ITV 'axes TWO entertainment shows' in Christmas telly shake-up

ITV has reportedly axed two entertainment shows in a festive telly shake-up as more Christmas specials are pulled from screens this year.

Celebrity song contest Britain Get Singing and Saturday Night Takeaway's gameshow spin-off Ring My Bell have both been shelved by bosses, according to TV Zone.

The publication reported that Ring My Bell recorded a pilot episode earlier this year, which was hosted by Chris and Rosie Ramsey - however, it will never make it to screens.

Like the original segment in Saturday Night Takeaway, the premise of the show is that producers can 'hack' into audience members' Ring doorbell cameras up and down the country for a series of games involving  people on their street.

One game, called What Happened Next, saw the audience guess what happened next in a clip taken from someone's Ring doorbell camera.

Other challenges saw fans rushing to be the first person to appear at someone's door, or trying to be the first to bring them a specific item for the chance to play another game in the studio.

Despite its popularity on Ant and Dec's fan-favourite ITV show, the spin-off was seemingly never meant to be.

Meanwhile, the star-studded talent show Britain Get Singing has been a Christmas Eve staple since 2022.

The annual programme sees groups made up of stars from television's biggest shows take to the stage in a bid to deliver a show-stopping performance.

Last year the show, hosted by Roman Kemp, saw stars from Good Morning Britain, Love Island, Coronation Street, The Masked Singer and EastEnders compete against each other.

Team EastEnders - formed of Emma Barton, Heather Peace, Clair Norris, Matthew Morrison, Angela Wynter and Sid Owen - performed Ain't No Mountain High Enough for their act, which went down a treat with the audience.

However, Coronation Street (Claire Sweeney, Vinta Morgan, Cherylee Houston, Mollie Gallagher and Lisa George) were crowned the overall winners.

According to TV Zone, this year the singing extravaganza will be missing from the schedule, but the door has been 'left open for the format to return in the future'.

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Britain Get Talking is supported by Mind and YoungMinds, and by SAMH in Scotland, to encourage people to look after their mental health by connecting with others.

An estimated 150 million conversations have taken place as a result of Britain Get Talking campaigns and initiatives.

Spearheading them has been host Roman along with Susanna Reid, Maya Jama, and Davina McCall.

Britain Get Singing and Ring My Bell are the latest in a string of shows to be axed.

Earlier this month it was reported that a huge ITV quiz, which offered the winners a life-changing cash prize, has reportedly been axed after seven successful series on UK screens.

Tenable, which was hosted by Harry Potter actor Warwick Davis, before he was replaced by Sally Lindsay, has no plans to return to screens, according to The Mirror.

It is thought that the organisation has a backlog of episodes still to air, but no more will be filmed.

The game show gave contestants the opportunity to win up to £125,000.

It saw a team of five strangers working together to fill in different category lists of 10 items.

There also have not been any recent appeals for new contestants issued by the production company.

When visiting the show's contestant application site, there is no portal available to apply to appear on the show.

When clicking the provided link to their 'Twitter' page, it shows that the game show profile has been suspended.

The message on X read: 'Account suspended. X suspends accounts which violate the X Rules.'

An ITV Spokesperson said: 'Tenable has been a much loved ITV game show since it launched in 2006. Whilst there are no brand new episodes currently planned, fans of the show can still watch over on ITVX.'