Bigheads you win

ITV’S new gameshow Bigheads has all the markings of those classic Saturday night family favourites such as It’s A Knockout, Gladiators and Total Wipeout. So why the hell did ITV decide to show it on a Sunday evening when half the target audience would have been busy trying to avoid being put to bed by the other half? Poor scheduling aside, this hour of utter nonsense with contestants falling over while wearing giant celebrity heads is just what the world needs right now. Where else are you going to see footage of “Donald Trump” running around in a blind panic with his pants round his ankles? (Well, unless Putin really does have those compromising videos and is about to release them.) Given her cowardly refusal to take part in any head-to-head TV debates this might also be the only place you’ll see “Theresa May” falling flat on her face in front of a baying studio audience. As for the games, you don’t need to be a copyright lawyer to spot they are a familiar mixture of It’s A Knockout slapstick and Gladiatorsstyle physical challenges. The trampolining endgame in which “Mo Farah” had to align his head perfectly inside giant picture frames was far too technical for me. I was also puzzled to hear host Jason Manford (pictured) explain the strict rules to Mo: “As I always say: ‘Mouth, nose and eyes to win a prize’.” I’ve never heard Jason say that before. Maybe I’ll Google it later.