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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 2, Episode 1

Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit. Image shows from L to R: Sam Pamphilon, Ellie Gibson, Dara O Briain, Richard Osman, Sara Pascoe, Steve McNeil. Copyright: DLT Entertainment Ltd.
Dara O Briain, Ellie Gibson, Steve McNeil and Sam Pamphilon present more computer game fun. First up taking the joystick challenge are Richard Osman and Sara Pascoe who compete against each other in Galaga, Doodle Jump, Micro Machines, Human Fall Flat and Block Block. Who will triumph?

Preview clips

Notes

Richard and Sam won, 244 points to 129.

Broadcast details

Date
Monday 15th May 2017
Time
10pm
Channel
Dave
Length
60 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Tuesday 16th May 2017 1:10am Dave
Thursday 18th May 2017 8:00pm Dave
Saturday 20th May 2017 9:00am Dave
Sunday 21st May 2017 4:30pm Dave
Saturday 10th June 2017 10:00am Dave
Saturday 1st July 2017 10:30am Dave
Sunday 1st October 2017 11:00pm Dave
Thursday 7th June 2018 7:10am Dave
Thursday 11th July 2019 2:45am Dave
Friday 18th September 2020 7:00pm Dave
Wednesday 26th October 2022 7:10am Dave

Cast & crew

Cast
Dara O Briain Host / Presenter
Steve McNeil Team Captain
Sam Pamphilon Team Captain
Ellie Gibson Self
Guest cast
Richard Osman Guest
Sara Pascoe Guest
Writing team
Dominic English Writer
Stephen Hill Writer (Additional Material)
Dan Whitehead Writer (Additional Material)
Production team
Steve Smith Director
Darren Sole Series Producer
Ross Murray Producer
Donald Taffner Jr. Executive Producer
Iain Coyle Executive Producer
Michaela Hennessy-Vass Executive Producer
Claire Butchard VT Producer
Michael Pearce Editor
Jon Ellis Editor
Luke Crockett VT Editor
Duncan Hart VT Editor
Mar Prieto VT Editor
Peter Gordon Production Designer
Darren Lovell Lighting Designer
Liam Tate Composer
Dave Brain Graphics
Lee Daniels Graphics
Rob Sedgebeer Technical Manager

Press

Preview - Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit

Dave's video game comedy returns for a second series - and it's even managed to spawn a spin-off.

Ian Wolf, On The Box, 15th May 2017

Richard Osman and Sara Pascoe are the celeb joystick-wagglers launching the second series of Dave's arcade thunderdome. This anarchic gameshow has finally cracked how to turn video gaming into a spectator sport by booking enthusiastic guests, adding studio audience interactivity and, crucially, putting game-literate wits O Briain and Ellie Gibson in charge. A new reviews-focused companion show, Go 8 Bit: DLC, follows straight after.

Graeme Virtue, The Guardian, 15th May 2017

Steve McNeil interview

Dara O Briain's Go 8-Bit returns to our screens next week - and Steve McNeil has been telling us more about it...

Den Of Geek, 12th May 2017

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