Tom Daley’s ‘vicious’ knitting gameshow is being compared to cage-fighting

Tom Daley’s caller Channel 4 knitting gameshow is reportedly being positioned arsenic the anti–Great British Bake Off.

Titled The Game of Wool, successful an evident notation to the barbaric and bloodthirsty Game of Thrones, the programme volition beryllium a ‘ferocious’ contention not dissimilar cage-fighting.

And successful a motion to the eventual amusement of backstabbing and deception, The Traitors, the eight-part bid volition beryllium filmed successful the picturesque countryside of agrarian Scotland.

In Game of Wool, 10 ambitious creatives volition instrumentality connected a series of analyzable challenges to triumph a money-can’t-buy prize and beryllium the UK’s archetypal TV knitting champion. Tom, 30, volition reportedly contiguous the series.

Teasing what to expect, a root told The Sun: ‘Staging specified a ferocious-sounding contention for what seems similar a genteel pastime whitethorn dependable wild, but the satellite of elite knitting tin beryllium arsenic competitory arsenic cage fighting.

‘Channel 4 realises that determination is an irony to it all, peculiarly arsenic the show’s rubric seems to notation the backstabbing phantasy thriller Game of Thrones.

‘But giving it specified a expansive staging — and lining up a large sanction similar Tom — is besides a reflection of however overmuch producers respect the trade and however earnestly they instrumentality it.’

On the Channel 4 website, a synopsis for Game of Wool reads: ‘Each week, the competitors indispensable make a full big of unsocial makes and larger than beingness sculptural pieces – each made from wool.

‘These see clothing, jewellery, location accessories, furniture, sculptures and they whitethorn adjacent effort their hands astatine “yarn bombing”.

‘But the knitters should beryllium genuinely stitching themselves, arsenic they’ll beryllium nether the watchful oculus of 2 established and respected creatives from the satellite of wool – Di Gilpin and Sheila Greenwell.

‘Known for their enactment knitting for manner juggernauts specified arsenic Chanel, Vivienne Westwood, Paul Smith and Nike, Di and Sheila volition beryllium definite to enactment the knitters done their paces. Di volition beryllium judging their originative approaches, whilst Sheila volition beryllium inspecting their technique. 

‘But our formidable brace of experts won’t beryllium alone, each week they’ll beryllium joined by a personage impermanent justice who’ll assistance them determine who goes done and who’ll beryllium “cast off” home.’

Tom’s emotion of knitting has been well-documented – and was adjacent seen with his yarn and needles taking a prime poolside spot for the 2024 Paris Olympics.

In 2022, the diver released knitting and crochet signifier publication Made with Love, featuring 30 projects from ‘gifts to chic homeware, cosy accessories and stylish wardrobe essentials’.

He took up the trade during the Covid-19 lockdown successful March 2020 and has been an avid instrumentality ever since.

Tom antecedently said: ‘It has been a mode to get originative during lockdowns, thing to instrumentality my caput disconnected my competitors erstwhile I’m diving, and a signifier of mindfulness successful my down time.

‘At the Olympics, you’re successful a bubble wherever you’re lone focusing connected the competition. So, I had nary thought that radical backmost location and astir the satellite were talking astir the hobby that I’d been doing for ages.’

Metro has contacted Tom’s rep for comment.

The Game of Wool is coming to Channel 4.

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