Mardle believes Bullseye should be brought back with hologram Jim Bowen: "Back in the 90's I would have paid money to be on there"

With a new edition of his book Slinging Arrows out next week, Wayne Mardle had an idea if there ever is a further reboot of the popular 90's gameshow, Bullseye.

Hosted by Jim Bowen, it saw contestants aim to win prizes in varying quality from a set of pans to a speedboat.

“Back in the 90s I would have paid money to be on there, but I was not prepared to go on that show when it was a farce with Spikey," said Mardle.

“In my opinion, they should have let the show die, and if any execs are reading this and wondering about another reboot I say this: Bullseye should stay off air until technology and budgets allow a convincing Jim Bowen hologram to take the show back under his virtual wing.”

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He further fumed at Spikey not holding back on his opinion surrounding the host for the last reboot.

“I’m no TV critic and the closest thing I have to a media studies degree is a subscription to TV Times, but my assessment of the Bullseye reboot is that it was a load of old s***e.  

“The genius of Jim Bowen is that he displayed an almost superhuman degree of empathy and warmth with everyone on Bullseye, from darts pros who’d missed a key shot to contestants who were down on their luck.”

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