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Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? to return to ITV this year with major rule change

ITV has revealed its new edition of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? will be returning this autumn, hosted by Jeremy Clarkson.

But it will not be the same as before - the coronavirus pandemic has meant that show bosses had to think of a major rule change.

This is because they are not allowed to have a live studio audience, as this would break social distancing measures.

So with no audience, players in the hot seat will no longer be able to "ask the audience" as a lifeline when they meet a real head-scratcher.

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? will return later this year with Jeremy Clarkson (Stellify Media)

Instead, contestants will be able to phone two different friends instead, so they still have the same number of lifelines, and are not given a disadvantage.

The new series is already being filmed, ITV revealed, but they have yet to give a start date.

The channel also announced that its show I'm a Celebrity will also be gong ahead later this year, after fears it would be pulled due to the pandemic.

It's not yet clear if the series will be filmed in Australia like usual, but boss Kevin Lygo said they are "moving heaven and earth" to try and film the next series in Australia.

It will be the 20th series of the hit show, and they will also be releasing a one-off show called I'm A Celebrity: A Jungle Story, celebrating the show's best moments over the years.

It's expected hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly will return as the faces of the hit show when plans are finally set in stone, and fans can take a look at the rumoured line up here.

And ITV also confirmed that its soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale will resume airing the normal pattern of six episodes each week from mid-September.

Both shows were put on a reduced schedule of three shows a week during the coronavirus pandemic, as they were forced to stop filming and were at risk of running out of footage.

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