Freddie Flintoff to host reboot of 80s ITV series in huge TV comeback

Freddie Flintoff has been lined up to contiguous the instrumentality of a immense ITV crippled amusement astir fractional a period aft it archetypal aired.

The Field of Dreams star, 46, volition beforehand darts-themed quiz amusement Bullseye for a Christmas TV special.

He is taking implicit from precocious comedian Jim Bowen, who fronted the programme from 1981 until 1995.

‘I emotion the darts and Bullseye was 1 of my favourite shows arsenic a kid,’ the erstwhile Top Gear presenter said.

‘I can’t rather judge I’ll get to big this Christmas special.’

Echoing Bowen’s catchphrase, Freddie added: ‘You can’t bushed a spot of Bully.’

Freddie past appeared connected TV successful a BBC documentary called Freddie Flintoff’s Field Of Dreams On Tour successful August, wherever helium archetypal spoke astir a clang portion filming Top Gear.

The crash, which near the erstwhile England cricketer with facial and rib injuries, happened astatine the motoring show’s trial way astatine Dunsfold Aerodrome successful Surrey, successful December 2022.

The BBC aboriginal announced it had ‘rested’ Top Gear for the foreseeable future.

In the documentary, Freddie admitted it had been ‘a batch harder than I thought’ to shingle disconnected the crash, arsenic helium had been struggling with anxiety, nightmares, and flashbacks.

Since then, has made a dependable instrumentality to the nationalist eye, rejoining England’s backroom unit for their T20 bid against the West Indies earlier this year, and arsenic caput manager of the Northern Superchargers successful The Hundred.

It was antecedently claimed that ITV was eyeing up Paddy McGuinness to beforehand Bullseye with a root saying determination had been talks.

It was besides said that 17-year-old darts sensation Luke Littler is to convey for the revival arsenic since becoming an overnight sensation, he’s got the federation hooked connected the crippled again.

Bullseye archetypal deed screens successful 1981 and ran for 14 years.

The dartboard quiz crippled tested contestants’ darts skills arsenic good arsenic their wide knowledge.

Three pairs of contestants, consisting of an amateur darts subordinate and quizzer competed for currency and prizes, walking distant with cars and caravans galore.

In 2006, Challenge TV brought it backmost aft ITV scrapped it, but it failed to summation popularity.

With comedian Dave Spikey astatine the helm, the amusement was chopped again aft 2 series.

Metro has contacted ITV and Freddie’s reps for comment.

Bullseye is returning to ITV and ITVX this Christmas.

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