4 - The Bubble

This next show features David Mitchell yet again, and also yet again this is a game show that features an element of guesswork combined with that balancing act of "Do I think that could happen?" versus "Do I think that did actually happen?"

The show was called the Bubble and it saw 3 contestants locked away in a house with no internet, mobile phones or any communication with the outside world other than through the show's producers.  After their isolation they were brought on the show where David asked the questions about recent events, some fictional some fact, the job of the contestants was to decide what was true and what wasn't.  As with the price is right you need to put aside whether you think it could happen realistically and ask whether or not you believe it did happen.

The thing I liked most about this show is that it highlighted the at time unbelievable nature of our News and Media outlets, the press in general often run with "stranger than fiction" news stories and this show was a step towards making people realise that.  They even had mocked up news reports for some stories which added to the surrealist moments of the show.