Could of a bit faster, but apart from that, it's great. The host can be funny (unpopular opinion) and it's a fun show to tune in to. Granted, it is a bit cheesy.
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jpbrandwood1 April 2021
The endless cycle of torment, the eternal ring of fluff.
GiraffeDoor10 November 2022
This bit of fluff is makes reasonable entertainment that I, my mother and grandmother can enjoy.
Macintyre can be a bit much, but he is perfectly cast here, as our guide where responds impeccably to the apparently not funny things the contestants say.
The tone is bombastic and deliberately silly which you just have to be in the mood for. They don't waste time though: there's always someone I have heard of in the celebrity line-up and the questions are usually pretty gettable but of course there is so much I don't know!
The random element of the contestants casts a shadow over the show. Maybe they could have a fastest finger type thing?
It gives irritating (and common) possibility of someone raising all the money themselves and then someone else just takes it at the last.
Often they greedily try and double it and I so want to see them lose everything.
Sentimental and low-brow, sometimes that is just what the doctor ordered.
I get a masochistic joy at seeing the remarkable ignorance of celebrities and the general public.
Macintyre can be a bit much, but he is perfectly cast here, as our guide where responds impeccably to the apparently not funny things the contestants say.
The tone is bombastic and deliberately silly which you just have to be in the mood for. They don't waste time though: there's always someone I have heard of in the celebrity line-up and the questions are usually pretty gettable but of course there is so much I don't know!
The random element of the contestants casts a shadow over the show. Maybe they could have a fastest finger type thing?
It gives irritating (and common) possibility of someone raising all the money themselves and then someone else just takes it at the last.
Often they greedily try and double it and I so want to see them lose everything.
Sentimental and low-brow, sometimes that is just what the doctor ordered.
I get a masochistic joy at seeing the remarkable ignorance of celebrities and the general public.
Nice show.
binayakshrestha12 January 2021
Wheely bad
willtaylor-1744324 January 2021
The only reason people watch this is because there is nothing else to do. An hour of spinning people around and around when we only get about 10 or so questions, with a possibility of no questions being asked for far too long with the ridiculous shutdown feature. Quite frankly The Wheel is a dull waste of time and money when it ought to be much better. Avoid.
Wheely underrated!
wsgsteve28 October 2022
The wheel is a good family show with lots of famous celebrities in it. I don't know why it's so underrated because it is one of the best gameshows. I'm only 9 but my mum and dad love it as much as I do. Sometimes it can get a bit repetitive if the contestant comes up, fails, comes down, comes up, fails etc but that is only very rarely.
Sometimes the show can have a bit of a sad ending because they don't get the last question right and the money doesn't go to anyone. This show is good for all around (ages) because there is gaming for teenagers, things for slightly older people and just generally anything you'd like to see.
Sometimes the show can have a bit of a sad ending because they don't get the last question right and the money doesn't go to anyone. This show is good for all around (ages) because there is gaming for teenagers, things for slightly older people and just generally anything you'd like to see.
One Word - Nauseating!
wreehill-819845 January 2021
SPIN THE WHEEL! is shouted by the host, and for what seems like thirty minutes, the wheel spins, and spins, and spins. Then the contestant wheel spins, and spins, and spins. And the viewer's brain spins, and spins, and spins.
If this review sounds repetitive and monotonous, that's because this show is repetitive and monotonous. There is very little game play, a lot of shouting. It's a panel show trying very hard to be a game show, but failing on all counts.
If this review sounds repetitive and monotonous, that's because this show is repetitive and monotonous. There is very little game play, a lot of shouting. It's a panel show trying very hard to be a game show, but failing on all counts.
Awful
paul-5465627 January 2021
The majority of this show is just watching minor celebrities spinning on a wheel.if it wasn't for that waste of time you could condense this down to about 11 minutes.
By the end of the show it made me cringe every time I heard - Spin the wheel...
By the end of the show it made me cringe every time I heard - Spin the wheel...
One episode seen. No more
maybebuffalo31 December 2020
It's a quiz show. In one long dreary hour it gets to about 6 questions over which the contestant agonises with the "celebrity". Spinning a wheel with people sitting in a circle like on a fairground ride whilst playing Christmas pop songs to determine who to pair with etc is slow, time consuming and adds nothing to the game. Seen one, won't bother with another. Just because Michael Mcintyre hosts this show doesn't make it fun. Stick with the stand-up Michael, we don't need him on everything
The spiel
allanmichael304 January 2021
SUCKS
avakdom22 December 2022
Warning: Spoilers
It's so unfair, when one person got eliminated after she got 3 wheel categories out of 5, the next person got to pick up the other contestants correct 3 wheel categories and got 2 right, so she won $110,000, but the other contestant didn't get anything...that's so backwards!!
Would give it 0/10 but it won't let me, so I gave it 1/10.
It's so unfair, when one person got eliminated after she got 3 wheel categories out of 5, the next person got to pick up the other contestants correct 3 wheel categories and got 2 right, so she won $110,000, but the other contestant didn't get anything...that's so backwards!!
Would give it 0/10 but it won't let me, so I gave it 1/10.
It's so unfair, when one person got eliminated after she got 3 wheel categories out of 5, the next person got to pick up the other contestants correct 3 wheel categories and got 2 right, so she won $110,000, but the other contestant didn't get anything...that's so backwards!!
The Wheel
studioAT25 July 2021
Michael McIntyre has long been searching for other projects besides being a venue filling stand-up comedian.
Being a talent show judge didn't work, neither did being a chat-show host, so the BBC have clearly thought in their wisdom that being a game-show host might be more up his street. He even came up with the format...great.
This isn't a bad show, it's an opportunity to use the seemingly in vogue idea of celebs (cough cough) helping members of the public to win 'big money', but isn't up there with the best game-shows.
It's done well for the BBC so far, so I imagine they'll continue to milk it.
Being a talent show judge didn't work, neither did being a chat-show host, so the BBC have clearly thought in their wisdom that being a game-show host might be more up his street. He even came up with the format...great.
This isn't a bad show, it's an opportunity to use the seemingly in vogue idea of celebs (cough cough) helping members of the public to win 'big money', but isn't up there with the best game-shows.
It's done well for the BBC so far, so I imagine they'll continue to milk it.
Bloody repeats on prime time Saturday after 8 months
kevinkstephenson-775-30677311 June 2023
So, first off I like McIntyre and enjoy the show but BBC are repeating this 8 months after it was first aired, fair enough if it was at midnight but PRIME TIME SATURDAY NIGHT while continuing to take £13.25 a month off us? They're having a giraffe! Evidently I have to write more as it's too short. Ok, so the concept of the contestant wheel is rather flawed, they all need to come up in turn, I remember one show when one of them didn't even get up once! And others where the same contestant came up time after time.
The rest of the show is funny and McIntyre is funny and quite spontaneous, even if it is edited.
The rest of the show is funny and McIntyre is funny and quite spontaneous, even if it is edited.
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