Holly Willoughby said she's 'so excited' as she announced her return to host the reboot of the iconic 90s TV show, You Bet! The former This Morning presenter will be presenting two special episodes of You Bet! later this year as she reunited with fellow presenter Stephen Mulhern . The duo have worked together many times before as they fronted children's TV programme Ministry Of Mayhem in the early 00s. Stephen and Holly reunited earlier this year to host Dancing On Ice , with Stephen taking over Phillip Schofield's role when he was axed from ITV .
Meanwhile, You Bet! was originally hosted by Bruce Forsyth and hasn't been on our television screens in almost three decades. Matthew Kelly was the one to host the show the longest but Darren Day was the person to replace him in the show's final two years. You Bet! will still feature "epic challenges, mind-blowing feats, big-name celebrities and nail-biting suspense," but will have an 'updated format'.
Speaking of her exciting new role, Holly explained: "I’m so excited to be part of this iconic game show with the fabulous Stephen Mulhern. I’m looking forward to seeing the astonishing skills on show from the challengers and which of our celebrity panellists can come out on top." Stephen added: "I loved You Bet! as a kid, so I’m very excited to be hosting this with the wonderful Holly Willoughby .
From the big and spectacular to the unique and unexpected, I can’t wait to see what extraordinary skills the challengers have up th.