BBC quiz show renewed for FIFTH series with slew of celebrities poised to star
Pre-production is underway on the new series
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A HUGE BBC quiz show has been renewed for a fifth series with a slew of celebrities poised to star.
The corporation has given the green light for the popular Saturday night quiz show.
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Romesh Ranganathan serves as the current host of The Weakest Link
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Players have to work as a team to build up the cash prize
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A new slew of celebrities will appear on the highly-anticipated fifth edition of the show
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Romesh Ranganathan, 47, is the current host of The Weakest Link after the show was revived in 2020.
Anne Robinson, 80, famously hosted the hit general knowledge show from August 2000 for 12 years.
Her contract ended in March 2012 before the beeb rebooted the show eight years later.
Now bosses at the publicly funded corporation have given the go-ahead for yet another instalment.
Pre-production is underway at BBC Studios Entertainment Productions which makes the show.
The fifth series promises to have yet another star-studded lineup of celebrity contestants.
Like the last edition, the new run of episodes is set to feature a number of themed episodes.
Previous specials have included comedians, Gladiators, duos and Strictly Come Dancing personalities.
On the show, the group will battle it out on the iconic quiz as they have to work as a team to build up a cash pot prize for charity.
However, they have to get questions right to avoid getting voted as 'The Weakest Link' by their fellow contestants.
Mel B takes swipe at Eamonn Holmes during feisty appearance on The Weakest Link
At all costs, they want to avoid the walk of shame across the studio as they get eliminated.
Only one player will secure the cash prize for their chosen charity and be crowned as The Strongest Link .
This comes after the host opened up on his previous battles with mental health in a new interview with Runners World UK.
He explained: "When I was 18 or 19 years old, I feel like I came very close [to] ending my life.
"I just couldn't see the point in carrying on. I was super depressed.
"Then I started to do suicide ideation, where you start to fantasise about it.
"The best way I can describe it, when I thought about taking my own life, it felt like a weight was being lifted.
"Mental health is something I'm still aware of, and it's been a battle for me.
"I think once you come close to something like that, it's a bit like being an ex-smoker: you have to stay on top of it.'
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It's thought that the new series will contain special themed episodes
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The iconic game show first made its way onto the airwaves in 2000
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Romesh was brought in to host the show for the revived version in 2021
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Previous episodes of The Weakest Link are available to watch back on BBC iPlayer.
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