Highlights from ITV this fortnight
The live semi-finals are about to begin on Britain’s Got Talent, head back to the Northampton in 1980’s where Changing Ends sees Alan Carr’s life growing up as the son a football manager. Do contestants have what it takes to win in Sitting On A Fortune with Gary Lineker and Lee Mack hosts game show The 1% Club.
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Britain's Got Talent
Saturday and Sunday evenings
Ant and Dec host as the nation’s most-loved variety talent show continues with Bruno Tonioli, Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon as the star judges. Saturday’s show sets us up for one of the most exciting parts of Britain’s Got Talent - the live semi finals. The acts that wowed the judges beforehand and the Golden Buzzer acts return, but which two acts from each show will go through to the final?
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Changing Ends
Full series from Thursday 1st June
Changing Ends is co-written by Alan Carr and Simon Carlyll, based on Alan’s life in Northampton in the 1980’s growing up as the son of a football manager. Alan will star in the series as himself in present day, whilst taking on the role of young Alan is rising star Oliver Savell (Belfast). Shaun Dooley and Nancy Sullivan will play Alan’s parents Graham and Christine along with Taylor Fay as his younger brother Gary.
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Sitting On A Fortune
Sundays at 7pm
Pulse-quickening quiz hosted by Gary Lineker. Six players compete to be in the right place at the right time to take away a life-changing amount of money. Contestants can win tens of thousands of pounds just by answering a single question. All they have to do is stay in the money chair until the end of the show to try and scoop the jackpot. This time, Jacqui, Garren, Anika, Susanne, Rob and Julian compete.
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The 1% Club
Saturdays at 9.05pm
Comedy legend Lee Mack hosts the quiz show where 100 contestants start with one burning ambition - to make it to the end and try to win up to 100,000 pounds. This is the show where the questions have nothing to do with remembering facts and are all about logic and common sense - it’s the ultimate leveller of a quiz show, and it’s also one that gives the whole family a chance to test themselves against the country.
