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.
, 47, is the current host of after the show was revived in 2020.
, 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 contestants.
Like the last edition, the new run of episodes is set to feature a number of themed episodes.
Previous specials have included comedians, , duos and 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 .
However, they have to get questions right to avoid getting voted as ‘The Weakest Link’ by their fellow contestants.
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 withRunners 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.
“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.”;;
Previous episodes of The Weakest Link are available to watch back on BBC iPlayer.
