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Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff volition contiguous a reboot of the darts-themed quiz amusement Bullseye for ITV.
The erstwhile England cricket skipper and presenter has signed up for a peculiar Christmas episode.
Flintoff, 46, said Bullseye "was 1 of my favourite shows arsenic a kid" and added that helium "can't rather believe" helium has secured the hosting gig.
It is not yet known whether a afloat bid has been commissioned.
Bullseye was primitively broadcast connected ITV betwixt 1981 and 1995, fronted by the precocious comedian Jim Bowen.
It features 3 pairs of contestants, with each squad made up of 1 darts subordinate and 1 quizzer who enactment unneurotic to triumph prizes.
The amusement besides had a mascot called Bully, who Flintoff referenced successful his hosting announcement.
"You can't bushed a spot of Bully!" helium said, which was besides Bowen's celebrated catchphrase.
Bullseye often attracted audiences of 20 cardinal during its peak, moving from an archetypal slot of Monday nights successful 1981 to Sunday afternoons successful 1982, and past to Saturday afternoons betwixt 1993 and 1995 - erstwhile its tally ended.
After eleven years off-air, the amusement returned for a caller bid successful 2006 connected the transmission Challenge. Old episodes inactive aerial connected the integer transmission each evening.
Not overmuch is known astir whether the format for Bullseye volition stay the same, but darts is surely having a renaissance successful 2024.
It has been helped by large personalities successful the nonrecreational darts world, specified arsenic 17-year-old Luke Littler, who won the World Series of Darts finals earlier this year.
Flintoff has been steadily returning to screens aft recovering from an incidental that occurred during filming for Top Gear successful 2022.
He was near with facial and rib injuries aft crashing a conveyance astatine the show's trial way astatine Dunsfold Aerodrome successful Surrey.
The details of what happened person not been shared successful public, portion the BBC has said Top Gear is being "rested" arsenic a format for the clip being.
In Flintoff's caller BBC bid Field of Dreams, helium said betterment had been "a batch harder than I thought" and that helium was suffering with anxiousness and flashbacks.
He has besides made a instrumentality to cricket, joining the England coaching squad for the T20 bid against the West Indies, and taking connected the relation of caput manager for the Northern Superchargers successful The Hundred.
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