Danny Dyer, David Tennant, Jade Thirlwall, Gary Lineker, and others were in the popular ITV show’s candid interviews this year. The series is now scheduled for an extended follow-up.
Following the success of the first series, ITV’s ground-breaking interview program The Assembly will return with an additional seven-part run next year. Additionally, there won’t be any questions asked, and it will feature a Hollywood star in the interview process this time.
It comes after Danny Dyer, David Tennant, Jade Thirlwall and Gary Lineker proved a huge hit with viewers, with producers now in talks with others from the worlds of TV, film, music and sport.
A show source told the Mirror: “Bosses are thrilled that, not only is there a second series, but that they can do more episodes this time around, too. The appetite for this show has been huge. With so many ideas for celebrities to take part, it needed to come back with a longer run. The calibre of names being discussed is really impressive – it’s looking like there could be a big Hollywood name in the mix.”
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A group of autistic, neurodivergent, and/or learning disabilities were asked to interview some of the best-known faces of the UK for the series, which one critic described as “the most groundbreaking TV show of the year.” Gary Lineker and David Tennant also experienced heartache during Gary’s and Gary’s chat with the group, where Danny left sobbing as he reflected on his life.
No questions will be left out of the question and no topic will be off limits this time around. Six new interviews and a seventh episode, The Assembly: Unseen, which will contain additional footage, will make up the series’ seven episodes.
ITV entertainment commissioner David Smyth said the response to the first run had been “thrilling”. “There was no doubt in my mind that we needed to do more,” he added. “I can’t wait to see what questions The Assembly will put to our next group of bold celebrities and what their responses will be.”
Producer Stu Richards of Rockerdale Studios, who chuckled, “I can’t believe we’re still getting away with this.” It’s a ridiculous privilege to create something that almost doesn’t follow the rules of traditional television. I’m buzzing a lot right now.
When it first premiered earlier this year, the series received a lot of critical acclaim. Nick Ferrari, president of LBC, said, “If there was a better show made for terrestrial television this year, I would be disappointed. It is breathtaking. The Radio Times called it “extraordinary,” while The Mirror called it “a breath of fresh air.”
Katie Rawcliffe, the show’s executive producer, described it as “ITV entertainment at its best.” It’s warm, funny, revealing, and a little mischievous, she continued. We’re eager to see what we can learn from the fantastic questions The Assembly will ask, and we have a lot of ideas for the famous faces who will appear in series two.
The show’s format is an adaptation of French series Les Rencontres du Papotin, which made headlines when President Emmanuel Macron was asked if it was really role model behaviour to marry one’s teacher.
Source: Mirror
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