ITV announces second series of celebrity game show Tipping Point

By Patrick McLennan
( What's on TV )
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The new series of ITV's charity game show Tipping Point: Lucky Stars will feature Jonathan Ross, Lorraine Kelly and Carol Vorderman among the celebrities.

Jonathan, Lorraine and Carol are among the stars who will take on the machine and attempt to win up to £20,000 for their chosen charities.

Ben Shephard returns to host the second series, which is expected to screen on Saturday evenings.

ITV's entertainment commissioning editor Kate Maddigan said: "I can't wait to see how the next batch of celebrities get on against the machine.

"Tipping Point is such a favourite every afternoon, and Lucky Stars makes a welcome return to the evenings."

 

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.