This Morning’s Dermot O’Leary has been dealt an enormous blow with the affirmation that his UKTV gameshow Silence Is Golden will not be getting a second sequence. The 52-year-old dad of 1 hosted the four-part sequence the place the studio viewers had to withstand varied distractions to maintain quiet with a view to win a share of a £250,000 prize pot. Comics together with Katherine Ryan and Seann Walsh tried to make the viewers chortle, and any time considered one of them made a sound, the cash would drop. If the comics bought the prize pot to zero, it was given to charity.
Talking on the Edinburgh TV Competition, UKTV Executives confirmed the present wouldn’t be again. “In the meanwhile, touchdown exhibits at that finances and scale that is not the place our heads are at. We’re actually seeking to try to do one thing totally different so we are able to deliver it again in quantity,” they stated.
The present was introduced with large fanfare in July 2024 and got here simply months after Dermot was “snubbed” by ITV when it was introduced Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard could be changing Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby as full-time hosts of This Morning.
Dermot is presently a part-time presenter on the present, internet hosting alongside Alison Hammond on Fridays and overlaying many episodes throughout Ben Shephard‘s summer time break.
Talking to The Solar after Silence Is Golden was introduced, Dermot stated, “When a present like this falls into your lap, you possibly can’t consider your luck. I am wanting ahead to having a lot of enjoyable.”
The present had one other ITV connection because it was produced by occasional Good Morning Britain presenter Richard Bacon. He instructed the publication: “The sensation whenever you’re not allowed to chortle at a funeral? It is that – the sport present.”
Dermot’s is not the one present being pulled by UKTV. They’ve additionally cancelled the Jimmy Carr car Battle within the Field.
The premise noticed two units of celebrities go head-to-head in varied bodily and psychological challenges, with their containers made greater or smaller relying on the way it was performing. It was reported in March that it was unlikely to return and this was confirmed on the pageant.
A supply instructed The Solar On-line earlier this 12 months: “Battle within the Field is being rested and no extra sequence are deliberate for now.
“The present was one of many schedule staples for UKTV final 12 months as they relaunched their channels with a daring new look. Whereas there is no conversations occurring a few second sequence, the present may return someday sooner or later.”
