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It’s been 19 years, but Jeff Brazier thinks a cult classic gameshow needs a reboot.
The 45-year-old TV star first rose to fame on Shipwrecked in 2001, but five years later he took over from Art Attack! legend Neil Buchanan as host of CITV’s Finders Keepers revival.
Asked what show he’d like to be involved in, he exclusively told Metro on the Baftas red carpet: ‘I wanna make Finders Keepers again. I did it about 25 years ago.
‘It’s where kids just let loose in the bedrooms of a fake house, make as much mess as they can trying to find something.
‘That was one of the coolest shows from my childhood, so I think it needs to come back.’
The original show with Neil at the helm ran from 1991 to 1996 with six series of 13 episodes each (besides the final one, which had eight) before Jeff brought it back in 2006 for a 15-episode run.
Two pairs (the Green Meanies and Yellow Terrors) had to go through eight rooms across two rounds to find hidden objects based on clues read out by the host.
They had just 30 seconds in each room, and earned points for each object they found, while losing them to the other duo for a failed attempt.
Several shows have been given a new life in recent years, and Jeff thinks there’s a very good reason for that.
‘We like a bit of nostalgia, we want to reconnect with our childhood, don’t we,’ he pointed out. ‘We want to go back to where things were easier and more fun. I think that show embodies that, for me.’
Beyond his own revival, Jeff has got some other ideas to shake up UK TV with a new sport to replace darts or snooker – step aside, Luke Littler.
‘One thing that I’d like to see changed? We need to bring padel onto British television,’ he suggested, referencing the tennis-esque game in a smaller, enclosed court.
Jeff added: ‘I wanna watch padel! Instead of snooker or darts, give me some padel to watch! I’m a little bit obsessed with it.’
The former I’m A Celebrity star has appeared on all sorts of shows – including the likes of This Morning, Dancing On Ice and Celebrity MasterChef.
However, he admitted some people still have one big misconception about him even after more than two decades on television.
‘Everyone always says, “Oh you’re a little bit taller than I thought you’d be” So maybe I am taller than people think I am,’ he shrugged. ‘People maybe see me on TV sitting down a lot. Not sure why!’
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