The Weakest Link is returning to our screens after a 10-year break with a new host.
Romesh Ranganathan is hosting the quiz show and replacing Anne Robinson, known for her acid tongue and quick comebacks.
The programme will get a new look and be unveiled as a glossy Saturday night show instead of the daytime hit that previously aired on BBC2.
Instead of contestants being in the form of members of the general public, celebs will play it out to win cash for their favourite charities.
Bafta-winning comic, Romesh, told The Sun: “It’s an honour to be asked to bring back what is basically a TV institution to our screens.
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“Anne was an amazing host and to step into her shoes is an anxiety-inducing privilege. I’m hoping we’ve found a way to make both the fans of the show happy as well as bringing a new audience to it. If not, accept this as my apology.”
But the iconic tagline – ‘You are the weakest link, goodbye’ will remain as contestants battle it out each round.
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Only two will remain for the head-to-head finale.
Filming will start soon in Glasgow with 12 episodes airing later in the year.
Anne, who has moved over to Countdown, hosted the quiz show from the start of its run in 2000, over 13 series.
It became one of the BBC’s biggest international franchises, with more than 100 countries across the globe making their own version.
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But it wasn’t always plain sailing, with the show having controversy when Anne shamed a single mum for being on benefits and asked if her kids had ‘ankle tags’.
But the former host may not be so happy to hear it’s making a comeback, as Anne recently told the Radio Times why she’d never want to revive the show.
“No – it’s like selling a house. You can’t go back and do the garden, can you?” she said.
“It was fantastic. It was such a ball. It was completely different because I realised that I couldn’t do cheesy game show host and those feisty contestants needed to be dealt with in a completely different way. For 11 years it was wonderful, but that’s it.”
She added: “I mean one of the several reasons I wouldn’t do Weakest Link again is that we’re into [the] woke era now and it’d be endless sort of confusion about it.”
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
