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Contestants could win a life changing amount of money or go home empty handed, the outcome is decided simply by the bounce of a ball. 

In order to win big, contestants will need to answer a series of questions correctly, but as the money increases, so does the pressure. 

If the pressure gets too much, players can leave early with the prize fund, but they must take one final shot, which will force them to continue playing or allow them to leave with the money. 

After an unparalleled and challenging year, the BBC leads the way with 23 nominations across the 19 categories including ‘News Channel of the Year’, and ‘Breaking News’ for the coverage of Boris Johnson being rushed to hospital with Covid-19. ITV and Sky News follow garnering 10 nominations each, both including ‘Scoop of the Year’ and ‘Television Journalist of the Year’, for which the nominees are Alex Crawford for Sky News, Clive Myrie for BBC News, and Robert Moore for ITV News.

It was James Graham who reopened the casefiles of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? scandal, adapting his play for a hit three-part drama, Quiz, that recalled the origins of the ground-breaking quiz show and the scandal involving former major Charles Ingram. Ingram was accused of cheating by listening for coughs on the right answers from his wife, Diana, and fellow contestant Tecwen Whittock.

Lightning

Monday

BBC Two, 6.30pm

A new “electrifyingly fast” quiz show presented by comedian Zoe Lyons sees six contestants compete across six speedy rounds.

There has long been a technology skills gap in TV due to the competitive recruitment of graduates in related fields, and despite the best efforts of employers, that gap remains.

As Freeview’s Head of Technology Partnerships, Alex Russell, acknowledged, “It’s certainly true that companies like Google and other tech giants can pay higher graduate salaries. As a smaller company though we offer a different sort of environment with the same benefits around flexible working, an exciting range of projects, a great pension. It’s just about getting ourselves noticed.”

Dynamic duo Ant and Dec will return with the promise of giving viewers the “happiest ninety minutes of the week”.

The trailer shows the pair whiz through a series of fun outfit changes, plus the return of host Stephen Mulhern. 

The new series will be filmed in the studio without a live audience in order to adhere to social distancing guidelines. 

Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway will air on ITV this February. 

Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby will once again host the proceedings, with John Barrowman joining the judging panel of Christopher Dean, Jayne Torvill and Ashley Banjo.

Here are the confirmed contestants.

Meerkat: A Dynasties Special

BBC One, 7.30pm

The award-winning documentary series, Dynasties, returns for another animal family drama narrated by nature’s spokesman, Sir David Attenborough.

Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse

Sky One, 8.15pm

A cosy Christmas film inspired by the true story of a six-year-old Roald Dahl (Harry Tayler) meeting his favourite author, Beatrix Potter (Dawn French).

On the eve of the publication of Ofcom’s much-­anticipated review of public service broadcasting (PSB), big names from the BBC and Channel 4, past and present, discussed whether British broadcasting was in crisis. 

Ofcom warned that PSB is unlikely to survive in the online world without an overhaul of broadcasting regulation. It said that the public service broadcas­ters – the BBC, ITV, STV, Channel 4, S4C and Channel 5 – could also fulfil their obligations online, and that the public service remit could be extended to the big streamers.