ITV HAS revealed a huge new celebrity prank show to replace Saturday Night Takeaway.
The hit entertainment format, hosted by Ant and Dec, was rested last year after 20 series.
ITV have announced a new celebrity game show as they try and replace Saturday Night Takeaway[/caption]
Unsuspecting members of the public will be pranked, just like how Ant and Dec tricked celebrities on SNT[/caption]
With Saturday Night Takeaway typically launching in February and running for seven weeks, it’s left a major scheduling hole for ITV bosses to fill.
And now they’ve announced its perfect replacement – Celebrity Sabotage.
The hidden camera show will air across six episodes as famous faces “unleash acts of sabotage” on unsuspecting members of the public.
Each unfortunate participant will believe they’re competing in a reality show for a jackpot prize.
Celebrity Sabotage will combine high-stakes reality with hilarious challenges and surprises thrown in for good measure.
Ant and Dec used to prank the biggest celebrities for Saturday Night Takeaway, including James Corden, Simon Cowell and Holly Willoughby.
In 2014 the former This Morning star was hosting what she thought was a normal episode of her reboot of Surprise Suprise.
She watched as ‘Annabel’ was reunited with her boyfriend Richard, who was played by Ant.
However, she was left open-mouthed when Annabel rejected the proposal – and confessed her love for Richard’s boss in front of Holly and the studio audience.
Speaking about the new format, ITV’s director of entertainment and daytime Katie Rawcliffe said: “Celebrity Sabotage is a unique combination of hidden camera, reality, and gameshow, delivering big laughs with a fantastic celebrity cast.
“We are delighted to bring this exciting new format to the ITV audience.”
Richard Cowles, Managing Director at Lifted Entertainment, added: “There are loads of laughs and the celebrities’ sabotage is all for a good cause – to win them loads of cash.
“We’re delighted that Katie and the ITV Entertainment team have green lit the show and we can’t wait to get going.”
He added that Celebrity Sabotage “incorporates all of those disciplines in a prime time show that sees celebrities duping members of the public.
“There are loads of laughs and the celebrities sabotage is all for a good cause – to win them loads of cash.”
Crime dramas on ITVX
Crime drama buffs have a wide selection of choices on ITVX – here is a selection of some of the programmes available to binge.
- Professor T: Based on a Belgian TV series of the same name, former Death in Paradise lead Ben Miller plays the title character. Professor Jasper Tempest is a criminologist with OCD who helps the police solve crimes. The cast also includes Emma Naomi, Barney White and Andy Gathergood.
- The Beast Must Die: This series follows a mother’s grief for her son, who was killed in an accident. Nicholas Blake’s novel of the same name has been adapted for the programme. Stars include Cush Jumbo, Jared Harris, Billy Howle and Geraldine James.
- Red Eye: Starring Richard Armitage, Jing Lusi and Lesley Sharp star in this six-part thriller, which mostly takes place during an all-night flight between London and Beijing. With dead bodies piling up and a mystery to unravel, the heroes must work fast to get to the truth.
- The Twelve: This Australian drama originally aired as a miniseries in 2022, with the episodes dropping in the UK in February 2023. Four months later, the show was renewed for a second season. Jurassic Park star Sam Neill stars in the leading role of barrister Brett Colby.
- Manhunt: Martin Clunes stars in this drama based on true murder investigations. Series one focused on the death of Amélie Delagrange, which took place in 2004, while the second depicted the search for serial rapist Delroy Grant.
