ITV orders eight more episode as quiz show proves a hit

ITV has commissioned a second series of Lee Mack’s game show The 1% Club.

The comic will host another eight hour-long episodes after the current first series has proved a hit with views.

Episode one attracted an audience of 3.4 million – a quarter of the total TV audience in its Saturday night slot – which grew to 4million after the first week’s streaming views were counted.

The second episodes did even better, drawing a consolidated audience of 4.5million.

Mack said: ‘Delighted to be back. Once again, I have been trusted to correctly give away up to one hundred thousand pounds with no mistakes. Good luck, ITV.’

In the show, 100 contestants are asked a series of increasingly difficult logic and common-sense problems. They are whittled down until survivors a question only 1 per cent of the country would get right.

ITV commissioning editor Satmohan Panesar, praised the ‘unique combination of Lee Mack's quick wit as the ringmaster and devilishly engaging format’.

He added: ‘It’s been great to see the show entertain and confound millions of viewers in equal measure across ITV and ITV Hub.  We’re really looking forward to bringing it back for another series and finding more members of the 1% Club.’

The show is made by Magnum Media and has also been sold into France,  the Netherlands and Israel, where public broadcaster KAN11 has commissioned a series of 15 episodes.

Published: 27 Apr 2022