Anne Robinson is returning to The Weakest Link (Picture: BBC)

It’s been five years since Anne Robinson said ‘Goodbye!’ to teatime game show favourite The Weakest Link.

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But now it’s on the way back to screens – with the so-called ‘Queen of Mean’ reportedly returning to scare the living daylights out of yet more contestants.

Yes everybody, the show is apparently being dusted down and primed for a comeback – with Robinson set to front a special edition of the long-gestating show for Children In Need in November.

But that’s not all – because there’s even a possibility the show could be returning to screens for a whole new series, only this time in a primetime Saturday night slot instead of tucked away at teatime.




‘The Weakest Link was one of the most exciting and original quizzes in television history, and left a huge void when it came off air,’ a source told The Sun.

‘Nothing has really replaced it so the prospect of its return is really exciting.’

And the move to Saturday night won’t be the only change – as it’ll reportedly feature celebrities, rather than members of the public, taking part.

‘Terms have been agreed in principle, and the BBC are hopeful of attracting some great – albeit brave – celeb names,’ the insider revealed.

The show saw Anne presiding over contestants who had to try and win money by answering a ‘chain’ of general knowledge questions – with the amount of cash increasing according to how many were correctly guessed.

Those who gave wrong answers were in danger of becoming the titular ‘weakest link’ and being voted off the show.

It ran for almost 1,700 episodes before finally coming to an end in March 2012.

A BBC spokesperson told metro.co.uk: ‘Plans for this year’s exciting BBC Children in Need programming will be announced in due course.’

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