ITV confirms new series of The 1% Club & TWO Christmas specials

Award-winning hit ITV game show The 1% Club, hosted by Lee Mack is set to return for a third series and two Christmas specials.

The Saturday night, prime-time show recently launched with 3.7 million viewers and a 31 percent audience share. The new series will see the number of episodes doubled from 8 to 16 with the two festive editions planned for this year and 2024.

Lee said:

“Once again I am delighted to cause household arguments, as kids mock their parents for being not as bright as them. But us grown-ups can stay out as late as we want, so we get the last laugh”

The series is commissioned for ITV by Satmohan Panesar, Commissioning Editor and Sue Murphy, Head of Factual Entertainment.

Satmohan Panesar said:

“Establishing a new game show and finding an audience is no easy task in such a competitive field, but the combination of the 1% Club’s unique, inclusive format and our host Lee’s brilliantly spontaneous interaction with the studio audience has proved a big hit with viewers. As the current series continues in its successful run, we’re excited to be able to announce a third new series as well as two Christmas specials which we’re sure will be a massively entertaining addition to festive telly for all the family.”

Dean Nabarro at Magnum Media said:

“For all those people who still haven’t managed to get the 1% question right, the great news is there will be another 16 shows to prove you’ve got what it takes to be in The 1% Club.”

The show beings with 100 contestants, each with £1000 in their pot, with every wrong answer the money goes into a grand prize which could go up to £100,000.

ITV also recently announced that ITVX and ITV3 will mark the 100th birthday of the much-loved writer, comedian, actor and director Eric Sykes by airing the Christmas Day 1979 special of This Is Your Life.