Rylan Clark-Neal is hoping to bring back ‘Treasure Hunt’.
The ‘Supermarket Sweep’ and ‘Ready Steady Cook’ host has revealed he’s set his sights on reviving the popular gameshow – which aired between 1982 and 2003 – and saw contestants race against the clock to find directions to treasure from cryptic clues.
The show originally featured Anneka Rice as the skyrunner in a helicopter and former BBC newsreader Kenneth Kendall presented when it was on Channel 4.
The programme was revived on BBC Two between 2002 and 2003, with newsreader Dermot Murnaghan presenting and sports pundit Suzi Perry as the skyrunner.
And Rylan is hoping he can persuade Anneka to join him for a one-off special.
He told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "I want to being back ‘Treasure Hunt’ as a one-off, with me in the helicopter and Anneka in the room."
The 30-year-old star is certainly in demand, with ‘Supermarket Sweep’, his own BBC Radio 2 show, and the upcoming reboot of ‘Ready Steady Cook’.
He said: "Things are good. I’m really busy and tired, but I’m really happy."
Meanwhile, Rylan recently revealed he wants to do more celebrity versions of ‘Supermarket Sweep’.
The show has already seen the likes of Ovie Soko and India Reynolds win a ‘Love Island’ special, and he would love to see a ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ edition with the show’s co-hosts Ant and Dec and judges Simon Cowell and David Walliams, and Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon in teams of two.
He said: "It would be carnage. That is a group of six who would be great. They are always up for a laugh. I reckon Simon has never been in a supermarket, there’s a first time for everything. I would love to see him go wild in the aisles. TV gold."
Speaking about the celebrity cameos, including Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford, Rylan – who took over the job from late star Dale Winton – previously said: "I like to get some of my celeb pals doing some dirty work, so I might need some help on the pick ‘n mix every now and again.
"I have celebs coming through my doors quite a lot with the supermarket, they trust me, so they tend to do their shopping here but what they don’t realise is when they shop in my supermarket my CCTV recognises their faces so it tracks everything they do.
"So that might play a bit of a part in one of the games! You should see some of the celebrity shopping habits, I mean Eamonn and Ruth are filthy!"
The gameshow also features ‘Coronation Street’ star Jennie McAlpine (Fiz Stape) on the tannoy, while the celebrity guests and members of the public fight to bag some cash and impressive prizes.
Ryan Clark-Neal wants to bring back Treasure Hunt
