THE JOKES ON YOU: MATT LUCAS PILOTS HIDDEN CAMERA PRANK SHOW FOR ITV

Matt Lucas has revealed he's recorded a pilot for a new hidden camera prank show 'The Jokes On You', with British Comedy Guide reporting the show was for an ITV teatime audience.

Speaking to Patrick Mortimer and Martin Weavers on their podcast, Lucas said: "...I've just filmed a TV pilot, so fingers crossed. That's being edited at the moment, so let's see if the broadcaster likes it and wants to make a series."

Meanwhile, ITV have commissioned Celebrity Sabotage, a new six-episode primetime hidden camera prank show which sees famous faces "unleashing acts of sabotage" on members of the public.

Each episode will see a team of celebrities work together to sabotage a member of the public. If their sabotage is successful, the prank victim will win a cash prize. The 6x60' series will be produced by Lifted Entertainment, part of ITV Studios, and will film and air in 2025.

Katie Rawcliffe, Director of Entertainment and Daytime, said: "Celebrity Sabotage is a unique combination of hidden camera, reality, and gameshow, delivering big laughs with a fantastic celebrity cast. We are delighted to bring this exciting new format to the ITV audience."

Richard Cowles, Managing Director of Lifted Entertainment said: "Whether it be hidden camera, reality, or game shows, at Lifted Entertainment we specialise in creating formats that have broad appeal. Celebrity Sabotage incorporates all of those disciplines in a prime time show that sees celebrities duping members of the public...

"There are loads of laughs and the celebrities’ sabotage is all for a good cause - to win them loads of cash. We’re delighted that Katie and the ITV Entertainment team have green lit the show and we can’t wait to get going"

Richard Cowles, Managing Director at Lifted Entertainment, added that Celebrity Sabotage: "incorporates all of those disciplines in a prime time show that sees celebrities duping members of the public. There are loads of laughs and the celebrities sabotage is all for a good cause – to win them loads of cash."

Elsewhere, earlier this year it was revealed the BBC are piloting a new primetime hidden camera prank show, based on the Japanese format Koso Koso. The show sees 'celebrity secret agents' playing tricks on member of the public to win them a cash prize. Missions for the secret agents include Supermarket Sneak, where the celebrities hit targets on the players' backs whilst in the supermarket aisles.

Suzy Lamb, managing director of BBC Studios Entertainment Productions, previously said: "We've really enjoyed working with the development team at Nippon TV on what has been an exciting creative process. Bringing together the experience and ideas from us in BBC Studios and Nippon TV has been hugely beneficial...

"Together we have created a format which may not have happened in isolation - it's a real coming together of UK and Japanese creativity to create a format that will have wide appeal."

More details on both titles will be announced in due course.