David Mitchell's Bubble on MSE

patrick0

I went to the pilot episode of Bubble last night.

This is a news quiz with David Mitchell (of Mitchell & Webb fame) as the presenter and 3 celebs (Frank Skinner, Katy Brand and another woman whose name I've forgotten) as the contestants. I presume the pilot nature of it means that it won't be turned into a series unless the TV execs decide they like it.

Anyway, the contestants had been locked in a house in Wiltshire with no access to any media outlets for 4 days then brought to the show. They were presented with a series of three news stories - two were fake and the other had been in the news while they were away. They each had to guess which one was real.

Some of the stories they covered were quite obscure and there were a couple where I had no idea whether they were true or not - despite being an avid media follower. None of them believed that a British and French nuclear submarine could have collided with each other.

Anyway, one of the stories was that Martin Lewis of MSE was suing an elderly lady who had started a website with tips for elderly people on saving money. It was very well done with a clip of ML waving his hands all over the place but refusing to comment on the matter.

Amusingly Frank Skinner knew of another Martin Lewis - but had never heard of MSE ML.

The two female celebs were both quite cutting about ML and said they didn't like him at all and could quite believe the story.

It turned out to be untrue.

Paul_Herring

Last edited by MSE Martin : Today at 11:23 AM.

Hmmm? No markup to indicate what was edited?

MSE_Martin

It was a reference to another website I didnt feel was appropriate. The poster was PMd.

Don't worry you've not missed any juice. Much as it is unpleasant to read such things as above it hasn't been censored.