Pairs of family members across generations will battle it out in a series of fun performance and task based games with the ultimate goal of facing the legendary conveyor belt, and taking home an array of fabulous prizes.

The family pairs will start the show in the studio audience and only find out which game they’re playing when Mel and Sue get them from their seats. 

Mel and Sue are joined by a panel of star judges, there to score our family pairs after each game and ultimately decide which pair faces the conveyor belt and special celebrity guests will be getting involved in the action along the way.

Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins say: “It’s a cuddly toy, it’s a toaster, it’s a circular power saw, no it’s MEL AND SUE DOING THE GENERATION GAME! We can’t believe it, we are so excited!”

Charlotte Moore, Director of Content, says: “The Generation Game is an iconic BBC One show, so to be able to bring it back for today’s audience with Mel and Sue overseeing things is a wonderful moment for the channel.”

The Generation Game began on BBC One in 1971 and its longest-serving host was Sir Bruce Forsyth.

Applications to be on the show can be made via the following link: bbc.co.uk/takepart