When Noel Tidy Beard got his chance to get back on the the telly, even he must have thought that DOND was unlikely to succeed. A lost slot on C4 in the late afternoon and with all the production panache of an episode of Acorn Antiques.
But it was a real sleeper hit and gained cult status amongst students (a modern day version of Supermarket Sweep).
So the concept has proved successful and hence we have now got a highly polished version of it over here on prime time. I'm sure it will be a great success (the simple idea behind it just works very well in creating that element of tension) but I can't help thinking that it was so much better in it's original format (with Noel in one of those lovely jumpers he always wears).
Steve Blakeman
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