{"id":169047,"date":"2025-06-09T01:43:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T01:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/169047\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T01:43:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T01:43:14","slug":"itvs-huge-new-entertainment-show-to-replace-saturday-night-takeaway-revealed-and-show-will-have-a-hidden-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/169047\/","title":{"rendered":"ITV&#8217;s huge new entertainment show to replace Saturday Night Takeaway revealed &#8211; and show will have a hidden twist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Saturday Night Takeaway and Dancing On Ice on the shelf, ITV has had a vacancy for its next big entertainment hit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And I can reveal that a star-studded prank show called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/celebrity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Celebrity<\/a> Sabotage has already been filmed and will fill the primetime slot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Four people reacting to something on a television show.\" height=\"615\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"ITV\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/lifted-entertainment-reproduced-editorial-1001365313.jpg\" data-caption=\"ITV is to fill the Saturday primetime night gap with star-packed prank show Celebrity Sabotage, with Joel Dommett as host\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/lifted-entertainment-reproduced-editorial-1001365313.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>ITV is to fill the Saturday primetime night gap with star-packed prank show Celebrity Sabotage, with Joel Dommett as hostCredit: ITV<\/p>\n<p>Channel golden boy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/joel-dommett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joel Dommett<\/a>, I\u2019m A Celebrity favourites <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/sam-thompson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sam Thompson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/gk-barry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GK Barry<\/a> plus Loose Women\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/judi-love\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Judi Love<\/a> are the top team in charge.<\/p>\n<p>Their mission will be to playfully sabotage unsuspecting members of the public by completing daring and funny stunts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And they\u2019ll be helped along by a bulging line-up of celebs which include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/jill-scott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jill Scott<\/a>, Fay Ripley, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/olivia-attwood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olivia Attwood<\/a>, Jo Brand, Guz Khan and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/harry-redknapp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry Redknapp<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s not where the A-list action ends.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Each episode begins with a set of contestants arriving for what they believe is a brand-new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/itv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ITV<\/a> show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These range from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/cooking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cooking<\/a> challenges and relationship tests to business tasks and even murder mystery games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To make it even more convincing, these fake shows will have believable hosts, including familiar faces such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/clare-balding\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clare Balding<\/a>, Matt and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/emma-willis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emma Willis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/monica-galetti\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Monica Galetti<\/a>, Jason Fox, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/sara-davies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sara Davies<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/rylan-clark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rylan Clark<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Every successfully executed sabotage mission will add more money to a secret prize pot for the contestants.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A source said: \u201cCelebrity Sabotage will have everything ITV does best at its heart \u2014 fun and laughter, a huge cash prize and it\u2019s absolutely jam-packed with celebs.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The show is set to air on ITV later this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d love to have been in the green room for this one.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Joel Dommett reveals unaired moment I&#8217;m A Celebrity star was told off by bosses after breaking major ruleMary&#8217;s a party slasher<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A birthday cake with lit candles is at the center of a table, surrounded by a group of young people and an adult woman wearing a party hat.\" height=\"590\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Chris Reardon\/MGM+\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/institute-joe-freeman-ben-barnes-1001397676.jpg\" data-caption=\"Mary Louise Parker swaps party hats for horror as she stars as sinister Ms Sigsby in adaption of Stephen King\u2019s The Institute\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/institute-joe-freeman-ben-barnes-1001397676.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>Mary Louise Parker swaps party hats for horror as she stars as sinister Ms Sigsby in adaption of Stephen King\u2019s The InstituteCredit: Chris Reardon\/MGM+<\/p>\n<p>Just because she\u2019s wearing a party hat in a first look at new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/amazon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a> MGM+ series The Institute doesn\u2019t mean that Mary Louise Parker is all fun and games.