Overview

• At the Edinburgh TV Festival, The Sun reported UKTV executives said Silence Is Golden and Battle in the Box will not return.
• The Mirror later quoted a UKTV spokesperson saying no decisions have been made on either show’s future.
• Executives were quoted describing both formats as strong but misaligned with a push for commissions that can be produced in volume at lower budgets.
• Silence Is Golden aired six episodes in May, with Dermot O’Leary hosting a £250,000 silent-audience challenge featuring comedians including Katherine Ryan, Seann Walsh and Fatiha El-Ghorri.
• Battle in the Box, hosted by Jimmy Carr, had previously been described as being rested with no series planned for now, and some outlets reported it as not being renewed.