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The BBC is re-racking nan balls and chalking nan cues again aft announcing that classical TV gameshow Big Break will return aft 24 years away.
Seven-time snooker world champion Stephen Hendry is to co-host nan bid alongside presenter and comic Paddy McGuinness successful a reboot of a show that primitively ran for 10 bid from 1991 to 2002.
Hendry is to return connected nan trick-shot challenges performed by nan precocious John Virgo successful nan original series, while McGuinness will capable nan shoes of Jim Davidson. The memorable taxable tune will besides beryllium brought back.
The BBC says nan show will beryllium “reimagined” for today’s audiences pinch an “addictive operation of fast-paced snooker frames pinch a relaxed, comedic atmosphere”. Each section will spot 3 contestants helped by master snooker players to compete for rate prizes.
Hendry, 57, said successful a statement: “Big Break was a unsocial operation of instrumentality shots and awesome intermezo and I can’t hold to beryllium backmost astatine nan array and bringing this unthinkable show to a full caller assemblage and who knows, we mightiness animate nan adjacent procreation of snooker players to get into nan sport.”
McGuinness, known for TV shows Phoenix Nights, Take Me Out and Top Gear, added: “I americium perfectly delighted to beryllium a portion of Big Break. It is 1 of those shows everyone knows and loves truthful to beryllium hosting it alongside fable Stephen Hendry will beryllium thing special. Bring it on!”
A fresh-faced Hendry appeared successful nan first section of Big Break successful 1991, and nan bid ran for 11 years arsenic a Saturday evening staple connected BBC One. The caller series, pinch 20 half-hour episodes to beryllium made, has been commissioned by BBC Daytime and Early Peak for BBC Two and iPlayer.
The revival follows nan successful caller return of different 1990s family favourite, Gladiators, by nan BBC. Darts gameshow Bullseye has besides made a caller comeback connected ITV.
