Lightning

Such a great show. Great host, great contestants, great questions, great format - also, watching the show makes time go slower because so many rounds are fit into 30 minutes and every single second is tense! My only gripe is the unimaginative naming of the epic physical challenges, but that doesn't stop this show being awarded a 10/10 from me!

Love the the game show but the host takes about 7 seconds a question to tell the contestants she really needs to speed up bring on Bradley Walsh

Where to start? Zoe Lyons clearly can't do unscripted stuff - her conversations with contestants are painful, and her reading of the questions is far too slow. The contestants? Err, those in series 1 were not exactly blessed with a surfeit of general knowledge, were they? And at least let them change their clothes for each episode.

Let me start with the positives: I like Zoe Lyons and the format could work. That's the good out of the way. The issues here are that it's presented in an almost spoof, Smashy & Nicey (remember them) kind of way. The explanations are lengthy, delivery insincere and scripted links seem to be written by a linguistically challenged 7 year old ("this round is 2 minutes" errrr, maybe "takes 2 minutes" or "is 2 minutes long"). Some decent production, allowing Zoe to speak and stand freely and not turn side on cheesily to the camera would go a long way to improving a show that has undoubted potential.

It is really such a shame that lightning literally had to strike upon this show after only two series and I honestly really wish it could've gone on for at least a couple more because I truly enjoyed this one.

I really liked the exciting format as well as the pace, the energy and the timing, plus one of the best theme tunes to a quiz show I've ever heard.

The questions that were asked throughout were straightforward and to-the-point (very much up my street) and Zoe Lyons brings such a lovely blend of humour and banter as the host that will make even Anne Robinson blush and crack a smile.

In conclusion, Lightning is such an enjoyable and fun show that was taken off-air way too soon in my opinion.

My overall rating for Lightning: 8.5/10.