Bridge of Lies

This is a serviceable quiz show with all of your usual tropes. A series of multiple choice questions for a team of brain-dead contestants (in this case strung against the tenuous concept of a 'bridge') and a well known host. It kills half an hour well enough to distract me from screaming into the endless void.

Ross Kemp however, a man associated with hard-hitting investigative journalism, has surely reached the bottom of his own personal TV barrel. How they ended up getting this guy to present is beyond me; perhaps he's in financial trouble or something and needs the easy cash. In any case, it must represent the biggest fall from grace since Marie Antoinette.

This is quite a good show and the concept is fine but sometimes the questions are a bit ridiculous when you remember you have to get at least 10 right to get accross. I just watched one where the question was Animals and their scientific name". Chances of anyone getting cross the bridge is pretty much zero unless you were a vet.

I prefer questions that are at least possible but apart from that the show is reasonable and the final round is good in the way the wave gets closer as you move forward on the bridge. This builds up some tension and urgency.

Ross Kemp is OK but I wonder if a more relaxed presenter would make a better connection with the contestants.

Seen this four or five times now, not a bad concept but either the contestants are stupid or they are told not to answer questions when they know the answers but to spend time pondering a obviously correct answer. Ross Kemp is a reasonable host and does his best to add drama to a contrived tension. The questions are quite well thought out and are multiple choice elimination questions. Nothing can distract from the fact that the contestants seem reluctant to answer questions they clearly know the answers too but would rather prevaricate and loose time for no reason other than to build up tension, funny thing is, they do this and then often run out of time.

OMG I'm at a friends and have just watched another episode of Bridge of Lies and csnt believe what I've just watched. I really dont know why this group thought they were good enough to enter a quiz show because their knowledge of everything was dire. They got the simplest of questions wrong.

I never watch this usually but my friend seems to like it, maybe I've just been unlucky in the two shows I've watch have been utterly laughable.

I would never show my face again if I was the contestants on today's show.

I think Ross is ok as the quiz master I admire him for not bursting out laughing at some of the answers they think are correct.

This is the most under rated show on TV. It's edgy, fun and the rules are simple to understand. Ross Kemp is a brilliant and unexpected presenter, lending his hard man image to create real tension and suspense in every game. The questions are completely random so there's no chance of the teams waiting in the waiting room to know what they'll be asked. It's just genius. I don't really watch much telly and caught one episode from season two by accident while I was waiting for my tea to cook. Now I'm currently binge watching the whole of series one, episode after episode. This show should up the prize money and be on prime time. It's great and I love it.