Steve McNeil Team Captain
Sam Pamphilon Team Captain
Ellie Gibson Self
Guest cast
Marcus Brigstocke Guest
Gina Yashere 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
Michaela Hennessy-Vass Executive Producer
Fergus March Editor
Michael Pearce Editor
Peter Gordon Production Designer
Liam Tate Composer

Press

Another pixel-packed episode, with captains Sam and Steve joined by two standups from contrasting ends of the video-gamer spectrum: Marcus Brigstocke's favoured gaming tipple being multi-dimensional physics puzzler Portal 2, while Gina Yashere gave up around the time of Snake. The mismatched mirthmakers duly do battle, along with quite possibly the tensest Sonic 2 battle since the days of imperial phase Hadaway.

Mark Gibbings-Jones, The Guardian, 12th September 2016

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