You Bet! release date, hosts, how it works and everything we know

You Bet! hosts Stephen Mulhern and Holly Willoughby
You Bet! hosts Stephen Mulhern and Holly Willoughby (Image credit: ITV)

You Bet!, the classic ITV gameshow that ran during the 1980s and 1990s, is making a surprise comeback hosted by Holly Willoughby and Stephen Mulhern.

The challenge show sees a panel of celebs making bets on whether contestants can complete silly stunts and challenges.

ITV teases: "Crammed full of epic challenges, mind-blowing feats, big-name celebrities and nail-biting suspense, You Bet! is back with a fresh new update."

It originally launched on ITV in 1988 with Sir Bruce Forsyth hosting, before Matthew Kelly took over. Darren Day also had a stint as the presenter. 

New host Holly Willoughy said: "I'm so excited to be part of this iconic game show with the fabulous Stephen Mulhern. I’m looking forward to seeing the astonishing skills on show from the challengers and which of our celebrity panellists can come out on top."

Stephen Mulhern added: "I loved You Bet! as a kid, so I'm very excited to be hosting this with the wonderful Holly Willoughby. From the big and spectacular to the unique and unexpected, I can't wait to see what extraordinary skills the challengers have up their sleeves."

Here’s everything we know about You Bet!...

You Bet! release date

You Bet! is on ITV1 on Saturday, December 7 at 8.15 pm. It's repeated on Sunday, December 8 at 6 pm. A second special is upcoming but we don't have a date for that yet. It will be available to stream via ITVX.

How does You Bet! work?

Members of the public aim to complete amazing challenges in a bid to win cash prizes. ITV explains "a panel of celebrities and the studio audience must predict if each challenger can complete the extraordinary challenge with which they are faced. Guess correctly and points are added to the celebrities' score, based on the percentage of studio audience who voted the same way.

"At the end of the show, the studio audience vote for their favourite challenger who takes home a whopping £10,000. At the same time, the celebrity with the highest score wins £10,000 for their chosen charity, while the celebrity with the lowest score takes on the entertaining final forfeit."

Which celebs are on the panels?

You Bet! celebrity panel

You Bet! celebrity panel (Image credit: ITV)

Rob Beckett, England goalkeeper Mary Earps, Alison Hammond, Olly Murs, Rosie Ramsey, Harry Redknapp and Judi Love are among the stars who make up the celebrity panels.

Is there a trailer? 

No not yet.

You Bet! behind the scenes

You Bet! is a Rollercoaster Television production (part of ITV Studios) for ITV1 and ITVX. The series was commissioned by Katie Rawcliffe, Head of Entertainment Commissioning ITV and Louise Major, Entertainment Commissioning Editor ITV. The Executive Producers for Rollercoaster Television are Ben Aston and Jonny Lus.

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