Children of teh Atom

'dragon's apprentice'- an actual dragon wants an apprentice, to teach him/her how to capture damsels, fly about and breathe fire an' that. Each week, the apprentice dragons have to prove their worth by bringing in inventions and pitching them to the dragon... and each week one wannabe appretice gets fired- literally, with actual fire from the mouth of the dragon...

'changing ladders'; a show about a couple buying a ladder and then doing it up and selling it at a profit...

'Pop Factor'

a load of 'pops', or 'fathers' in other words, have to prove they have the 'pop factor,' by drinking as much fizzy pop in a short a time as possible, and then blowin up a balloon without popping it, (or throwing up), to the sound of some pop, for sake of argument, 'freak like me' by 'sugababes'. the best 'pop' wins a record deal, and a year's supply of... rock

or don't

'Any Joseph Will Do'

a group of singers and dancers perform a song from 'Joseph & his tecnicolour dreamcoat' in front of a panel of judges, and then at the end the judges point at one of them and go, 'feck it, you'll do.'

'Celebrity Chef Island'- all the TV chefs are put on an island with no food, and each week they have to hunt and kill one chef and then cook him in a really interesting way...

the last chef left is the winner, and gets to keep his life...

"Straight eye for the queer guy"

A load of beerboy oafs and chavs coax some stylish, unique, slim gay fellahs into becoming oafish shouting drunken badly-dressed slobs... includes, "how to start a fight with someone who 'looked at you funny'", 'belching loudly can be amusing' and '10 racially offensive ways to order a kebab.'

Poor snouty

I can't claim credit for this one;

The Strongest Stink - local communities nominate the most hideous smelling pensioners and send them to Ann Robinson. If she deems them to smelly too live, they get launched into space to live on the Moon.

anyway, I happen to like long lists of pointless stuff...

I think I've proved that time and again...

my record speaks for itself...

alright snouty. dragon's apprentice

i liked my idea 'im an alcoholic get me out of here' where celebrity alcoholics like gazza, george best etc are all locked in a the big brother house with a really stocked bar, and the one who stayed away from booze the longest got some kind of reward

unfortunately my shortlist are all dead

I'm bumping this quality thread...

might as well add a few new ideas, some of which have been posted elsewhere...

"Chipwrecked"- a group of youths get pissed on wkd, and then have to compete to see who can eat the most chips. the loser each week gets thrown into the sea.

"Gordon Ramsey's kitchen nightmares". Gordon Ramsey gets chased through various kitchens by a succession of terrifying monsters. At the end of each show, we see him awaken and realise 'it was all a dream'.

This one's from 'this morning with Richard not Judy', but it bears repeating-

"Rotten to The Corrs". (a sitcom) Johnny Rotten runs a fruit and vege stand- he is also the manager of Irish rock band The Corrs. Each week, Johnny is rotten to The Corrs, whilst eating a piece of rotten fruit- to the core.

there's another good one i remember from TMWRNJ-

Bent Coppers (a sitcom)

Ian and Iain Bent are brothers who are policemen. One is corrupt, and the other is gay. They both suffer from curvature of the spine, and they're made entirely of copper - they're robots from the future- with hilarious consequences!