Ant & Dec 'recording new pilot'

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Declan Donnelly has confirmed that he and Ant McPartlin are currently recording a pilot show for a new family-based gameshow.

The presenter told The Sun that the ITV programme would be like "Family Fortunes meets The Generation Game".

Donnelly said: "It's great fun as we're recording it up at Pinewood on a massive sound stage. It's quite a physical show - really different to what we normally do - so we need the space.

"It's great getting families involved, as Saturday night TV is about families. It's good to have real people on, as loads of shows have celebrities attached."

Ant and Dec are reportedly planning to conceive a number of new shows as part of their planned contract with ITV, with whom their current deal ends at the end of the year.

Last week, it was suggested that the pair's salaries could fall by a third during the recession.