The Colour Of Money v Let's Dance

Saturday night and two new entertainment shows.

On ITV1 we had The Colour Of Money - or, put it another way, Deal Or No Deal with Chris Tarrant.

Both game shows involve boxes or machines that dispense different amounts of money, and both shows are all about luck and deciding how much of a risk-taker you are.

I can never understand why presenters talk about the contestants of these shows "playing a good game", when it has nothing to do with any strategy they have. They may pick a number because it's their birthday or a colour because it means something to them - predictably, the soldier's wife went for khaki - but that doesn't change what monetary figure is involved.

Poor Ryan from Birmingham missed out on winning £66,000, which meant his girlfriend Claire missed out on a marriage proposal. Maybe that was for the best, as you want someone to pop the question because they really love you and not because you're on TV.

Over on BBC1, we had Let's Dance for Comic Relief. A leather-clad Biggins and Nicki Chapman trying to do Grease were just embarrassing, but Robert Webb doing Flashdance, complete with welding torch, curly wig and leotard, was fantastic.

It was entertaining enough but, like most reality shows these days, had far too much padding and recaps. We could have had as much enjoyment in 60 minutes, not 90.