Justin Lee Collins inks deal with Five

Justin Lee Collins inks deal with Five
Justin Lee Collins inks deal with Five (Image credit: PA Wire/Press Association Images)

Justin Lee Collins has signed up to an exclusive two-year contract with Five. The presenter, known for his big hair, beard and distinctive West Country accent, will host a new prime time game show called Heads Or Tails, in which contestants will have the chance to win £1 million on the toss of a coin. In March, Justin said he planned to retire from showbiz in two or three years' time, but has said he was delighted to be joining Five. "I am thrilled to bits to be working exclusively with Five and to be making shows that I'm really passionate about," he said. JLC, 35, hosted his own chat show on digital channel ITV2 earlier this year, The Justin Lee Collins Show, and has presented a number of Bring Back... programmes, in which he attempted to reunite people associated with cult TV shows and bands of the past. Five said that in addition to the new gameshow, Justin would also front a "raft of new entertainment and factual shows" over the coming months.

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.