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“Who would live in a house like this?”
Through The Keyhole, the classic TV show that snoops through celebrity homes, is returning to television! Vernon Kay is to play the role of house snoop while Paul O'Grady will be the studio host that asks guests of the show to guess whose home they are being shown.
The show was first screened on ITV in 1987. It moved to Sky in the 1990s, then to BBC. BBC's host of choice, Loyd Grossman, whose role Kay is taking over, quit in 2003. Grossman's role was replaced by some female presenters, including Lisa Snowdon, before BBC canceled the show in 2008.
O'Grady is set to take over the role originally held by Sir David Frost, whose company David Paradine Productions owned the rights to the show before it was purchased by Freemantle Media. The company, which also owns The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent believes that Kay and O'Grady, who is likely to inject his unique sense of humour into the show, will make the programme more appealing to a younger audience.
Trish Kinane, Freemantle Media's chief, said in a statement: “It was the first gameshow to celebrate celebrity culture, and there is now a new generation of celebrities all over the world who are eager to take part.”
A TV source said: “Vernon and Paul are the top choices to reinvigorate the show. The whole programme had become stuffy and looked and felt dated. This time there will be a lavish studio, amazing celeb houses and a real sense of fun. Freemantle are confident they can resurrect the show and make it relevant to a celebrity-obsessed audience.”
Freemantle is yet to release a date for when the revamped show will be debuted.
Through The Keyhole, the classic TV show that snoops through celebrity homes, is returning to television! Vernon Kay is to play the role of house snoop while Paul O'Grady will be the studio host that asks guests of the show to guess whose home they are being shown.
The show was first screened on ITV in 1987. It moved to Sky in the 1990s, then to BBC. BBC's host of choice, Loyd Grossman, whose role Kay is taking over, quit in 2003. Grossman's role was replaced by some female presenters, including Lisa Snowdon, before BBC canceled the show in 2008.
O'Grady is set to take over the role originally held by Sir David Frost, whose company David Paradine Productions owned the rights to the show before it was purchased by Freemantle Media. The company, which also owns The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent believes that Kay and O'Grady, who is likely to inject his unique sense of humour into the show, will make the programme more appealing to a younger audience.
Trish Kinane, Freemantle Media's chief, said in a statement: “It was the first gameshow to celebrate celebrity culture, and there is now a new generation of celebrities all over the world who are eager to take part.”
A TV source said: “Vernon and Paul are the top choices to reinvigorate the show. The whole programme had become stuffy and looked and felt dated. This time there will be a lavish studio, amazing celeb houses and a real sense of fun. Freemantle are confident they can resurrect the show and make it relevant to a celebrity-obsessed audience.”
Freemantle is yet to release a date for when the revamped show will be debuted.