Password heads to the UK on ITV1 and ITVXAlan Carr and Daisy May Cooper star as celebrity team captainsStephen Mangan hosts the worldwide hit game showOFFICIAL PRESS RELEASENEWS PROVIDED BY ITV Press Centre Hit US guessing game, Password is to make its debut in the UK with a brand-new series for ITV and ITVX. Produced by Talkback (a Fremantle label), Password stars one of the UK’s biggest comics Alan Carr and award-winning actor and writer Daisy May Cooper as resident Team Captains, with the multi-talented Stephen Mangan running the show as host. Password is a hilarious word association game where Alan and Daisy each pair up with contestants and give one-word clues to help their teammate guess a mystery “password”. The teams must try and get on each other’s wavelengths, as they take it in turns to guess the all-important password across multiple rounds. They’ll be hilarious clues, guesses and lots more laughs as Daisy and Alan try & help our plucky contestants win a cash prize in our Jackpot final. Stephen Mangan, says: Alan Carr says: Daisy May Cooper adds: Jonno Richards, Managing Director, Talkback, a Fremantle label says: Katie Rawcliffe, Head of Entertainment Commissioning at ITV, says: Password was created by Bob Stewart for Goodson-Todman Productions, which is now owned by American Idol producer, Fremantle. The series originally launched on CBS in 1961 and ran for over 1,500 episodes before moving to ABC in 1971. NBC revived the show in 1979 and 1984, and CBS also made a primetime series Million Dollar Password in 2008. It was successfully revived in the US, starring Jimmy Fallon and hosted by Keke Palmer in 2022 with the refreshed series launching as the most-watched new unscripted series premier of the summer across US broadcast networks ahead of five other titles. The latest adaptions of the format will be next launching in Spain and Mexico.
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June 26, 2023 3:00am ET by ITV Press Centre |