Why I'm Going Retro

Rob Beckett takes celebrity guests back in time on his tour of the history of video games…

- Emma Bullimore

NEW ENTERTAINMENT

Rob Beckett’s Playing for Time

GOOD FRIDAY / C4 / 11.15PM

Rob Beckett is everywhere right now – from co-presenting Wedding Day Winners and All Together Now to panel show spots and stand-up, that cheeky smile is taking over our airwaves.

Now the upbeat comedian has a new C4 show, which sees him travelling back to the 1980s and 1990s with celebrity guests (through the power of a great costume department and set designer) to discuss the music, fashion and films of the era. His guest must then complete a level of an iconic video game of the day in order to return to the present. Here Rob, 32, tells TV Times more...

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