Michael McIntyre's Saturday night game show The Wheel has been recommisioned.

The Wheel has sent BBC One viewers into a spin as each week, exciting celebrity guests attempt to help contestants win big. Full of edge-of-your seat jeopardy, laughs, stars and a colossal spinning Wheel, the feel-good entertainment programme has put a unique spin on Saturday nights, with episode one consolidating at 6.3 million viewers (28 day figure).

On returning for a second series, Michael McIntyre says: “I am thrilled by the success of The Wheel. The series was so much fun to host and I love how the gameplay in every show was so different but always entertaining and suspenseful. And having socially distanced strangers sing 'The Wheel' to me on my daily walk has been the unexpected pleasure of lockdown!”

McIntyre came up with the format himself: "I was thinking for a while about the evolution of entertainment television. There’s been so many talent shows. I just thought there hasn’t been any brand new formats for game shows and quiz shows. ‘They’re so well loved and they always do so well when people revive old formats. I thought [of the idea for The Wheel] in the bath literally within moments."

Dan Baldwin, Managing Director, Hungry McBear Media adds: “We are delighted to get a second series of The Wheel commissioned. It is a brilliant hybrid of an entertainment show and quiz, one minute you’re belly laughing, then you’re singing the theme tune, and then your whole family is screaming 'Donegal! the answer is Donegal!' Is there a better way to spend a Saturday night?”

Kate Phillips, Acting Controller, BBC One, says: “The Wheel has quickly made its mark on Saturday nights with the absolutely brilliant Michael McIntyre at the helm. It’s been fantastic to see the show become a Saturday night favourite on BBC One and we can’t wait for another series full of laughs, spins and big wins.” 

Do you have what it takes to be a contestant on The Wheel? For information on how to apply for the next series of Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel, please visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/thewheel

The first series is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.

Due to return in 2021, Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel has been commissioned by Kate Phillips, Acting Controller BBC One, and Jo Wallace, Acting Controller Entertainment Commissioning. The Executive Producers for Hungry McBear Media are Dan Baldwin and Tom Blakeson. The Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Kalpna Patel-Knight.

Michael McIntyre Picture: BBC/Hungry Bear/Gary Moyes