Five asks indie Gallowgate to Name That Tune

The 8 x 60-minute series, set to air early next year, will be co-produced by Group M Entertainment, the media investment company that has also put the funding package together for forthcoming gameshow Britain’s Best Brain.

Each episode will test the musical knowledge of contestants and promises a “celebrity element and live band”.

Name That Tune has aired in various guises over the past 20 years. It ran from 1983-87 on ITV, hosted by Tom O’Connor and then Lionel Blair. It returned for a short-lived remake on Five in the 1990s, fronted by Jools Holland, and ITV revived it briefly for Vernon Kay’s Gameshow Marathon in 2007.

Group M managing director Richard Foster said: “We acquired the international rights with Gallowgate in mind for the UK and thought our combined approach would be an ideal fit with Richard Woolfe’s entertainment ambitions.”

Woolfe, channel controller at Five, is building a talent-led portfolio of entertainment shows in a bid to boost audiences at the terrestrial broadcaster. Other incoming gameshows include Britain’s Best Brain, fronted by Jamie Theakston and Zoe Ball, and Heads Or Tails, hosted by Justin Lee Collins.