Michael McIntyre reveals surprising crossover with hit BBC show in new series of Big Show & fellow comic gets a shock
MICHAEL McIntyre has revealed a surprising crossover with another hit BBC show in the new series of Big Show – and how a fellow comic gets the shock of his life.
The star’s popular Saturday night show returned last weekend and it’s once again full of packed full of celebrities being pranked or embarrassed, as well as funny yet heartwarming surprises for members of the public.
The first show featured Sam Thompson and Zara McDermott as they were rudely woken up for the Midnight Gameshow, filmed before their sad split was confirmed earlier this month.
And Michael has revealed there’s even more to come from Midnight Gameshow this series, as he teams up with the Gladiators.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun’s TV Mag, Michael said: “The celebrity Midnight Gameshow has worked out far better [than the public version].
“Coming up is Josh Widdicombe, who was one of the best we’ve done.
“We did a great ending with him with the Gladiators – you know on Gladiators they have the gauntlet?
“So we got Josh in the street and he had to run the gauntlet to get back into bed.
“We had three Gladiators, one on his front porch, one halfway up the stairs and one in his bedroom door. They were quite violent!”
Josh, 41, took part in Celebrity Gladiators over the Christmas period but was sadly beaten to the win by Masked Singer presenter Joel Dommett.
However, he was clearly up for taking on the Gladiators yet again.
Meanwhile Michael added of the show segment: “Creeping into someone’s house is not pleasant, but it’s hilarious.
“When we gather in the street, you’ll have like, the country’s tallest man and three Love Island contestants gathered in the street, and it looks completely hilarious.
“You see people driving past in their cars going: ‘What’s going on there?’”
Michael also opened up about what he thought was the key to a successful TV show.
He said: “Those old shows are great for nostalgia. Gladiators has been done amazingly well.
“There was a lot of great creativity back in the day on those Saturday night entertainment shows.
“With Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway ending, I think Big Show is the last bastion of that.
“The secret of entertainment television is if you can laugh and cry, you’re experiencing extremes of all the emotions.”
Michael McIntyre’s Big Show airs Saturday’s on BBC One.