Channel 4 Renews ‘I Literally Just Told You’ For Season 3

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Channel 4’s has renewed the Jimmy Carr-fronted primetime comedy gameshow ‘I Literally Just Told You’ for Season 3 the UK broadcaster has announced.

If you haven’t seen the show yet, in each episode of I Literally Just Told You, four contestants have the opportunity to compete for a cash prize of up to £25,000 by answering questions that have been written live as the show is being filmed. The questions can be about absolutely anything that happens during the show, from a celebrity cameo to an off-the-cuff joke or even something one of the contestants has shared about themselves.

“I Literally Just Told You is one of the most creative quizzes on TV, so we are delighted Jimmy will return to throw more mind-bending memory questions at the audience for the show’s biggest run so far,” said Steven Handley who commissioned the series for Channel 4.

The show, which was created by Richard Bacon and produced by Expectation, has seen audiences grow with each series on both linear viewing and VOD. The celebrity spin-off that aired at Christmas attracted 1.2m viewers and tripled the share of 16-34-year-old viewers compared with the slot average.

“Hit show I Literally Just Told You is back, as Jimmy Carr -the most forensic mind in comedy – demonstrates that peoples’ memories have been utterly shot to pieces,” commented Ben Wicks, Creative Director, Expectation. “This is fantastic news, but having established that nobody can remember anything, I’m not sure why we are bothering with a press release.”

Creator, Richard Bacon adds: “I’m really excited it’s back and for even more episodes than ever before. We’re going to make it louder and weirder. How do I know that? I Literally Just etc etc”

‘I Literally Just Told You’ was commissioned for Channel 4, by Steve Handley, Commissioning Editor, Entertainment and Phil Harris, Head of Entertainment and Events. The series will be overseen by Ben Wicks, Creative Director of Entertainment at Expectation and the Executive Producers are Dom Wells-Martin and Richard Bacon.

The first two seasons of ‘I Literally Just Told You’ can be found here on Channel 4.