EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is piloting The Easiest Quiz Show in the World from formats guru Richard Bacon and hosted by Strictly winner Chris McCausland, Deadline understands.
We are told the non-TX pilot will feature celeb cameos and do what it says on the tin, with laughably easy questions partnered with high stakes, jeopardy and a cash prize.
Bacon and his Sister-backed production outfit Yes Yes Media are understood to be aiming high with The Easiest Quiz Show in the World. The format is being forged as a potential primetime Saturday evening format and multiple international versions are in development. The BBC pilot will take place soon and a flyer looking for audiences is about to go out. NBCUniversal holds format rights.
McCausland is in demand after becoming the first blind winner of BBC entertainment juggernaut Strictly Come Dancing. A BBC insider said the broadcaster has been seeking to pair him with an entertainment project since he won Strictly, with The Easiest Quiz Show in the World deemed “a perfect fit” by the insider.
Bacon first teased The Easiest Quiz Show in the World to Variety several weeks back alongside a talent show being developed for a U.S. network and an adventure reality series “on a Survivor-type scale.”
The pilot comes after Bacon’s first Yes Yes show, Silence is Golden, launched on BBC Studios-owned UKTV. Hosted by Dermot O’Leary, the show, which we are told has sold to a number of EMEA territories, sees a studio audience punished for making noise as comedians and others attempt to make them laugh and squirm.
Bacon, a former kids TV host, launched Yes Yes two years ago. The indie is backed by an eclectic collective including Courteney Cox, Elisabeth Murdoch, Arthur Essebag and the guitarist from Snow Patrol.
The BBC and Yes Yes declined comment on the pilot.
This article was published by Max Goldbart on 2025-07-10 08:24:00
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