'Blankety Blank', 'The Wheel', and 'The Weakest Link' are returning for new series.

Blankety Blank is returning for a new series with Bradley Walsh at the helm again

Blankety Blank is returning for a new series with Bradley Walsh at the helm again

The trio of Saturday night family favourites will all return on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, with Bradley Walsh back to front another 10 episodes of 'Blankety Blank', Michael McIntyre will host a 10-episode run of 'The Wheel' again, and Romesh Ranganathan will present 12 episodes of 'The Weakest Link'.

Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the BBC, said: "In Michael, Bradley and Romesh we have three funny titans of Saturday evening TV back on our screens with these fabulous formats from Hungry McBear, Thames and BBC Studios ensuring that both BBC One and BBC iPlayer remain as an undisputed entertainment destination for viewers all across the UK in 2023."

But there may not be many A-listers taking part in 'The Wheel', after Michael recently admitted he isn't sure "if the show would work" with an international star.

Speaking in November, he said: "The celebrities have to be of a similar standard.

"I don't know if the show would work with an international A-lister on it.

"If you had someone like Daniel Craig, I'm not sure it would work. It would be like when they have a big American star on a chat show and you have to hope they're having a good time."

Michael has welcomed television favourites such as 'This Morning' presenter Alison Hammond, former 'TOWIE' star Gemma Collins and newsreader Dan Walker onto his programme, and admitted that he enjoys having people who television audiences "wouldn't expect" to see on a game show.

He said: "We get a really good cross-section. I like to have people who you wouldn't expect to see on a game show. The celebrities we've had really love it. They all want to come back."


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