Overview

• Production company Twofour is partnering with Seefood TV and ITV to bring The Box to UK audiences.
• The series adapts a Norwegian TV2 hit that launched in January and features 10 celebrity contestants emerging from distinctive yellow boxes.
• Each episode transports participants to secret locations for surprise games before a weekly Duel eliminates one player.
• Katie Rawcliffe, ITV’s director of entertainment commissioning, called Lineker the perfect fit for the show’s exhilarating and immersive challenges.
• This marks Lineker’s first on-screen role since his early May BBC departure following an apology for sharing a controversial social media post.