CHRIS McCAUSLAND TO PILOT 'THE EASIEST QUIZ SHOW IN THE WORLD' FOR BBC SATURDAY NIGHTS

Comedian and Strictly Come Dancing winner Chris McCausland is to pilot a new BBC quiz show for Saturday nights.

The format is the brain child from Richard Bacon, behind other formats such as Channel 4's I Literally Just Told You, BBC's This Is MY House and UKTV's Silence Is Golden. Produced by Yes Yes Media, the pilot episode will record this Summer and will not be shown on TV.

Deadline reports that the show will feature 'laughably easy questions partnered with high stakes, jeopardy and a cash prize'. Every time a contested gets an answer wrong, every contestant loses everything. The final sees four contestants try to win the money raised during the episode.

Meanwhile, McCausland is to front a new documentary which will see him discover the future of technology, and what it might hold for him personally. Chris has a condition called retinitis pigmentosa which led him to gradually lose his sight from birth. By his early twenties, he was blind. It is this that has led Chris to his unique relationship with technology.

Whereas for sighted people, innovations such as the iPhone and voice interactive smart assistants are nice things to have, for Chris, they have been life changing. In this personal and funny documentary, Chris will be travelling the UK and heading over to Silicon Valley to explore how cutting-edge technology could transform his life yet again.

More details will be announced in due course.