TV presenting duo Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly had snippets of their banter binned off by producers of their new ITV show Limitless Win after the chats were deemed ''unbroadcastable''.
The formidable presenting partnerships made a series of cutting jokes to each other - leaving show producers to axe the clips which were deemed unsuitable for the game show's family friendly format.
Dec explained: "There is a little bit of us turning away and talking and we were doing it in all the rehearsals - turning around. In the end they put a camera over that side so they could take a shot of us and listen in to what we were saying."
"There was a little bit of eavesdropping and we were going, 'I don't think that's right.'"
Producers were possibly hoping to capture some comedy gold between the witty duo who have forged one of TV's formidable presenting partnerships spanning more than two decades.
But the pair close-bond often leaves them sharing jokes which aren't meant to be audible for their public viewers.
As Ant admitted:" Not all of it was broadcastable!"
He continued:"Normally we text each other relentlessly if we are watching TV shows at home.
"The thing is you have got to stop everything that is internal. The brain that normally shouts out at the telly - you have got to mute that."
Ant and Dec's new series kicks off on Saturday and the pair have admitted they were initially concerned about costing ITV a huge amount of money after more than 40 test run contestants won at least £1million each.
The ground breaking new gameshow features an endless money ladder with the world’s first ever limitless jackpot.
Every question is an opportunity to climb the endless money ladder and reach the big money, but only a correct answer banks the cash. Push their luck too far and they’ll crash out of the game and lose it all.
"We had sleepless nights beforehand and we thought, “Are we gonna bankrupt ITV?” because there is no limit on what you can win," Ant said to The Sun.
The TV double act are also costing the channel as some of the top earners but have proved their worth with big ratings fronting shows including Britain’s Got Talent, I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! and their own show Saturday Night Takeaway.
Dec added: “It’s been a number of years since we launched a brand new TV format, it’s not something we do very often. But we’ve hit on something that is groundbreaking and innovative, and that’s why we are so excited to host this series and bring it to the nation.”
*Limitless airs on January 8th at 8.30pm on ITV.
