Our second bit of Saturday night light entertainment news today — DanceX and GMTV presenter Ben Shephard is further cementing his role as the slightly more sober side of BBC1’s weekend roster, with the announcement that he is to step in to the shoes of fellow former T4 presenter Dermot O’Leary as presenter of the quiz show 1 vs 100.
Now that O’Leary is himself firmly esconced in the ITV1 schedules as presenter of The X Factor, the role was up for grabs. Shephard performed well on DanceX, even if the show itself didn’t, and I think he’ll do well here. Having seen him on GMTV, I think any move towards LE rather than current affairs is probably a step in the right direction…
Seriously, of all the Saturday night quiz shows that straddle the Lottery, 1 vs 100 is a personal favourite, ahead of In It to Win It by a whisker and light years in advance of anything hosted by Eamonn Holmes or Nick Knowles…
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