Overview
- ITV announced on Monday that it had ordered 20 episodes of Millionaire Hot Seat and 15 episodes of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, all to be hosted by Jeremy Clarkson.
- The broadcaster said the new runs will film later in 2026 and will air on ITV and stream on ITVX, and it has opened contestant applications with some reports giving an October deadline.
- Clarkson disclosed in 2025 that he had an aggressive prostate cancer diagnosis and told media last week that a recent PSA test showed no sign of cancer and that he is in remission.
- Millionaire Hot Seat is a fast, queue-based spin-off where only the player in the single 'hot seat' answers timed questions and can pass to move to the back of the line, and ITVX viewing figures have placed the format among the platform’s top entertainment shows with an average audience around 3.7 million.
- The shows are produced by Belfast-based Stellify Media with backing from Sony Pictures Television, and ITV says the recommission reflects a strategy that favors strong streaming performance and presenter-driven formats while Clarkson also prepares a sixth series of Clarkson’s Farm.