Hole in the Wall could be back (Picture: BBC)
There’s been a hole in viewers’ hearts since Hole in the Wall disappeared from the TV schedule, but both are set to be filled in.
Luckily the hole in the wall will not be filled in if it does return as otherwise there would literally be nothing to film.
The gameshow, inspired by the Japanese game Brain Wall, only got two seasons in its original run, but could finally get the hat-trick. The programme involved celebrities having to contort their body to fit into a shape cut out of a wall that moved towards them at varying speeds. If they were unsuccessful the wall would push them into a pool of water.
It was originally hosted by the late Dale Winton in 2008, with Anton Du Beke and Darren Gough serving as team captains with celebrities including Vanessa Feltz and Andi Peters getting involved with the fun.
For the second series in 2009, Anton took over as host with Austin Healey and Joe Swash leading the opposing teams.
In order to amuse viewers the competitors would be dressed in silver catsuits with colourful helmets, knee pads and elbow pads.
Hole in the Wall was originally presented by the game show legend Dale Winton (Picture: BBC)
The show’s production company are said to be ‘floating the idea’ of bringing it back to the small screen with broadcasters, according to a TV insider. Although it originally aired on BBC, they are not ruling out others such as ITV or streaming services.
‘It could even lead to a bidding war between some big companies, many of whom will now be headed up by execs who used to watch the show when they were growing up,’ they added to The Sun.
The news has reached X after TV fan account SuperTV posted the report, and fans are excited about its potential reboot.
It was a think-fast, act-fast game (Picture: BBC)
The costumes were kind of ridiculous (Picture: BBC)
‘I can get behind this,’ wrote viewer Ryan. Harry remarked: ‘Good, glad to see all these TV shows coming back. Million-pound drop next.’
‘Should have been on for longer,’ thinks Joseph Clarke.
‘Oh we won,’ typed Luke. Alicia called it the ‘best news’ she’d heard all day.
There were already ideas for who should host too, with Stephen Mulhern, Rylan and Paddy McGuiness’ names all mentioned.
The general consensus is… BRING ON THE WALL.
Fans are ready (Picture: X)
The mood was generally positive but it was also called ‘dreadful’ – you can’t win them all (Picture: X)
Reviving series has proved popular with the 1990s show Gladiators going from ITV to BBC, and attracting an average of 6 million tuning into the debut episode. A total of 8.7 million watched in its first seven days making it the biggest entertainment launch for the BBC in seven years.
The producer partly behind its comeback, also said he is now considering the return of Blind Date.
Dan Baldwin, boss at Hungry Bear Media (and also Holly Willoughby’s husband FYI), told BBC Radio 4: ‘As well as coming up with new ideas, we’ve always got one eye on what could come back and what could be a hit like Gladiators is.
‘Another one that you’d like to see back, Blind Date, are we ready for that? What a Saturday night that was.
‘I’m thinking Blind Date with Claudia Winkleman on BBC1, how about it?’
Metro.co.uk contacted Talkback Thames for comment.
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