UKTV formats had comedians taking on challenges
Broadcaster Dave has axed two gameshows that set challenges to comedians: Silence Is Golden and Battle In The Box.
In Silence Is Golden, an audience had to remain stony-faced as comics tried to make them laugh. The show, which was devised by Richard Bacon, aired for one series in May.
It was hosted by Dermot O’Leary and featured Katherine Ryan, Seann Walsh and Fatiha El-Ghorri as regulars.
A number of other stand-ups also appeared on the show, in which the audience shared a £250,000 prize pot, which decreased every time they made a sound.
And in Battle Of The Box – hosted by Jimmy Carr – two teams of comics spent 24 hours in a box with a moveable dividing wall, taking on challenges to win more floor space
Ryan, Walsh and El-Ghorri were again among the comics who took part in the show, which was adapted from a Korean format.
UKTV execs confirmed the fate of the shows at the Edinburgh TV Festival yesterday.
The industry audience was told: ‘[They are] both fantastic shows and maybe in another universe we might be keeping both of those shows at the moment landing shows at that budget and scale that's not where our heads are at.
‘We are really looking to try and do something different so we can bring it back in volume. "They are great producers and we have absolutely work loved working with both of them.’
News of the cancellations was first reported in The Sun.
Published: 21 Aug 2025
Katherine Ryan gets into erotica
Katherine Ryan is to host the next series of a podcast…
30/07/2025
Katherine Ryan joins The Bad Guys 2
Katherine Ryan has voiced a cameo role in the new action-comedy…
25/06/2025
Katherine Ryan joins The Real Housewives of London
Katherine Ryan is joining The Real Housewives…
19/06/2025
Second series for Rosie Jones’s Out Of Order
Comedy Central is making a second series of Rosie Jones’s…
24/05/2025
Comedians go get arty for CBBC
Comedians including Harry Hill, Romesh Ranganathan…
23/05/2025
Katherine Ryan tells of the sex pest in the green room
Katherine Ryan has again called out sexual misconduct…
24/04/2025
Ofcom criticises Katherine Ryan for plugging products on live TV
Katherine Ryan went too far in gushing about a brand…
14/04/2025
Katherine Ryan and Jason Manford join Sky's Tinsel Town movie
Comedians Jason Manford, Asim Chaudhry, Mawaan Rizwan…
14/02/2025
Second fly-on-the-wall series for Katherine Ryan
Katherine Ryan is to make a second fly-on-the-wall…
12/07/2024
The comedians who will be trying NOT to make an audience laugh
Audiences will be trying hard not to laugh at comedians…
4/07/2024
Katherine Ryan to judge Canada’s Got Talent
Katherine Ryan is to become a judge on the next series…
15/06/2024
'I don’t even want to think about how much income I lost doing this'
Joe & Katherine’s Bargain Holidays kicks…
16/04/2024
Book (2021)
The Audacity. by Katherine Ryan
We do not currently hold contact details for Katherine Ryan's agent. If you are a comic or agent wanting your details to appear here, for a one-off fee of £59, email steve@chortle.co.uk.
We see you are using AdBlocker software. Chortle relies on advertisers to fund this website so it’s free for you, so we would ask that you disable it for this site. Our ads are non-intrusive and relevant. Help keep Chortle viable.
