Jennifer Saunders to present ITV talk show in a car
Jennifer Saunders is to present Memory Lane, a ITV talk show in which she drives a guest around in a 1960s E-Type Jaguar.
It was it believed to be a one-off pilot episode, Broadcast reports that the comedian will conduct an interview with actor Michael Sheen. Together they will drive around locations in Wales which Sheen remembers from his youth.
The duo are currently both team captains on the panel show There's Something About Movies, so know each other well.
Broadcast explains: "Expected to air in a 9pm slot later this year, the biographical road-trip will feature revelations and surprises from Sheen's past as he reminisces about growing up in and around Port Talbot."
This will not be the first talk show set in a car. In 2010 Red Dwarf star Robert Llewellyn presented Carpool on Dave. Subsequent formats have included James Corden's Carpool Karaoke and Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee.
Speaking about the car setting, producer Graham Stuart told the trade magazine: "They are a place where people have the most intimate conversations and we wanted to capture that on-screen. Asking people to tell you about a journey that means something to their lives and then actually driving it surrounds them with images which trigger their memory and it becomes very powerful indeed."
Stuart said the Absolutely Fabulous star makes for a great host. "Jennifer is a highly intelligent woman who was very comfortable with Michael and loved the car," he said. "Memory Lane combined two of her favourite things: driving and talking."
In other news, it has been revealed today that Saunders and her double act partner Dawn French are winding down their production company. Saunders & French Productions, which has been operating for nearly 30 years, is in the process of being closed. The duo are expected to continue to work together - they recently released a podcast series for Audible - however, will now work via other production companies.
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