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Beloved ITV game show confirms epic return to screens with lineup of telly titans - including Holly Willoughby, Danny Jones, Johnny Vegas and Alison Hammond

Beloved ITV game show confirms epic return to screens with lineup of telly titans - including Holly Willoughby, Danny Jones, Johnny Vegas and Alison Hammond

Daily Mail​3 days ago

A beloved ITV game show has confirmed its epic return to our screens with a lineup of TV titans.
You Bet! On Tour, produced by Rollercoaster Television, will follow on from the very successful first season of You Bet! - which managed to reach 12 million viewers.
The official press release states that: 'This time bigger and braver than ever, as it hits the road for more epic and unique challenges.'
The programme will be hosted by none other than Stephen Mulhern, 48.
And fans will be very impressed with the line-up, which will see the show travel up and down the country.
A range of famous faces will be taking part, including former host Holly Willoughby, 44, Danny Jones, 39, Johnny Vegas, 54, and Alison Hammond, 50.
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They will be joined by Zoe Ball, 54, Rob Beckett, 39, Alex Booker, 41, Rylan Clark, 36, Babatunde Aléshé, 38, Josie Gibson, 40, Eddie Kadi, 42, Judi Love, 45, Oti Mabuse, 34, Mick Mohammed, 44, AJ Odudu, 37, Will Best, 40, Greg Rutherford, 38, Adam, 36, and Ryan Thomas, 40, and Josh Widdicombe, 42.
Speaking about the upcoming series, Stephen said: 'I'm absolutely thrilled that You Bet! is back - and this time we're hitting the road!
'Each week I'll be joined by a top celeb panel, as our challengers take on some brilliantly bonkers and amazing challenges.
'With the title of You Bet Champion on the line, it's going to be unbelievable from the start.'
Director of Entertainment & Daytime Commissioning at ITV, Katie Rawcliffe, added: 'We are so excited to announce that You Bet! is getting out of the studio and onto the road.
'Free from the constraints of being inside, the show can bring viewers even more extreme and exciting big-scale challenges than ever before.'
Meanwhile joint MDs of Rollercoaster Television, James Fox and Dom Waugh, said: 'After the success of the two special episodes last year, we're delighted to be bringing You Bet! back once again for a full series.
'If you bet that we'd be heading out and about across the country, having even more fun with our celebrity panel, and delivering even bigger and more spectacular challenges - then you'd be 100% right!'
You Bet! - which is based on the German show Wetten, das...? - originally hit our screens in 1988 and was presented by Bruce Forsyth until 1990.
It aired on our screens until 1997.
The show had a number of presenters including Bruce, Matthew Kelly and Darren Day.
You Bet! was revived in December last year, with Stephen and Holly taking on the role as presenters.
In March this year MailOnline revealed that Holly had quit her role as host.
ITV sources told us that she is 'busy with other commitments', which meant she was unable to return to the programme she hosted a two part special last year alongside Stephen Mulhern.
A source told the Mail: 'You Bet was so popular with the viewers wished it came back for two shows that ITV bosses decided to give it a full run.
'Holly and Stephen are a great double act and they were both brilliant so they were asked back.
'But Holly politely declined, she has other commitments and couldn't make it work.
'She is in demand and now she isn't shackled to This Morning four days a week, she is able to look at more options, some are global.
'Celebrity Bear Hunt was a huge thing for her, her first role with Netflix and she just loved it and they loved her so there could very well be much more where that came from.

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