The Traitors star Paul Gorton explains how he ended up co-presenting the brand new BBC quiz present Do You Know Your Place? after initially being booked as a visitor
Vernon Kay is internet hosting model new BBC gameshow Do You Know Your Place? teaming up with The Traitors star Paul Gorton (Picture: BBC/Stellify Media NI Ltd)
The BBC has unveiled a brand new quiz programme Do You Know Your Place?, which debuts on Monday 23 February.
But in line with The Traitors star Paul Gorton, who’s co-hosting the programme alongside primary presenter Vernon Kay, he was initially scheduled to look as a visitor till the host they’d secured for his section withdrew.
The brand new collection options Paul main an ‘unreliable’ UK tour of a special location every day, with three superstar gamers competing to tell apart unbelievable info from falsehoods.
From locations in Belfast to Wrexham, superstar individuals embrace EastEnders star Nitin Ganatra, the Reverend Kate Bottley, Gladiator ‘Apollo’ Alex Grey, Anneka Rice, Susan Calman, Owain Wyn Evans and Max Fosh.
The BBC has launched a brand new quiz present Do You Know Your Place?, which launches on Monday 23 February (Picture: BBC/Stellify Media NI Ltd)
Alongside Paul’s excursions, Vernon will problem the celebrities with numerous in-studio video games, every drawing inspiration from that day’s location.
The contestant incomes probably the most factors all through the episode wins and receives a memento that Paul has dispatched from his travels, with factors accrued over 5 days and the general winner at week’s finish receiving an ‘I Know My Place’ sweatshirt.
Discussing the brand new collection, The Traitors star Paul defined how he landed the function, telling us in an unique chat: “I believe it was two years in the past, there was an thought to do type of like a journey present with celebs after which have all these type of video games in there and nearly pack every little thing that you’ve got watched into type of like one present in a single location, do all of it there.
Alongside Paul’s excursions, Vernon will job the celebrities with a variety of in-studio video games (Picture: BBC)
“I used to be booked to be a visitor on one in all these early iterations and the host pulled out, as a result of the host was going to be out with the celebs, so Vernon [who has the main hosting gig] can be out with the celebs sort of factor, and whoever they booked determined to not present and stated, ‘Oh I am unable to do it now’, so as a substitute of discovering somebody, let’s have a look at if Paul needs to have a go.
“We did the pilot which was me and these three celebs and it was simply off you go, have enjoyable.
“And I believe they fairly rapidly realised that it might be good to have this beautiful type of homely studio component to it with an absolute megastar [Vernon] after which we’ll nonetheless have Paul operating round in a storm, within the rain and within the freezing chilly.
“Fortunately all of it labored, all of it clicked collectively. I did my bit which was all type of the VTs, then Vernon’s executed his bit in type of like a mock studio and so they stitched it collectively and the BBC simply, it feels very bizarre to me as a result of, and Vernon will know this much more than I do, however they have been saying just about every little thing by no means will get commissioned.
“However the BBC guys have been similar to ‘Yep, we find it irresistible, we would like it’ and that received us to nearly current day the place I have been operating across the nation discovering all of the extraordinary and sumptuous components of the UK.”
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Do You Know Your Place? airs on BBC Two, weekdays at 6.30PM, ranging from Monday 23 February.
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