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The actress plays Ms Sigsby in the adaptation of Stephen King\u2019s novel of the same name, the director of a shady institution that kidnaps children before putting them through horrifying experiments and dishing out torture in the hopes of them developing telekinetic and telepathic powers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The series director Jack Bender told me: \u201cMary Louise\u2019s character is evil, and the villain, and even more so coming, let me tell you!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s joined by Ben Barnes in the series, as former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">police<\/a> officer Tim Jameson, and Martin Freeman\u2019s son Joe, as main character Luke Ellis, a super-smart 12-year-old with telekinetic abilities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And for Joe, the most intimidating part of the new role wasn\u2019t getting to grips of the horrors of what happens to Luke, but getting to grips with being on set away from his family.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He joked: \u201cI felt intimidated landing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada<\/a>. I didn\u2019t know anybody on the whole continent.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Institute airs on MGM+ from July 13.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prime Video will air a series of documentaries about some of the UK\u2019s most high-profile true crimes. <\/p>\n<p>The Orkney Assassin: Murder In The Isles, about the killing of a waiter in 1994, streams from today. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/34794248\/shannon-matthews-kidnapping-prime-video-documentary\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Hunt For Shannon Matthews<\/a> and Hunting The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/tinder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tinder<\/a> Predator will follow later in the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Smart move to Say Less<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Munya Chawawa at the GQ Men Of The Year Awards.\" height=\"960\" width=\"640\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/munya-chawawa-attends-gq-men-907377610.jpg\" data-caption=\"A new sketch show comes from the people behind the BBC\u2019s Munya Chawawa\u2019s Race Around Britain and Channel 4\u2019s The Big Narstie Show\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/munya-chawawa-attends-gq-men-907377610.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>A new sketch show comes from the people behind the BBC\u2019s Munya Chawawa\u2019s Race Around Britain and Channel 4\u2019s The Big Narstie ShowCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>A new sketch show is coming to ITV later this year to celebrate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/black-history-month\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black History Month<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Say! Less! will be packed with sketches based on the differences between internet culture and the offline reality as part of the ITV Diversity Commissioning Spend, a \u00a380million project laid out over the next three years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It comes from the minds behind the BBC\u2019s Munya Chawawa\u2019s Race Around Britain and Channel 4\u2019s The Big Narstie Show.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An insider teased: \u201cSay! Less! is a rapid fire mix of viral parodies and absurd character &#8211; it\u2019s bold, smart and unapologetically Black British Gen Z.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Casting is yet to be announced but will showcase talent from rising <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/comedy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comedy<\/a> stars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It will stream on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/itvx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ITVX<\/a> in October.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Patsy&#8217;s life &#8216;too dull&#8217; for Wives<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Anita Dobson at the British Soap Awards.\" height=\"960\" width=\"709\" data-credit=\"The Mega Agency\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NINTCHDBPICT000999845765_13dea4.jpg\" data-caption=\"Patsy Kensit has turned down Real Housewives of London \u2013 admitting her life\u2019s too quiet for the drama-packed series\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NINTCHDBPICT000999845765_13dea4.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>Patsy Kensit has turned down Real Housewives of London \u2013 admitting her life\u2019s too quiet for the drama-packed seriesCredit: The Mega Agency<\/p>\n<p>I revealed last month that she was approached to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/35238958\/patsy-kensit-why-turned-down-real-housewives-of-london\/#:~:text=Now%2C%20in%20an%20exclusive%20interview,have%20a%20meeting%20with%20them.\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">star in the new Real Housewives of London<\/a>, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/patsy-kensit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patsy Kensit<\/a> has now revealed why she turned down the opportunity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s not because the actress, who is the ex-wife of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/liam-gallagher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liam Gallagher<\/a>, was worried about sharing the behind-the-scenes of her life on the Hayu series.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, it\u2019s because she reckons her life is too boring.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Patsy told me: \u201cI did have a meeting with them, but I live in my little flat in London with my cat, my sons have flown the nest, and I don\u2019t think my lifestyle would stand up to these women.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t fit with them &#8211; but I\u2019m a huge fan and I love the show, Real Housewives of Cheshire\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/dawn-ward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dawn Ward<\/a> is one of my favourites, I\u2019m a superfan of hers.