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Vernon Kay says followers might be ‘actually stunned’ as he launches new BBC present

BBC Radio 2 presenter Vernon Kay has teamed up with The Traitors star Paul Gorton for brand spanking new quiz present Do You Know Your Place?

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)

Vernon Kay has spoken candidly about his presenting work and his upcoming BBC gameshow Do You Know Your Place?, which debuts on Monday 23 February.

The presenter, 51, has teamed up with The Traitors star Paul Gorton for the contemporary quiz programme celebrating the UK. The brand new collection options Paul conducting an ‘unreliable’ guided tour of a distinct location every episode, while three movie star contestants compete to tell apart exceptional truths from falsehoods.

Spanning locations from Belfast to Wrexham, well-known faces collaborating embody EastEnders actor Nitin Ganatra, the Reverend Kate Bottley, Gladiator ‘Apollo’ Alex Grey, Anneka Rice, Susan Calman, Owain Wyn Evans and Max Fosh.

Including to Paul’s excursions, Vernon will problem the celebrities with varied studio-based rounds, every themed round that day’s featured location.

The host, 51, has joined compelled with The Traitors star Paul Gorton for the brand new quiz present all concerning the UK (Picture: BBC/Stellify Media NI Ltd)

The contestant accumulating the very best rating all through the episode claims victory and receives a memento Paul has dispatched from his journey, with factors totalled over 5 episodes and the final word weekly champion receiving an ‘I Know My Place’ sweatshirt.

Discussing the upcoming collection, Vernon revealed he believes viewers might be “actually stunned” by the programme.

In an unique chat earlier than the present’s premiere, Vernon instructed us: “Yeah, I feel individuals might be actually stunned on the quantity of weird info, the quantity of unusual quirky historical past components which might be so near house. That is the one factor that strikes you and what takes you again.

“Like while you watch Horrible Histories, you’ll be able to’t, ‘there is no means that that is true’ and it’s true. It is very related, it isn’t horrible, but it surely’s very related with the historical past in our native cities as properly.

Vernon Kay has spoken candidly about his presenting work (Picture: Getty Photographs)

“That is so weird and so excessive, that may’t be true. And lo and behold, Paul has instructed us an absolute nugget about wherever we’re.”

The contemporary programme provides one other string to Vernon’s already exceptional presenting profession, which encompasses T4, All Star Household Fortunes, Method E, Recreation of Skills and his well-liked BBC Radio 2 programme – amongst quite a few others.

When questioned about whether or not he favours stay or pre-recorded broadcasting, Vernon made an sudden skilled confession as he disclosed the ‘greatest expertise’ of his internet hosting profession to this point.

Vernon defined: “If you’re stay, there’s clearly no pick-ups, you’ll be able to’t return and proper your self. The adrenaline rush is superb, it truly is. I like doing stay.

    “However the distinction with doing studio is you’ve got obtained the possibility to, while you say one thing and also you sort of suppose, ‘Oh, that labored,’ after which say, ‘Nicely, let me do this once more, however I will do it another way.’ So you’ll be able to sort of manipulate the scenario a bit of bit while you’re pre-recorded extra so than you’ll be able to while you’re stay.

    “I feel the perfect expertise I’ve ever had was doing stay sport. Reside sport is completely… it is loopy. You have to know a specific amount of statistics about every ingredient of both the groups or the gamers or whoever.

    “I’d do motor sport after which it will all the time occur that the person who you studied essentially the most would crash after the primary check.”

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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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