Amanda Holden to host new Saturday night BBC quiz show Inner Circle coming to Glasgow

Amanda Holden is to front a brand new quiz show from Glasgow production company, Tern.

The Inner Circle will be part general knowledge and part working out which of their fellow players they trust.

The BBC’s commissioned 25 shows to air during daytime and early peak, with a further 6 celebrity specials to go out on Saturday nights.

“This is a classic David and Goliath success story for Tern, the Nations and the BBC,” said Harry Bell, Managing Director at Tern – which is owned by the £33m turnover Zinc Media Group plc.

“The development process has been the hardest imaginable but the BBC and BBC Studios have been truly magical partners. Sometimes dreams come true!”

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David Marshall, Head of Entertainment at Tern added:

“Saturday night and quiz is a new frontier for us at Tern, and we’re delighted that the BBC has entrusted us with this exciting opportunity. Our team here in Scotland is geared up to deliver a show that will captivate audiences with its unique blend of strategy, drama, and fun.”

The commission has come about through BBC’s Entertainment and Daytime commissioning teams joining forces to identify and develop fresh and modern quiz and gameshow formats for BBC One to run on Saturday early evenings and Daytime/Early Peak.

“We’re delighted to be joining forces to bring viewers a gripping new quiz that, for the first time, they’ll be able to play along with not only during the week, but on a Saturday tea time too,” said Rob Unsworth Head of BBC Daytime and Early Peak and Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment at the BBC.

The Inner Circle will be filmed at BBC Studiowork’s Kelvin Hall facility in Glasgow with post production taking place at Tern’s newly established Bumblebee Glasgow facility.

The Daytime and Early Peak team has also ordered a second series of the Jason Manford-fronted The Answer Run.

That will also film in Glasgow and is being produced by BBC Studios Entertainment Productions.

The 25 x 45 minute general knowledge quiz format will start shooing in March.

“We’re delighted to welcome Jason back to The Answer Run after its debut series was such a hit with viewers. It’s a brilliantly play-along format – you can’t resist shouting your answers at the telly as it builds to a real edge-of-the-seat finish,” added Unsworth.

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