Katherine Ryan is to host a new TV panel show based on Top Trumps.
Joel Dommett and Jon Richardson will be captains in the show, currently known by the working title Top Trumps: The Comedy Pack. It is due on TLC in early 2027 and will run to eight episodes.
Ryan said: ‘Everyone knows Top Trumps, but no one has ever played it quite like this. We’re taking this iconic game and supersizing it into something bigger, louder and much funnier. And with Jon and Joel captaining rival teams, chaos is pretty much guaranteed.’
Dommett said: ‘Top Trumps and me have a lot in common – it’s fun, simple and older than you think. I used to get very excited playing Top Trumps back in the day, and now I get to play it on the telly with two famously un-excitable comedians… It’s really gonna be a blast.’
Richardson said: ‘For too long the world has been led to believe that there are no good Trumps, so I’m delighted to be on a show that celebrates the very best of them. I’m a sucker for a game with clear rules and a winner at the end so Top Trumps has always made sense to me. Let’s see whether careful planning can beat sheer enthusiasm once and for all.’
The show is the latest in TLC’s move into comedy – including the revival of Mock The Week, today renewed for three more series, and the panel show Unacceptable, hosted by Ed Gamble.
Graham Lafferty, from parent company Warner Bros Discovery, said: ‘It’s hugely exciting to bring another brand-new original format to the schedule in Top Trumps: The Comedy Pack. We are thrilled to have the brilliantly funny Katherine Ryan at the helm, no stranger to TLC after appearances on Mock the Week and Unacceptable, along with an exceptional comedy pairing in Joel Dommett and Jon Richardson.’
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