{"id":11310,"date":"2022-02-17T20:00:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T19:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1587457"},"modified":"2022-02-17T20:36:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T19:36:09","slug":"first-look-at-paul-sinhas-tv-showdown-season-2","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/first-look-at-paul-sinhas-tv-showdown-season-2\/","title":{"rendered":"First look at Paul Sinha\u2019s TV Showdown season 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 17 February 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Paul Sinha\u2019s TV Showdown is returning to ITV for a second season this weekend \u2013 and <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> can exclusively reveal a first-look clip from Saturday\u2019s debut episode.<\/p>\n<p>As ever, the quiz sees a range of famous faces attempt to put their telly knowledge to the test, with team captains Fay Ripley and Rob Beckett joined by guests Katherine Ryan, Denise Lewis, Gregg Wallace, and Big Zuu in the opener.<\/p>\n<p>And the clip sees MasterChef judge Wallace explain his experience as a guest on Who Do You Think You Are \u2013 shortly after comedian Ryan recounts her own tale from the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy story was a sad one,\u201d he says \u2013 with Beckett then jokingly urging him to \u201ckeep it light\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t the greatest of experiences, it was quite sad,\u201d Wallace continues, before Sinha pushes him for more information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas there a dream that you\u2019d have a Danny Dyer moment and find yourself related to Edward II?\u201d the host asks.<\/p> <p>Wallace answers that he was hoping for something like that, before Beckett explains why he could never take part in the classic genealogy series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re from South East London it\u2019s a risk,\u201d he says. \u201cI know who I am, and I don\u2019t want anybody else to!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul then asks Ripley if she\u2019d ever participate \u2013 at which point she reveals that she was once turned down after approaching the producers about appearing on the show.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full clip below to find out what Ripley told the makers of the show \u2013 it certainly sounded good enough to us\u2026<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;embed&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <video data-video-id=\"6297926541001\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\" controls=\"\"\/><script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/><\/div> <\/div> <p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/andrew-garfield-strictly-come-dancing-newsupdate\/&quot;\"><strong>Andrew Garfield says Strictly Come Dancing is on his \u201cbucket list\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/sandi-toksvig-sarah-millican-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Sandi Toksvig and Sarah Millican get the giggles in Extraordinary Escapes<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/weakest-link-second-series-romesh-ranganathan-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\"><strong>The Weakest Link fans call for second series with Romesh Ranganathan<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p dir=\"&quot;auto&quot;\"><strong><span lang=\"&quot;en-US&quot;\">Paul Sinha\u2019s TV Showdown returns to ITV on Saturday 19th February at 9:40pm. 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For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong><strong>isten to the\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;1&quot;\">Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Cremona Published: Thursday, 17 February 2022 at 12:00 am Paul Sinha\u2019s TV Showdown is returning to ITV for a second season this weekend \u2013 and RadioTimes.com can exclusively reveal a first-look clip from Saturday\u2019s debut episode. 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