SILENCE IS GOLDEN: FIRST LOOK AND LAUNCH DATE CONFIRMED FOR NEW UKTV GAMESHOW HOSTED BY DERMOT O'LEARY

A first look image has been released and launch date confirmed by The Sun newspaper for new UKTV Original gameshow Silence Is Golden, hosted by Dermot O'Leary.

Also starring Katherine Ryan, Seann Walsh and Fatiha El-Ghorri as team captains, at the start of each episode, the network gives £250,000 to the studio audience and all they need to do to keep it…is remain silent.

With every audience member mic’ed up, all hell breaks loose as a green room of 30 acts, led by three returning comedian captains, headed up by Katherine Ryan Seann Walsh and Fatiha El-Ghorri, wage war on the audience, with every sound forced out of them bringing the total prize money down.

It’s entertainers vs audience - they’re not on the same side. If the entertainers get the prize pot to zero, they get to give money to charity. Silence is Golden - the comedy show that you can’t laugh at.

Dermot O’Leary says: "I’m so looking forward to Silence is Golden. When a show like this falls into your lap, you can’t quite believe your luck. Looking forward to having lots of fun with the audience, our comedians and assorted cast of regulars, all trying to make the audience laugh, gasp and giggle."

Richard Bacon, founder of Yes Yes Media, says, "You know the feeling when you’re not allowed to laugh at a funeral? Well, it's that: the Game Show. And I commend U&Dave for boldly commissioning a show that will cost them a quarter million a week - if the audience is better at playing the game than we are."

Silence Is Golden launches Monday 5th May on U&Dave.