The Weakest Link Returns To BBC One And BBC iPlayer

Made by BBC Studios Entertainment, another star studded line up of celebrity contestants will battle it out in one of the world's most iconic quizzes, working as a team to build a cash prize for charity whilst trying to avoid the walk of shame and being voted 'The Weakest Link' by their fellow contestants.

Only one player will be crowned The Strongest Link and secure the prize for charity.

Three specials will air on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in October; a Radio 2 special sees Romesh challenge his fellow Radio 2 presenters to be crowned The Strongest Link of the network, followed by 'Battle of the Nations' where stars from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland play for national pride. Then a Redemption special welcomes back celebrities who have been voted off first in previous episodes - seven of them will get further than they ever have before, but for one they will have to do the ultimate walk of shame.

The new series continues from December onwards with a further 9 episodes including a Christmas edition and a New Years 'party' amongst others.

Romesh said: "The Weakest Link is back and better than ever with three superb specials airing next month and more from Christmas. I'm not biased when I say it's a brilliant show, and I’m looking forward to bringing more awkward pauses and tense goodbyes to Saturday nights on BBC One."

The Weakest Link (12 x 60) is a BBC Studios Entertainment production for BBC One and BBC iPlayer and was commissioned by Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the BBC. The Executive Producers for BBC Studios are Pete Ogden and Gareth Edwards and the Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Neil McCallum.

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