Al Murray’s Compete For The Meat

Al Murray’s Compete For The Meat

This exclusive series sees the big man slip back effortlessly into his award-winning and legendary Pub Landlord guise for a brilliant pub quiz show. Are you ready for Al Murray's Compete for the Meat?

Now we know what some people are thinking – why did it take so long for a meat-based game show to come to our television screens? We know, we know. Those foolish TV execs weren't thinking straight. But you know what they say, better late than never, and here it is at last: Al Murray's Compete for the Meat, in which the great Pub Landlord himself will be drawing on the great British tradition of giving big chunks of freshly dead animal to pub drinkers for no clear reason.

Now, that last part will come as a surprise to anyone who is under, say, 50. Or whose only idea of a pub is some chain establishment where all the tables have mass-produced menus offering a disturbingly disparate range of foods from around the world (yet from the same microwave). No, we're talking about proper old fashioned pubs and their meat raffles. That's right: raffles in which the prizes are different kinds of meat. And don't go thinking this some throwback for granddads to reminisce about in between moaning about hoodies and getting sozzled on ale. Meat raffles still happen in proper pubs across this proud nation of ours.

And if there's one person who knows about the importance of pub tradition, it's Al Murray. Who better, then, to bring some meaty goodness to our television screens? Of course, this version is not a raffle, chiefly because that would be a bit dull to watch. Instead, it’s a quiz. And the, ahem, ‘steaks’ are high as the Guv’nor himself asks the questions to four teams, all playing for the honour of taking home that lovely, lovely meat.

And don't go thinking the meat itself is anything fancy and Fearnley-Whittingstallish. Al Murray's not the sort of foodie ponce who trades in grouse breasts, pheasant wings or guinea fowl terrine with extra swan. Oh, no. The winner gets a frozen chicken, and the runner up gets sausages. Simple as that. Meat's one of those things that's best kept simple, and besides – there's another prize the winners get to take home with them. And that is, the knowledge they are slightly better than other random people at answering pub quiz-style questions. What more could you want, really?

Since Al Murray is hosting the soiree, it'll come as no surprise to know this isn't a conventional sort of quiz show. Even aside from the meat prizes, that is. It's just as much a comedy programme, with the Pub Landlord deploying the full force of his tongue against… well, anything and anyone. His gaff, his rules. And just because he's a publican doesn't mean he's out of touch with the modern age. None of these contestants will get one over on the Guv'nor. When learning that one of the plucky contestants is a "dog groomer", his retort is swift. "What do you do, make friends with them on Facebook?"

It's fair to say there's just as much – if not more – comedy stuff than quiz stuff. And that's just as it should be. Why get a big celeb on board if all you want them to do is ask questions, eh? Just look what happened when they got Paul Daniels in for Every Second Counts. All those shows, and not one magic trick. That's a bloody liberty, that is. And there's no danger of such Al Murray wastage going on here. You'll get your money's worth, just as you would if you visited his pub. Now, shut up and eat your meat.

When is it on?

Al Murray's Compete for the Meat is next on at 2:05 am on Friday, 24th May on Dave.

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  1. On at 2:05 am on Friday, 24th May on Dave
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  • JamieH78001 JamieH78001 | 8 Jul 11

    I love this show and hope it returns for many more series.... I never used to think Al Murray was this funny :) Mr. Giblets <3

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  • JamieH78001 JamieH78001 | 8 Jul 11

    I love this show and hope it returns for many more series.... I never used to think Al Murray was this funny :) Mr. Giblets <3

  • ElaineB49377 ElaineB49377 | 29 Jun 11

    IanK16598. Thanks for the reply and info. I'm not having much luck navigating around this website, if i can find how to contact "DAVE" i'll ask them. Cheers, Elaine.

  • IanK16598 IanK16598 | 29 Jun 11

    Elaine, I have checked with the BBC studios at Wood Lane, (where this show is filmed) and I understand that they are going to film a Christmas special however the tickets are not available yet. I believe that they will be free. As for the "thick and slow gloves" perhaps you could contact "DAVE" and ask if they have any available? IAN.

  • ElaineB49377 ElaineB49377 | 29 Jun 11

    can i buy a "thick and slow" glove and tickets to be in the audience?

  • IanK16598 IanK16598 | 25 Jun 11

    Has anyone heard of dwyle flunking and swadgers prior to Al Murrary's compete for the meat? IAN.

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  • NathanB72695 NathanB72695 | 19 Jun 11

    Great Show, I love it, i even watch the repeats on sunday evenings, hope the show carries on, where can i get tickets to go see the show

  • lilianC70294 lilianC70294 | 16 Jun 11

    SPAM! does NOT mean JUST SPICED HAM! ''Introduced on July 5, 1937, the name "Spam" was chosen when the product, whose original name was far less memorable (Hormel Spiced Ham), began to lose market share. The name was chosen from multiple entries in a naming contest. A Hormel official once stated that the original meaning of the name "Spam" was "Shoulder of Pork and Ham".[8] According to writer Marguerite Patten in Spam – The Cookbook, the name was suggested by Kenneth Daigneau, an actor and the brother of a Hormel vice president, who was given a $100 prize for creating the name.[9] At one time and persisting to this day in certain books, the theory behind the nomenclature of Spam was that the name was a portmanteau of "Spiced Meat and Ham".[10] According to the British documentary-reality show "1940s House", when Spam was offered by the United States to those affected by World War II in the UK, Spam stood for Specially Processed American Meats. Yesterday's Britain, a popular history published by Reader's Digest in 1998 [p. 140], unpacks Spam as "Supply Pressed American Meat" and describes it as an imported "wartime food" of the 1940s.

  • LucyM99998 LucyM99998 | 16 Jun 11

    how can i get hold of a think and slow glove???

  • IanK16598 IanK16598 | 11 Jun 11

    I saw the show on Thursday.It was awesome, particularly the "dwile flooking". Al Murray is a genius.....I can't wait for the next show!!!! IAN.

  • ALAND10018 ALAND10018 | 19 May 11

    I WAS ON THE SHOW AS PART OF THE AUDIENCE THE ONE THEY ARE SHOWING TONIGHT THE 19TH IT WAS HILARIOUS SOMETHING DIFFERANT HES SO FUNNY GREAT SHOW ALAN

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  • psmallri psmallri | 9 May 11

    Wasn't a Vegan one of those Alien things that told terrible Poetry and shouted "Resistence is Useless" having destroyed the Earth, or am I thinking of Mister Spock in StarTruck!! Stupid Vogons got no sense of humour.

  • Vegan Future Vegan Future | 7 May 11

    A “hilarious” quiz? Not for the chickens and pigs. Basing a comedy quiz on a competition to win the flesh of slaughtered animals is in extremely poor taste. The violence, suffering and death of the meat industry is no laughing matter.