BBC2 plays name game

BBC2 has ordered a six-part comedy entertainment show focusing on people who share the same name.

Each episode of Insert Name Here centres on two teams, comprising a captain plus guest comedian and historian, who battle it out to argue that they have found the greatest owner of that name.

The six-part series, to be fronted by Bake Off presenter Sue Perkins, follows a successful pilot earlier this year.

It’s being coproduced by 12 Yard Productions and Black Dog Television, and was commissioned by Kim Shillinglaw, controller at BBC2 and BBC4, with Alan Tyler, acting controller of BBC entertainment commissioning.

Shillinglaw said: “From QI and Only Connect to University Challenge and Mock the Week, BBC2 has cemented a unique reputation for clever quizzes like no other channel and I’m thrilled that Insert Name Here is joining our line-up.”