A SERIES of celebrated faces volition beryllium hoping to beryllium their worthy this Christmas aft signing up to a assortment of antithetic quiz shows.
This festive season, a fig of TV quizzes volition beryllium fixed a star-studded Christmas makeover with celebrities from the satellite of Strictly Come Dancing, Coronation Street and The Masked Singer coming unneurotic for a accidental to amusement disconnected their knowledge. Here is who you tin expect to spot connected the container this Christmas...
Blankety Blank
Bradley Walsh volition beryllium astatine the helm of TWO seperate crippled shows this twelvemonth acknowledgment to the BBC's Blankety Blank and his long-running ITV quiz amusement The Chase.
This December, a fig of large British stars volition beryllium doing their champion to capable successful the blanks connected the old-school TV favourite.
Leading the line-up volition beryllium The Masked Singer big Joel Dommett alongside speech amusement big Jonathan Ross.
Channel 5 prima and cruise vessel icon Jane McDonald, Dancing connected Ice justice Oti Mabuse, comedian Sara Pascoe and RuPaul's Drag Race UK victor The Vivienne circular retired the stars connected this year's feelgood festive edition.
House of Games
Richard Osman's play crippled amusement House of Games volition beryllium receiving a festive spin-off this year.
Four celebrities volition beryllium facing disconnected to triumph a assortment of novelty prizes and wrapper their heads astir a slew of analyzable and challenging quiz-style questions.
Comedian Jon Richardson volition beryllium making his archetypal surface quality since his daze divorce from Lucy Beaumont connected the amusement alongside chap comedy prima Desiree Burch.
Coronation Street histrion Jennie McAlpine and choirmaster Gareth Malone implicit the line-up.
The Weakest Link
Romesh Ranganathan volition beryllium hosting THREE other peculiar editions of Saturday nighttime quiz favourite The Weakest Link.
Whilst the revived BBC format present ever features celebrated faces - this December the amusement volition travel 3 themes to people the holiday season.
Naga Munchetty shoots daggers astatine Charlie Stayt arsenic they clash connected The Weakest Link
First up volition beryllium a Strictly peculiar to spell alongside the ballroom contest's final, arsenic good arsenic a full-on festive Christmas peculiar earlier winding things up with an over-the-top enactment edition.
Answering the quick-fire questions for the Strictly circular volition beryllium existent pro stars Carlos Gu, Michelle Tsiakkas, Lauren Oakley and Kai Widdrington, erstwhile amusement champ Kelvin Fletcher, past contestants James Bye and Zara McDermott arsenic good arsenic erstwhile dancer Joanne Clifton.
A further 8 stars volition beryllium putting their Christmas cognition to the trial successful the aptly titled Xmas peculiar - namely histrion Sally Lindsay, Love Island prima and presenter Indiyah Polack, Happy Monday vocalist Shaun Ryder and EastEnders histrion Heather Pearce.
Media property Kerry Katona, cricket fable Phil Tufnell, comedian Tim Vine and cook and Young Masterchef justice Big Has implicit the line-up.
Finally, sprucing up the level for the Christmas enactment occurrence volition beryllium Ibiza Weekender prima and Celebrity Big Brother victor David Potts, ex-Gogglebox prima Scarlett Moffatt, comedians Babatunde Aleshe and Seann Walsh, BBC Radio 2 prima Richie Anderson, EastEnders prima Louisa Lytton, It Takes Two big Janette Manrara and TV property and The Real Housewives of Cheshire prima Christine McGuinness.
The Chase
ITV opted to not broadcast immoderate caller Christmassy episodes past twelvemonth but this December, fans are successful for a dainty with 2 marque caller episodes.
Alexander Armstrong, big of the BBC's teatime quiz rival Pointless, has signed up for the amusement and volition yet beryllium capable to travel face-to-face with Brad amid their amusement hosting rivalry.
Joining Alexander connected his squad volition be Coronation Street star Tony Maudsley, comedian Kerry Godliman and Olympian Bryony Page.
Elsewhere, a 2nd peculiar is connected the skyline with McFly star Harry Judd and Strictly pro Kai Widdrington leading the line-up.
EastEnders star Shane Richie and Waterloo Road actress Angela Griffin volition round-out the celebrated names.
Bradley Walsh will beryllium astatine the helm of the episodes arsenic accustomed with each of the Chasers muscling successful connected the enactment and switching successful and retired round-by-round arsenic opposed to undertaking a afloat occurrence each.
Hardest Quiz Show Questions
Would you cognize the answers to immoderate of quizzing TV's hardest questions
- Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - Earlier this year, fans were near outraged aft what they described arsenic the "worst" question successful the show's history. Host Jeremy Clarkson asked: “From the 2000 awards ceremonial onwards, the Best Actress Oscar has ne'er been won by a pistillate whose surname begins with which 1 of these letters?” The aggregate prime answers were betwixt G, K, M and W. In the end, and with the £32,000 safe, subordinate Glen had to marque a conjecture and went for G. It turned retired to beryllium close as Nicole Kidman, Frances McDormand and Kate Winslet are among the stars who person won the Best Actress gong since 2000.
- The 1% Club - Viewers of Lee Mack's fashionable ITV amusement were near dumbfounded by a question that besides near the players perplexed. The query went arsenic follows: "Edna's day is connected the 6th of April and Jen's day falls connected the 15th of October, truthful Amir's day indispensable beryllium the 'X' of January." It turns retired the conundrum links the numbers with its presumption successful the sentence, truthful 6th is the sixth connection and 15th is the fifteenth word. Therefore, Amir’s day is January 24th, corresponding to the 24th connection successful the sentence.
- The Chase - The ITV daytime favourite near fans scratching their heads erstwhile it threw up 1 of the astir bizarre questions to ever grace the programme. One of the questions asked the player: "Someone with a nightshade intolerance should debar eating what?" The options were - sweetcorn, potatoes, carrots - with Steve selecting sweetcorn but the close reply was potatoes.