ITV’s The Assembly has returned for its second series and a big name is set to appear in an upcoming instalment
ITV has announced the sixth celebrity preparing to be interrogated in the second series of The Assembly.
TV and radio personality Rylan Clark – known for shows including This Morning, Strictly Come Dancing spin-off It Takes Two and his travel programme with Rob Rinder – will be occupying the hot seat in an upcoming instalment of the ITV programme.
The BAFTA-nominated series features a panel of curious interviewers – who are autistic, neurodivergent and/or learning disabled – posing their distinctive questions to well-known personalities.
The second series started earlier this month and has already featured the likes of national treasure Sir Stephen Fry, former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, comedy icon Sir Lenny Henry and Motherland actress Anna Maxwell Martin.
The fifth episode on April 22 will showcase BRIT award-winning rapper and I’m A Celebrity star Aitch facing questions, while Rylan’s episode is scheduled to broadcast in May, reports the Mirror.
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He will be filmed responding to questions from the panel, where no question is forbidden and no subject is off-limits.
The identities of the remaining celebrities participating in this series were announced in March, though Rylan’s involvement has only just been disclosed.
The Assembly, an adaptation of French format Les Rencontres du Papotin, premiered last year and proved enormously popular.
The inaugural series featured prominent personalities including EastEnders icon Danny Dyer, Rivals star David Tennant and Little Mix vocalist Jade Thirlwall facing questions from the panel of interviewers.
Following the announcement of the second series line-up, Katie Rawcliffe, director of entertainment, reality and daytime commissioning at ITV, commented: “This line-up really does offer something for everyone – The Assembly’s no-holds-barred questions throw up all kinds of surprising revelations.”
David Smyth, entertainment commissioning editor at ITV, remarked: “The Assembly are raring to go and with such a unique mix of famous faces to interview, they will have a ball coming up with their next set of questions.
“These celebrities really do need to be ready for anything,” he continued.
Rylan’s episode of The Assembly will air next month across ITV1 and ITVX, STV and STV Player. Both the first series and opening five episodes of series two are available to stream now.
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