Channel Five Commissions Magic Game Show

LONDON: Channel Five has commissioned a six-episode run for Impossible?, a new entertainment game show co-produced by Gogglebox Entertainment and GroupM Entertainment that features internationally renowned illusionist and mind-reader Philip Escoffey.

Each episode watches as a couple goes head to head with Escoffey in a battle of wits that exposes their logic, nerve and faith in each other. Throughout the course of the show, Escoffey will promise increasingly spectacular and seemingly impossible challenges. The couple must determine whether what he proposes is absolutely possible or very much impossible.

Greg Barnett, the commissioning editor of entertainment, daytime and soaps at Channel Five, said: “Impossible? is an unusual and intriguing format, combining all the elements of a high stakes game show with the spectacle of magic and illusion. I’m delighted to have secured it for Channel Five.”

Mat Steiner, co-managing director of Gogglebox Entertainment, added: “With Impossible?, we have achieved a new hybrid genre in television programming, uniquely combining magic and illusion with a tension-filled game show.”

Richard Foster, the managing director for GroupM Entertainment, commented: “Impossible? is a unique and captivating show that will challenge viewers’ perceptions as well as dispel more than a few myths. It fits perfectly into our strategy of backing innovative ideas and great producers.”