{"id":6586,"date":"2016-03-21T10:44:30","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T14:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/dara-o-briain-leading-new-gaming-series-on-dave\/"},"modified":"2016-03-21T12:36:32","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T16:36:32","slug":"dara-o-briain-to-front-new-gaming-series-on-dave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/03\/21\/dara-o-briain-to-front-new-gaming-series-on-dave\/","title":{"rendered":"Dara \u00d3 Briain to Front New Gaming Series on Dave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: UKTV&#8217;s Dave has bolstered its entertainment slate with the commission of <em>Dara \u00d3 Briain&#8217;s Go 8 Bit<\/em>, based on the live Edinburgh show <em>Go 8 Bit<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Each week the show will see two celebrity guests compete to be crowned \u20188 Bit Champion\u2019. \u00d3 Briain, a comedian and gaming enthusiast, will lead the show. The team captains are Steve McNeil, a self-confessed gaming geek, and Sam Pamphilon, a cynical amateur, who both devised and hosted the original Edinburgh show. Gaming expert Ellie Gibson will be on hand to commentate and wind up the contestants. The series will be recorded in front of a live studio audience, which will decide the winner of each round.<\/p>\n<p>The new series is developed and produced by DLT Entertainment. <em>Dara \u00d3 Briain\u2019s Go 8 Bit<\/em> will air on Dave in fall 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u00d3 Briain said: \u201cPut a video game controller in the hands of a nun and she&#8217;ll turn into a trash-talking bloodthirsty monster. Give a controller to a comedian and they&#8217;ll do that too, but be funny. In video games veritas, my friends. This show is a raucous, back-biting, properly competitive celebration of the world&#8217;s favorite pastime. Let\u2019s Go 8 Bit!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iain Coyle, UKTV&#8217;s senior commissioning editor, said, \u201cAs someone who barely knows his Wii U from his ZX Spectrum, I was a huge fan of the live show. Add Dara to that mix and I think you\u2019ve got yourself the potential to join gaming and comedy audiences in a completely unique way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steve North, Dave&#8217;s general manager, said, \u201c<em>Go 8 Bit<\/em> is a very funny stage show with a cult following. We love working with the comedy community to bring successful stage shows to the Dave audience, as we did with <em>Alex Horne\u2019s Taskmaster<\/em>. Having Dara on board makes it a perfect fit for Dave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Don Taffner Jr., executive producer and president at DLT Entertainment, said, \u201c<em>Dara \u00d3 Briain\u2019s Go 8<\/em> Bit is unlike anything else on TV. It is a completely new type of gaming show with its mix of gaming experts, comedians, guest stars and nostalgia to create an unmissable entertainment series. The show will combine our love for retro games with the latest technology and audience interaction that all viewers\u2014young, old, male, female, and most importantly gamers and non-gamers\u2014will love. We are looking forward to working with UKTV and Dave to bring this exciting new concept to life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: UKTV&#8217;s Dave has bolstered its entertainment slate with the commission of Dara \u00d3 Briain&#8217;s Go 8 Bit, based on the live Edinburgh show Go 8 Bit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[341,137,81],"class_list":["post-6586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-dara-o-briain","tag-dave","tag-uktv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dara \u00d3 Briain to Front New Gaming Series on Dave - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2016\/03\/21\/dara-o-briain-to-front-new-gaming-series-on-dave\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dara \u00d3 Briain to Front New Gaming Series on Dave - 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