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ITV Commissions Millionaire Hot Seat Spin-Off and Expands Who Wants to Be a Millionaire with Clarkson

Filming is set to begin this November ahead of a 2026 UK premiere of the high-speed quiz format

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Overview

  • Jeremy Clarkson will host the new UK spin-off after fronting the revived flagship since 2018.
  • The high-speed, queue-based variant has logged over 2,500 episodes in Australia and pressures contestants to race against the clock.
  • Millionaire Hot Seat will air across 18 half-hour episodes as a cheekier, faster-paced sibling to the hour-long original.
  • ITV has also ordered 19 new episodes of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, including seven celebrity editions.
  • The commission follows the franchise reaching 18 million ITV viewers so far this year, according to entertainment director Katie Rawcliffe.