Rear view of a man standing in front of a plane crashed and stuck on beach at Solheimasandur during sunset. Iceland Credit: GettyA FRESH reality TV concept is already destined for disaster – but that’s just the way producers want it.
Studio Lambert — which brought us hit — will ask contestants to rise to the challenge during a catastrophe in new show The Test.
Participants must survive a plane crash in a remote, tropical destination in new show The Test Credit: Getty
Emilie De Ravin starred in Noughties telly drama Lost alongside Matthew Fox Credit: ABC
And one of the first scenarios they face will have echoes of Noughties telly drama Lost.
Participants must survive a plane crash in a remote, tropical destination, which was the basis of the popular series starring Matthew Fox and Emilie De Ravin.
The Test has yet to be snapped up by a channel or streamer, though it does sound like just the sort of thing or would love.
In the meantime, Studio Lambert, which were also behind Channel 4 flops The Inheritance and Rise And Fall, have already started the search for contestants.
In an advert, they describe the new concept as “an intense, high-stakes TV experiment”.
They add: “Are you ready to be pushed beyond your comfort zone? We want everyday people to take on intense, real-world scenarios.”
Filming for the ambitious series starts this , and it will involve the contestants carrying out challenges and missions.
I’m told the predicaments will be similar to those we saw on show Bear Hunt.
But seeing as that was axed after just one series, perhaps they should not try to copy it too much.
They are after a crisis, not a complete calamity, after all.
MELISSA WHIPS UP INTEREST
Oxbridge graduate Melissa Todd on quiz show Nobody’s Fool Credit: Instagram
THERE’S a lot of role play in and Emily Atack’s new game show – but I can reveal one contestant takes it to kinkier heights.
On ITV’s Nobody’s Fool, Oxbridge graduate Melissa Todd reveals that she joined Mensa at the age of 12 and boasted a higher IQ score than Albert Einstein.
But as well as being incredibly intelligent, Melissa is a proud dominatrix.
An insider said: “Melissa comes across as a prim and proper lady in the first episode, but her fellow contestants get the shock of their lives when they discover her steamy secret.”
Nobody’s Fool is a quiz show with a twist. The winner is not decided by how smart you are, but by how smart your rivals think you are.
Will Melissa’s naughty secret scupper her chances?
Nobody’s Fool starts at 9pm on Saturday on ITV1 and .
BBC One’s is reuniting former double act and Ben Miller as co-hosts.
Other celeb presenting partners for Alexander will include comedian Nish Kumar, singer Michael Ball and broadcasters and .
RIVALS HATE FOR MAUD
Victoria Smurfit, who plays Maud O’Hara, is feeling the heat from Rivals fans over her on-screen marriage to Aidan Turner, as husband Declan Credit: PA
is feeling the heat from Rivals fans over her on-screen .
The Irish actress says she gets hate mail for the way her character Maud O’Hara treats husband Declan, played by .
She told the Picky Bits podcast: “The amount of hate I’ve got as Maud for being, let’s say, challenging towards my husband.
“And then Maud wasn’t particularly pleasant to my daughter and wow, did let me know.”
In the first series of the Disney+ show, based on Jilly Cooper’s racy novel, struggling actress Maud grew tired of being neglected by her workaholic husband.
But it looks like the couple could be back on track in the new series after they enjoyed a steamy session in the shower.
GRIM AND BARE IT, FLO
Florence Hunt swaps the gilded halls of Bridgerton for the mean streets of London in a new role Credit: Click News and Media
Hollywood favourite Isla Fisher and Scottish actor Seamus Mclean Ross in hotly anticipated film Bare Credit: Click News and Media
FLORENCE HUNT swaps the gilded halls of for the mean streets of London in a new role.
Best known for playing youngest sister Hyacinth in the Regency-era Netflix series, the actress is getting to grips with a much grittier part in hotly anticipated Bare.
In these first-look images, Florence, who plays young runaway Sophie, waves goodbye to high-society glamour and corsets for a trip to the park in a hoodie and tracksuit bottoms.
She was spotted filming dramatic scenes on a swing outside a station alongside favourite and Scottish actor Seamus Mclean Ross.
Bare comes from writer-director Lorna Tucker and is inspired by her own memoir of the same name.
Big screen icon also stars in the film.
Following her roles in binge-worthy BBC series Mix Tape and film Queen At Sea – starring Juliette Binoche – as well as becoming a Dior Beauty ambassador, Florence is one to watch.
Florence Hunt filming with Seamus Credit: Click News and Media
Florence is best known for playing youngest sister Hyacinth in Bridgerton Credit: LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX
CHEATER LEE’S IN HOT SEAT
A Tinder Swindler-style documentary is being made on Katie Price’s conman husband Lee Andrews Credit: Backgrid/Instagram
Lee’s ex Alana Percival is set for a special episode of Channel 4 series Love Cheats as the broadcaster investigates his wrongdoing
A Swindler-style documentary is being made on Katie Price’s conman husband .
His ex, Alana Percival, is set for a special episode of Channel 4 series Love Cheats as the broadcaster investigates his wrongdoing.
The true-crime documentary series reveals the stories of victims who have been manipulated or scammed out of .
Lee proposed to fitness coach Alana just 16 weeks before he popped the question to Katie using the same rose-petal engagement at Dubai’s Burj Al Arab hotel.
He dated Alana at the same time as another woman, American Crystal Janke, who alleges Lee conned £123,000 from her in an investment swindle.
A TV source said: “Alana has signed up and is happy to expose Lee and try to prevent him conning any other women.”
Mark Pougatch, and Semra Hunter will lead ITV’s World Cup coverage, joined by pundits , , , and Karen Carney.
Adam Richman, of Man v Food fame, will co-host with Semra in ITV’s studio.
VINNIE: MY BAD BOY LAUNCH
Vinnie Jones reveals that taking part in a Gladiators celebrity special in the 1990s kick-started his career away from football Credit: Getty
reveals that taking part in a Gladiators celebrity special in the 1990s was what kick-started his career away from .
And according to the former player, his rivalry with show bad boy WOLF opened lots of doors for him.
In Netflix documentary Untold, which charts Vinnie’s rise from hod-carrier to winner to Hollywood star, he says: “All of a sudden I was a celebrity hardman. I thought, ‘This could be a great move for me, here’.
In the show, out on Tuesday, Vinnie’s pal and ex-Gladiators host adds: “The Jones boy could switch. When he’s nice, he’s nice. When he switches . . . run.”
That’s exactly what Wolf did.
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