Massive ITV quiz show hosted by Harry Potter legend ‘axed’ after 7 series

A immense ITV gameshow hosted by a Harry Potter icon is reportedly being shelved.

Tenable, which was fronted by Griphook and Professor Filius histrion Warwick Davis, is said to beryllium not returning after 7 bid connected air.

The contention programme saw contestants aiming to triumph up to £125,000 by giving arsenic galore answers arsenic imaginable retired of 10 successful lists of a peculiar category.

It archetypal aired successful 2016, with Coronation Street histrion Sally Lindsay stepping successful to contiguous successful 2021.

And contempt much than 200 episodes, determination are present plans to shelve the series, according to reports.

An ITV spokesperson besides told MailOnline: ‘Tenable has been a overmuch loved ITV crippled amusement since it launched successful 2016. Whilst determination are nary marque caller episodes presently planned, fans of the amusement tin inactive ticker implicit connected ITVX.’

Fans person been near devastated astatine the quality it whitethorn not return, aft rumours began to swirl connected societal media.

‘Shame due to the fact that Warwick Davis is simply a large tv presenter for this. Hopefully helium gets connected thing else,’ @Tom_Muzzy_2001 said.

‘This is astir apt the champion of the tv shows, shame,’ @smithy9114 added.

Warwick, 54, took a intermission from the programme 3 years ago, owed to scheduling conflicts with different work.

Speaking astir impermanent presenting, Sally said astatine the time: ‘I’m a immense instrumentality of Tenable and americium delighted I’m capable to stock the presenting responsibilities with Warwick.’

‘The demands of his workload meant that helium wasn’t capable to grounds each amusement successful the series,’ she added.

Willow histrion Warwick besides presented Celebrity Squares connected ITV successful 2014, aft it was revived from Bob Monkhouse’s archetypal 70s gameshow.

The quality of the imaginable axe comes after the decease of Warwick’s woman Samantha Davis successful March this year.

In a statement, the Star Wars histrion described the interaction that Samantha’s decease aged 53 had connected his and his family’s lives.

‘Her passing has near a immense spread successful our lives arsenic a family. I miss her hugs,’ helium said.

The histrion described his wife, ‘Sammy’, arsenic his ‘most trusted confidant and an ardent protagonist of everything I did successful my career’.

‘She was a unsocial character, ever seeing the sunny broadside of beingness she had a wicked consciousness of humour and ever laughed astatine my atrocious jokes.’

‘Mum is our champion person and we’re honoured to person received a emotion similar hers,’ their children Harrison and Annabelle added.

‘With her by my side, I was definite I could execute anything, it was similar having a super-power,’ Warwick continued.

‘Without Sammy, determination would person been nary Tenable quiz show, nary Willow series. No Idiot Abroad Series 3.’

Tenable is disposable to ticker connected ITVX.

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