Wisdom of the Crowd, an exciting new quiz-based entertainment show from the makers of The 1% Club, is coming to iPlayer and BBC One. Hosted by comedy superstar John Bishop, in his big return to Saturday nights on the BBC, the show will see bold contestants having to take on the collective knowledge of the crowd. The producers, Magnum Productions, got the inspiration for the show when they heard about Francis Galton’s scientific discovery from over a century ago when he witnes

Ten celebrities from the worlds of entertainment, music, sport, and politics - Sara Davies, Graeme Souness, Ellie Taylor, John Bercow, Shakira Khan, JB Gill, Ranvir Singh, Jenny Ryan, Danny Aarons and Joey Essex - are set to take part in ITV’s newest entertainment format, The Box. Hosted by legendary broadcaster Gary Lineker, The Box is a thrilling new format that plunges 10 celebrity contestants into the unknown. With each celebrity enclosed in a yellow box, they’ll find the

The second series of Stephen Mangan hosted word association game Password has been retooled for a new pre-watershed slot on ITV, TV Zone understands. The first series, kept on the shelf for 14 months by ITV, was recorded in Summer 2023 and aired last Autumn after The Voice UK, often airing past 10pm. Following reasonable ratings, ITV commissioned a second series earlier this year which was recorded over the Summer. TV Zone understands that the second series, comprising of 12

As revealed by TV Zone, ITV has confirmed the commission of a fifth series of its smash-hit daytime game show Lingo, hosted by Adil Ray. Produced by Objective Entertainment, part of Objective Media Group, an All3Media Company, the latest run will consist of 29 brand new 60-minute episodes, a Soccer Aid special and 10x30-minute fun-filled celebrity episodes set to air on ITV weekday evenings. Launched in 2021, Lingo quickly established itself as a fan favourite, boasting the

ITV have announced the celebrity line-up for new primetime hidden camera prank show Celebrity Sabotage. The six-episode series is to launch on Saturdays nights this Autumn on ITV1 and ITVX. The new series will see famous faces "unleashing acts of sabotage" on members of the public. Hidden away in a secret HQ, Celebrity Saboteurs are watching their every move, carrying out missions designed to disrupt their success. The more sabotage missions completed undetected, the greater

The all-star version of the iconic I’m A Celebrity… format will once again bring together some of the most memorable campmates from series gone by, as they return to test themselves in brand new trials and challenges in the South African wilderness. The award-winning Ant & Dec will return as hosts, with the 2026 series featuring a fresh group of returning campmates, spectacular locations within the South African landscape and some of the most epic and extreme trials in I’m A.

Following TV Zone revealing that the show had been pushed back from its originally 2025 date to 2026, ITV have now confirmed it intends to air new eight-part reality adventure series The Summit in the first quarter (January-March) next year. In this new adventure reality series, a group of 14 strangers will meet in the New Zealand wilderness to head out on an epic 100 kilometre journey across a wild, mountainous landscape. Their goal is to climb 8,500ft to the Summit of a dis

ITV have announced new reality format 'The Heat', following a group of young chefs taking on the hottest job of their lives. Produced by Twofour (part of ITV Studios), a 10x60” series is due to air on ITV2 and ITVX next year. Hosted by Olivia Attwood, The Heat sees ten ambitious chefs travel to Barcelona, working under multi Michelin Star award-winning chef Jean-Christophe Novelli, who is opening an exclusive summer restaurant at the glamorous Port Vell Marina and on a missio

Channel 4 has commissioned Handcuffed from 72 Films, a Fremantle Company – a bold new series which takes eight pairs of strangers with completely opposed opinions, beliefs, lifestyles, and bad habits, and handcuffs them together 24/7 in the ultimate test of survival. The couples will be handcuffed together through thick and thin, as they navigate eating, dressing and even sleeping just inches apart. Shackled around the clock, the pairs will be sent on a road trip across our b

Secret Genius will see Alan Carr and Susie Dent test Britain’s brainpower like never before as they seek to uncover the country’s most gifted and unsung minds. Channel 4 is teaming up with Mensa to find the UK’s secret geniuses – in hairdressers, factories and supermarkets – who are smarter than the nation’s top boffins but never knew it. This six-part series will see people from across the UK take part in immersive and ambitious challenges that will test all aspects of their

The new and returning programmes launching this month... The Traitors Claudia Winkleman hosts the ultimate reality game of trust and treachery with new twists and new players. Time to take to the edge of your seat once more as 22 people from across the UK descend on a Scottish castle to win up to £120k. Let the mind games begin. The Night Manager Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston) thought he’d buried his past. Now living as Alex Goodwin - a low-level MI6 officer running a quiet

The 10x60’ series follows 12 passionate, home potters as they strive to create their most intricate and imaginative work, before their pieces are judged by the expert judging duo and a variety of well-known faces and experts from the world of pottery. Siobhán McSweeney hosts, as judges Keith Brymer Jones and Rich Miller set more challenges than you can throw your crockery at, ultimately deciding which potter becomes Potter of the Week - and which potter must be sent home. For

In this gripping new historical crime series, Lucy Worsley takes on the case of a forgotten Victorian serial killer who was never caught.  Dubbed the Thames Torso Murderer, and operating at the same time as Jack the Ripper, this killer’s hallmark was to dismember the bodies of his female victims and scatter the body parts in and near London’s Thames River. Now Lucy is investigating this historic cold case, re-examining leads that were followed and uncovering new ones.  In her

Rick Stein kicks off his nearly 5,000km road odyssey by exploring Sydney, the city where he first arrived as a 19-year-old in the 1960s. Guided by personal memory and curiosity, Rick uncovers how Australian food is changing and why. Traversing the city, he takes us into some of the city’s most acclaimed restaurants and explores the grassroots food that is making Australian cuisine so exciting and unique. Rick Stein's Australia begins Tuesday 6th January on BBC Two.