ITV bosses are eyeing up Amanda Holden and Alan Carr for a similar holiday programme to their hit BBC travel show. They believe the Britain’s Got Talent judge and her comedian chum can recreate the huge success of Amanda & Alan’s Italian Job , where they help renovate properties around the Med. 3 ITV bosses are eyeing up Amanda Holden and Alan Carr for a similar holiday programme to their hit BBC travel show Credit: Lipsy 3 ITV believe they can recreate the huge success of Amanda & Alan’s Italian Job Credit: BBC Alan, 48, and Amanda, 53, have recently filmed a third series in Spain.
But they could be offered a lucrative deal on ITV — former home of Wish You Were Here . . ?, the long-running holiday show first hosted by Judith Chalmers in 1974.
A TV insider said: “You’re talking about a potential 21st-century version of Wish You Were Here...
?. “Which is ironic because Alan has joked that Amanda — who’s often pictured holidaying in a luxurious foreign resort — is a modern-day Judith Chalmers. “But in recent years many of her journeys abroad have been with Alan by her side, and their friendship has grown deeper while making the three series of the Mediterranean travel shows.
“The duo are even on holiday together now in Greece and the most recent video of them messing around in the Med has been watched eight million times. “That just goes to show their pairing is a winning combination — she brings the glamour, he brings the giggles.” ITV have sig.