Five to revive 'Name That Tune'

Name That Tune is to return to British television with a new, updated version of the classic show to air exclusively on Five, it was announced today.

The new eight-part series, co-produced by Ant and Dec's production company Gallowgate, will transmit early next year.

Five’s head of entertainment Donna Taberer, said: "I'm delighted to add Name That Tune to an already rich mix of entertainment programmes on Five.

"It is a slickly updated series for a modern audience with a brand new look and feel, but has at its heart the key game play that has made the show a global success for the last five decades."

She added: "This is peak time entertainment for a sophisticated 21st Century audience. It has fabulous production values, tension, excitement, celebrity and is full of surprises. It’s Five’s first big-budget, musical entertainment series, and I’m thrilled to have it."

The series originally ran between 1983-1987 on ITV, then returned for a short-lived remake on Five in the 1990s. ITV revived it briefly for Vernon Kay’s Gameshow Marathon in 2007.