Olympian Tom Daley is being teed up to host a fierce Traitors-style TV contest with competitors battling it out — at knitting. The retired gold-winning diver — who has become Britain’s most famous knitter — is set to front the new show Game of Wool for Channel 4 next year. 8 Tom Daley is being teed up to host a fierce Traitors-style TV contest with competitors battling it out — at knitting Credit: Getty Like The Traitors, it will see a group of contestants taken to a house in Scotland for eight weeks, where they will face a string of challenges with the chance of winning a big prize.
A TV insider said: “Staging such a ferocious-sounding contest for what seems like a genteel pastime may sound wild, but the world of elite knitting can be as competitive as cage fighting. "Channel 4 realises that there is an irony to it all, particularly as the show’s title seems to reference the backstabbing fantasy thriller Game of Thrones. “But giving it such a grand staging — and lining up a big name like Tom — is also a reflection of how much producers respect the craft and how seriously they take it.
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