Romesh Ranganathan brings his festive cheer to a star-studded Christmas Special of The Weakest Link. Eight celebrities will initially have to work together to try to win up to £50,000 for their individual chosen charity, in one of the world’s most iconic quizzes.

Each round, one player will be voted The Weakest Link by their fellow contestants and will leave with nothing.=

One player will be crowned The Strongest Link and will take the prize ho-ho-home! The festive line up is Alex Jones, Cliff Parisi, Coleen Nolan, Dane Baptiste, Mel Schilling, Danny Beard, Paul Zerdin and Meryl Williams.

The Weakest Link is a BBC Studios production for BBC One and BBC iPlayer. It was commissioned by Kalpna Patel-Knight, Head of Entertainment Commissioning at the BBC. The Executive Producers for BBC Studios are Pete Ogden and Gareth Edwards, and the Commissioning Editor for the BBC is Neil McCallum.

BBC One transmission date ot be confirmed.

Picture: BBC Studios