Danny Dyer to present The Wall for BBC One

BBC One has announced that it will air a UK version of The Wall with EastEnders’ Danny Dyer as the host.

The channel has commissioned six forty-five minute editions of the game show described as ‘the ultimate combination of strategy, knowledge and luck’. The questions will be voiced by TV legend, Angela Rippon.

“I’d never had a desire to host a gameshow before I saw this game. I couldn’t turn down the opportunity to help win the public some serious life-changing readies. I love it.” – Danny Dyer

Central to the game is an expansive pegboard – The Wall – similar to the Plinko board on The Price Is Right.

Throughout the game pairs need the right answers, the right bounces and cast-iron trust in one another as they attempt to win a life-changing cash prize.

The Wall, an original format created by SpringHill Entertainment and Andrew Glassman’s Glassman Media in collaboration with Universal Television Alternative Studio, was first shown in America on NBC in 2016 and is now in 24 territories around the globe.

“The Wall is an exciting, challenging and tense quiz where destinies dramatically change with the drop of a single ball. Danny is an unforgettable and very unique host as he commands The Wall, roots for the contestants and hits our hearts and our funny bones.” – Kate Phillips, Controller of Entertainment Commissioning at the BBC

The Wall is produced by Endemol subsidiary Remarkable Television. Would-be contestants can apply at bbc.co.uk/thewall