Hit gameshow Michael McIntyre's The Wheel 2024 is back on Saturday nights.
It's again brimming with huge stars, big laughs, and a gigantic spinning wheel. The format sees contestants hoping to answer their way to a cash prize with the help of seven celebrities who each bring one area of expertise to the show. But do they help them win a life-changing amount of money? It all depends on the spin of The Wheel.
There are some changes for the new series including "Double Chair", as well as a higher stakes "Cashout Question".
Host Michael McIntyre explains: "This series we are debuting the double chair! For a while I thought it would be fun to book celebs who are a couple, related, a double act or known for working together, so we built a chair for two.
"So, our first dual spinners for this series will be Danny Dyer and his daughter Dani on The East End, Torvill and Dean on Ice Skating, newlyweds Jamie and Sophie Laing on Weddings and Chris and Rosie Ramsey on Super Mario.
"And for people who think contestants may benefit from having an extra person on the Wheel, this has not thus far proven to be the case due to instant bickering between the pairings."
Richard Osman is among the celebs taking part in this series, having revealed the fact on his podcast. Richard spoke about the amazing set.
Michael says: "It was lovely to hear how much he enjoyed the experience and how impressed he was with The Wheel itself. I often take it for granted as I'm so focused on the game, but the fact that we’ve built this huge spinning Wheel suspended above the contestant wheel is pretty amazing."
Meanwhile, Dermot O'Leary is back for the fifth time as a celebrity expert, turning up in episode two.
Michael says: "Dermot, as he loves to be reminded, is the best performing celebrity in the history of The Wheel as he has come top of the leaderboard three times. Nipping at his heels are Jonathan Ross and Claire Balding with two top place finishes each. So, we decided from this series on that any expert finishing top three times would be inducted into the Wheel Hall of Fame, meaning that if a contestant lands on them they will forever be lit in silver and worth double money.
"Dermot was overcome with emotion when he learned of this accolade, Jonathan and Claire are fired up to join him and the likes of Richard Madeley and Joey Essex, who have both finished last twice, can but dream."
Here's everything we know about Michael McIntyre's The Wheel 2024...
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel 2024 where to watch
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel 2024 returned for its fifth season on BBC One on Saturday, October 12 at 8.20 pm. The second episode airs on Saturday, October 19 at 8.20 pm on BBC One. The third episode airs on Saturday, October 26 at 8.10 on BBC One.
You can also watch and catch up with previous episodes via iPlayer.
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel 2024 celebrities
Episode one: The celebs are Jonathan Ross, Joanne McNally, Gethin Jones, Judi Love, Niko Omilana, Clodagh McKenna and William Hanson.
Episode two: The celebs are David Walliams, Sabre, Angela Scanlon, Dion Dublin, Clara Amfo, Sara Davies and Dermot O'Leary.
Episode three: Leigh Francis, Susan Wokoma, Richard Madeley, Laura Whitmore, Ade Adepitan, Ayda Field, Jamie Laing and Sophie Habboo.
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel 2024 host
Comedian Michael McIntyre is back hosting the award-winning game show. He says: "We’ve got more fantastic categories in this series like Nails, Sea Creatures and Peppa Pig. Over the years some of my favourites have been; Bill Bailey on Elves, Ellie Taylor on Breakfast, Lucy Beaumont on Crisps, Paddy McGuinness on Karate and my obvious favourite, Joel Dommett on Michael McIntyre."
He adds: "The Wheel has become a better show than I imagined myself when I thought of it. I loved the idea of having celebrities bring categories that they deemed themselves experts in, I loved the randomness of a wheel and having humans aboard one, I loved the idea of having the contestants on a wheel beneath pooping up and down — but what I didn’t know then was how much camaraderie and comedy there would be when we all came together with the shared purpose to win lovely deserving people money, and the intense drama and tension that would lead to…oh and the theme tune is clearly amazing!"
Is there a trailer for Michael McIntyre's The Wheel 2024?
Yes, here you go...
