''I Love My Country'' is a British television comedy

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shown on

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which began airing on 3 August 2013 and finished on 28 September 2013. The show was originally going to be hosted by

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, but after the pilot, he dropped out due to other commitments.

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was chosen to host the full series. Frank Skinner and

Micky Flanagan Michael John Flanagan (born 7 October 1962) is an English comedian. Flanagan has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe and toured Britain with stand-up shows. He presented ''Micky Flanagan: What Chance Change?'' for Radio 4 and has appeared on vario ...

act as the team captains, with four celebrities on each team on every episode. On 25 October 2013, it was announced that the show had been axed after the show had attracted largely negative press reviews and struggled in the ratings. The theme song for the show was "

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Format

The show is based on the Dutch ''

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'' format by Talpa, which has been sold to several countries. Hosted by

, the show features two teams of four well-known celebrities, led by the team captains,

and Frank Skinner. The aim of the game being to see how much they know about their country (the

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). Each team member takes part in a series of games and challenges. The team with the most points at the end of the show wins for that episode. The show features live music from a

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fronted by singer

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Episode Guide

The coloured backgrounds denote the result of each of the shows: : – indicates Frank's team won : – indicates Micky's team won

Scores

Reception

The show received mostly negative reviews from critics. It was described as "a shapeless shambles", "idiot TV at its worst" and "little short of treason". Due to these overwhelmingly negative reviews and bad ratings, the show was subsequently axed by the BBC.

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