When is Play To The Whistle on ITV tonight, who’s on the panel with Holly Willoughby and what’s it about?
HOLLY Willoughby is back with a new series of Play to the Whistle.
The busy This Morning presenter returns as host of the sporting game show - here is what else we know...
What is Play to the Whistle? When is it on ITV?
Play to the Whistle is back for his third series and hosted by Holly Willoughby.
The This Morning host told Radio Times: "It's a comedy entertainment show loosely pegged on sport, I think is the best way to sum it up."
Bradley Walsh and footballer Frank Lampard are team captains.
Comedian Romesh Ranganathan serves as a panellist and Frank's sidekick, and there are also celebrity guests from the worlds of comedy and sport.
The two teams compete in a series of silly games and quizzes, while comedian Seann Walsh keeps score.
Play to the Whistle started on Tuesday 28 February at 9pm on ITV1, and continues with the sixth and final episode at the same time and place tonight.
You can catch it again on the ITV Hub.
Who are the celebrity guests on Series Three of Play to the Whistle?
A whole host of special guests will be joining Holly on this year's show – tonight West Ham star Michail Antonio, British sport's most famous mum Judy Murray and comedian Joel Dommett are in the hotseat.
Celebrities lined up include:
- Scarlett Moffatt
- Jimmy Carr
- Alan Shearer
- James Anderson
- Rob Beckett
- Sam Quek
- Jake Humphrey
- Kevin Bridges
- Ashley Cole
- Ore Oduba
- Joel Dommett
- Judy Murray
- Michail Antonio
- Andrew Johnston
Do you have to be a big fan of sport to watch Play to the Whistle?
According to host Holly, you don't have to be a sports fan to enjoy Play to the Whistle.
She said: "I think a lot of people get put off because they think, 'Ugh it's just going to be a load of football. I can't watch that, I'm not going to know the answer to any of the questions.'"
The pretty blonde also revealed who the celebrity guest was who was worried about appearing on the show, due to her lack of sporting knowledge, she said: "One guest who was particularly anxious was Scarlett Moffatt. But she needn't have worried.
"I think she was a bit nervous coming on because she thought she didn't know that much about sport," Holly says. "And I said to her, 'Look, that doesn't actually overly matter. Neither do I, really.'
"But she was great, and we were talking about how she wants to do more presenting, and so she got up and sat in my chair and did a bit of presenting of the show and I was on the panel for a bit."
What are the new games on Play to the Whistle?
Host Holly Willoughby has revealed viewers can expect more fun games on the new series.
Face Invaders:
"We've got this crazy game called Face Invaders where we actually use the contestants as human buzzers," says Holly. "It's like there's an electric current that goes through the circuit and you have to slap people's faces to make the computer thing move. All will be revealed."
Bird's eye view game:
"It was called different things every week, but basically all the contestants had these goggles put on, and then the view that they could see out was from the camera that was filming them above.
They were walking with a bird's eye view, and they were then having running races, or relays, or car races..."
Bolt to the Whistle:
"You've got four people playing, you've got three whistles, and when you hear the correct answer to the question, then you have to grab a whistle and blow it," Holly says. "It's last man standing."