Angela Rippon, Paddy McGuinness to co-host ITV's OAP game show, Amazing Greys

By Patrick McLennan
( What's on TV )
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Angela Rippon is set to front an ITV game show which will see young people compete against pensioners.

The broadcaster is taking a stand against TV ageism by recruiting the Rip Off Britain presenter to host Amazing Greys, a Generation Game-inspired show, according to The Sun.

She will be joined by co-host Paddy McGuinness in the programme which will feature old people with incredible physical or mental talents.

Contestants who take on the pensioners, who have perfected their skills over a lifetime, will take home £10,000 if they win, but walk away empty handed if they lose.

Angela, 69, said: "The show will celebrate some of our most talented senior citizens and I will be there to cheer them on as they take on the younger contestants."

TV bosses have come under fire for ditching older female stars in favour of younger replacements, with deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman accusing broadcasters last year of 'pushing (women) out the door'.

Amazing Greys is due to screen on ITV on a weekend night from later in the spring.

 

Patrick McLennan
Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.