We watched it on iPlayer last night and it wasn't that bad. McGuinness is trying far too hard, but if he can settle down a bit then I think there's the potential for a nice level of banter to develop between Sam and Ugo.
As to the loss of "what happened next?" isn't that round inevitably doomed in an era of YouTube? When any remotely funny clip is somewhere online, people are much more aware of them, and finding suitably obscure clips will get harder and harder.