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The full line up features <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/real-housewives-new-jersey\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Real Housewives of Jersey<\/a> star Karen Loderick-Peace, millionaire mogul Amanda Cronin, Ladies of London\u2019s Juliet Angus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/bake-off-the-professionals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bake Off: The Professionals<\/a> star Nessie Welschinger, Australian model Juliet Mayhew and socialite Panthea Parker.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stephen in awe of Roy<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An image collage containing 2 images, Image 1 shows Stephen Mulhern at the ITV Palooza!, Image 2 shows Roy Walker, TV presenter, holding a beer, framed by a television\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/newspress-collage-icjmrvgbk-1749402778226.jpg\" data-caption=\"Stephen Mulhern has passed Roy Walker\u2019s Catchphrase record \u2013 but reveals why he\u2019ll never copy his iconic catchline\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/newspress-collage-icjmrvgbk-1749402778226.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Mulhern has passed Roy Walker\u2019s Catchphrase record \u2013 but reveals why he\u2019ll never copy his iconic catchline<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/stephen-mulhern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Mulhern<\/a> has now presented more episodes of Catchphrase than show legend Roy Walker \u2013 but he\u2019s not following in his footsteps quite yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Chatting to TV Biz on the set of ITV\u2019s Celebrity Catchphrase, Stephen revealed a secret behind Roy\u2019s famous \u201cIt\u2019s good\u2026 but it\u2019s not right\u201d saying, which he\u2019ll never emulate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stephen said: \u201cThe reason he used to say that is he never used to wear an earpiece to the production team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo the floor manager would give him a thumbs up if the answer was right, or a thumbs down if it was wrong.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo to give him more time, Roy would go, \u2018it\u2019s good..\u2019 wait for the floor manager to go down or up\u2026 then \u2018but it\u2019s not right\u2019 or \u2018and it\u2019s right!\u2019. Which is amazing, really, isn\u2019t it?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI find it fascinating that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/noel-edmonds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Noel Edmonds<\/a>, Roy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/bruce-forsyth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bruce Forsyth<\/a>, all those legendary performers and presenters never wear earpieces.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey just don\u2019t like it. Brucie never did it, even on Strictly.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Martin&#8217;s horsing around<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Martin Clunes at the National Lottery Awards.\" height=\"960\" width=\"640\" data-credit=\"Getty - Contributor\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NINTCHDBPICT000375277158.jpg\" data-caption=\"Martin Clunes has been bringing joy to hospices with his pet horse Patrick and therapy dogs \u2013 calling the visits 'just fabulous'\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NINTCHDBPICT000375277158.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6<\/p>\n<p>Martin Clunes has been bringing joy to hospices with his pet horse Patrick and therapy dogs \u2013 calling the visits &#8216;just fabulous&#8217;Credit: Getty &#8211; Contributor<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/doc-martin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doc Martin<\/a> star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/martin-clunes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martin Clunes<\/a> takes his pet horse Patrick into hospices to cheer patients.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The actor, who played ITV\u2019s socially awkward medic for 10 series, volunteers his pet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/dogs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dogs<\/a> at the local centre too.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI\u2019ve been doing it for a few years. Every now and again, I take a horse down there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a big horse. He\u2019s like 18 hands, Clydesdale.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd they just like to touch him really. People have a gut emotional response to him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Clarifying on the Oh My Dog! Podcast, he went on: \u201cNot indoors, outdoors. But then afterwards, I\u2019ll take a dog around the wards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that\u2019s just fabulous.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Who needs bedside manners when you\u2019ve got a furry friend?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unlock even more award-winning articles as The Sun launches brand new membership programme &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/32897510\/sun-club-membership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sun Club<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Saturday Night Takeaway and Dancing On Ice on the shelf, ITV has had a vacancy for its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[21999,192,193,411,77,208,209,451,58532,205,2904,118,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-169047","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-ant-and-dec","9":"tag-bbc","10":"tag-bbc-one","11":"tag-channel-4","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-itv","14":"tag-longtail","15":"tag-netflix","16":"tag-saturday-night-takeaway","17":"tag-section-tvnews-tv","18":"tag-stephen-mulhern","19":"tag-the-sun-newspaper","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114650874295440350","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}