ITV confirm Wheel of Fortune return with Graham Norton

ITV game show Wheel of Fortune will return to ITV1 and STV in 2024, as contestants once again spin to win.

Based on the successful global brand, the show will be hosted by BAFTA award winner Graham Norton and produced by Whisper North. The original production, which aired on ITV with fourteen series, from 1988 to 2001, was produced in Glasgow by STV. Nearly 800 episodes were produced.

Graham Norton:

“I’m beyond excited to be bringing such an iconic American show to a new British audience. My first ever TV job was a game show on ITV so this feels like coming full circle. You might even call it a wheel!”

Nicky Campbell and Carol Smillie on the original show / STV

Returning for eight-hour-long episodes, which include two celebrity specials, the show will once again be centred around a giant carnival wheel as the contestants spin to win for a life-changing cash prize.

In this thrilling game of skill and luck, the turn of the wheel secures a cash value before they pick a letter to help them solve the puzzle. For every correct letter they reveal in the puzzle they win multiples of that amount. The pressure is on as they could lose everything at a spin of a wheel which contains ‘bankrupts’ and ‘lose a turn’ and the contestants’ entire winnings could be wiped out.

In addition to cash, they can also win some impressive prizes which are added to their cash pot to help them reach the bonus round. Everything is up for grabs but only one lucky contestant will get the chance to add big money to their cash pot and see if they can take it home.

John Leslie and Jenny Powell on the set of Wheel of Fortune / STV

Norton is the latest UK host with the show originally hosted by Nicky Campbell followed by Bradley Walsh then John Leslie and finally Paul Hendy. Co-hosts across the series started with Carol Smillie then Jenny Powell and finally, Terri Seymour. Classic STV episodes can regularly be seen on Challenge TV.

Katie Rawcliffe, Head of Entertainment Commissioning, ITV:

“We are thrilled to have the much loved Graham Norton bringing this iconic game show to our viewers. Anything can happen on the spin of a wheel, it is going to be so much fun.”

Wheel of Fortune is a Whisper North production for ITV1 and ITVX.

Bradley Walsh and Jenny Powell were the faces of the era of Wheel of Fortune between Nicky and John / STV