{"id":12114,"date":"2022-03-11T16:28:59","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T15:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1602917"},"modified":"2022-03-11T16:43:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T15:43:10","slug":"ross-kemp-wants-soaps-special-of-bbc-game-show-bridge-of-lies","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/ross-kemp-wants-soaps-special-of-bbc-game-show-bridge-of-lies\/","title":{"rendered":"Ross Kemp wants soaps special of BBC game show Bridge of Lies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Morgan Jeffery\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 11 March 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Ross Kemp has revealed his hopes for a celebrity edition of his new daytime quiz Bridge of Lies.<\/p>\n<p>Best known as an actor and BAFTA-winning documentary filmmaker, Kemp is taking on a new role as host of the BBC One gameshow.<\/p>\n<p>Bridge of Lies sees teams aim to navigate their way across a bridge of \u2018facts\u2019, stepping only on truths and side-stepping the lies to make it to the other side and win a cash prize.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/RadioTimes.com&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Kemp revealed that he already has thoughts about who might take part in a special episode featuring famous faces.<\/p> <p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">\u201cFootball managers and football players, I think that would be a very interesting one,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019d also like to do TV chefs trying to play together, or competing against each other.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">\u201cSoaps! Newsreaders! You could do a Dragon\u2019s Den version. You could put up anyone and it translates and I think that is the beauty of it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In taking on his new hosting role, Kemp observed game show veterans like\u00a0The Chase host Bradley Walsh, Pointless presenter Alexander Armstrong and Tipping Point\u2019s <span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">Ben Shephard, but insisted he was keen to bring his own personality to Bridge of Lies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">\u201cI don\u2019t know them very well but I\u2019ve spent a bit of time with each of those three people and they are individuals in their own right and they bring their personality to that particular game show and I think, in terms of my physicality, I am the right person for Bridge of Lies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">\u201cI didn\u2019t take anything from anyone else, because if you start doing that, you\u2019re just trying to replicate something else. You\u2019ve got to be organic and true to the self.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/ross-kemp-bridge-of-lies-52a4384.jpeg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;crop=31px%2C0px%2C1943px%2C1294px&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/03\/ross-kemp-bridge-of-lies-52a4384.jpeg?quality=90&amp;crop=31px%2C0px%2C1943px%2C1294px&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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Lies becomes the next big TV quiz, Kemp says he wouldn\u2019t be opposed to a long-running hosting gig akin to Bradley Walsh\u2019s 13 years on The Chase \u2013 providing he can continue to work on his documentary films.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"&quot;font-weight:\">\u201cWho knows? But d\u2019you know what, if it fits in with the idea that I can still go off \u2013 and I\u2019m about to probably go off to Africa to make a film in the next couple of months \u2013 if it works with the way I\u2019d like my life to pan out, then yeah, definitely, why not?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read the full <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tag\/the-big-rt-interview\/&quot;\">Big RT Interview<\/a> with Ross Kemp tomorrow (Saturday, 12th March) on <strong>RadioTimes.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"&quot;mark6nzsjdjem&quot;\" data-markjs=\"&quot;true&quot;\" data-ogac=\"&quot;&quot;\" data-ogab=\"&quot;&quot;\" data-ogsc=\"&quot;&quot;\" data-ogsb=\"&quot;&quot;\">Bridge<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"&quot;mark11rgfx7vy&quot;\" data-markjs=\"&quot;true&quot;\" data-ogac=\"&quot;&quot;\" data-ogab=\"&quot;&quot;\" data-ogsc=\"&quot;&quot;\" data-ogsb=\"&quot;&quot;\">of<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"&quot;markxza5h53gd&quot;\" data-markjs=\"&quot;true&quot;\" data-ogac=\"&quot;&quot;\" data-ogab=\"&quot;&quot;\" data-ogsc=\"&quot;&quot;\" data-ogsb=\"&quot;&quot;\">Lies<\/span> begins on Monday, 14th March at 4:30pm on BBC One and iPlayer, and continues daily. 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