Eamonn Holmes in control of Remotely Funny on BBC ONE
Eamonn
Holmes takes control of a new Saturday night show on BBC ONE which
reveals that some people will do almost anything if asked to do
so by a famous face.
In
Remotely Funny, which starts on Saturday 8 June, viewers
will see some of Britain's most recognisable celebrities asking
questions and dealing with situations they've never been seen in
before as they allow themselves to be "possessed" by contestants.
The
famous faces who have gamely signed away control of themselves include
Adam Woodyatt, Claire Sweeney, Linda Robson, Philippa Forrester,
Dani Behr, Quentin Willson, "Handy" Andy Kane and Keith
Chegwin.
The
game involves two contestants each controlling a celebrity in a
public place; the celebrity has to follow instructions from the
contestant in order to get a member of the public to complete a
challenge. The unsuspecting member of the public has no idea that
the celebrity is receiving instructions from someone else via an
earpiece and that the contestant is controlling everything the celebrity
says or does. When the celebrity successfully completes a challenge
they win their contestant the money allocated to the task.
Viewers
will be amazed (as are the unsuspecting members of the public involved)
to hear, amongst other things, Adam Woodyatt asking someone to create
a diversion so he can escape from his producer; Claire Sweeney trying
to persuade a woman to let her use her house for a photoshoot with
her (fictitious) pet crocodile; and Keith Chegwin trying to get
a woman to give him her bra.
After
the challenges are completed the contestants and participating celebrities
join Eamonn in the studio as he takes them through the footage to
see how well they've performed and how much money they've managed
to win. Only the contestant who wins the most money gets to keep
that amount but both celebrities get to donate the money they've
earned to a charity of their choice.
Remotely
Funny is produced by Alex Walsh-Taylor. The series producer is Simon
Welton and the executive producer is Conrad Green. It is a BBC production
for BBC ONE.
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