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THE BBC HAS AXED A SHOW WITH A CELEBRITY PRESENTER IN YET ANOTHER SCHEDULE SHAKE-UP, IT HAS EMERGED THIS WEEK. 09:42, 13 Dec 2023 The BBC has axed a daytime quiz show with celebrity host

"to make room for new content". The BBC has axed a show with a celebrity presenter in yet another schedule shake-up, it has emerged this week. In the latest move it has axed

Unbeatable after two series on air. Unbeatable saw players pit their answers against each other that tested their knowledge and convictions and was hosted by Jason Manford, the ITV

Starstruck host. A BBC spokesperson said: "Unbeatable had two great series but we need to make room for new opportunities. We'd like to thank Jason and the team for all their hard

work." READ MORE MET OFFICE ANNOUNCES AREAS IN UK WHICH COULD SEE SNOW BEFORE CHRISTMAS Speaking back in 2021 when the series was comissioned, Jason said: "What’s great about

Unbeatable is that you can’t ever really look stupid on this show, because the answers are already on the screen - you just have to pick the best answer. You can kind of blag it a little

bit, but if a subject you know lots about comes up it feels like a real win. Article continues below "There will be a lot of ‘shoutability’ at home, where you’ll be shouting at the

screen "Pick that one!", and that’s always the best thing about TV quizzes." On what attracted him to the role, he went on: "Well having done a lot of game shows and big

Saturday night shows you only get to do about 6-8 per series, and that’s it. "What’s nice about this is being able to do 50 of them, and really get your teeth into it, Monday to Friday,

and really be a part of people’s lives for a few weeks at a time. And people love their daytime shows. My nan literally lives for shows like Pointless – it will be great to be able to join

the big boys." "It lends itself to a celebrity version at some point definitely! But what I think it really lends itself to is a celebrity couples version. Especially couples who

disagree with each other generally. Ozzie and Sharon Osbourne would be my ideal guests - you can just see how that would play out with them disagreeing with each other!" he went on.