Katherine Ryan to host Top Trumps for TLC

TLC orders 90 hours of comedy programming, including a take on Top Trumps and Mock The Week.

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Katherine Ryan is to host a comedic take on the classic card game Top Trumps for TLC, it has been announced.

The programme – Top Trumps: The Comedy Pack – will feature two teams of comedians, captained by Joel Dommett and Jon Richardson, taking part in “classic card face-offs, live studio challenges and bluffing games”. The six-episode one-hour series will go out on the channel early in 2027.

“Everyone knows Top Trumps, but no one has ever played it quite like this,” said Ryan. “We’re taking this iconic game and supersizing it into something bigger, louder and much funnier. And with Jon and Joel captaining rival teams, chaos is pretty much guaranteed.”

The broadcaster has also recommissioned the revival of Mock The Week, which returns for series two in September, for series three, four and five – a total of 22 episodes – to air across 2027.

Meanwhile, sister channel Quest has ordered The Race Mechanic, featuring Shed and Buried‘s Sam Lovegrove taking part in iconic races around the country, new six-episode spinoff Shed and Buried: Big Stuff, the 20-episode ninth series of Shed and Buried, two more series of Shed and Buried: Classic Cars, series seven of Richard Hammond’s Workshop and series three of Wheeler Dealers World Tour.

Graham Lafferty, svp of content strategy at Warner Bros. Discovery, said: “Six months on from TLC’s successful launch as a free-to-air, broad entertainment channel, it’s hugely exciting to bring another brand-new original format to the schedule in Top Trumps: The Comedy Pack.

“We are thrilled to have the brilliantly funny Katherine Ryan at the helm, no stranger to TLC after appearances on Mock the Week and Unacceptable, along with an exceptional comedy pairing in Joel Dommett and Jon Richardson. Our take on Top Trumps is perfectly placed for TLC’s growing UK comedy lineup, alongside Mock the Week – which we are delighted to secure for a further three series with Dara Ó Briain satirically steering us through the 2027 news agenda – and a second series of Unacceptable hosted by the hilarious Ed Gamble.

“For Quest audiences, we’re also excited to offer even more turbo-charged titles, including The Race Mechanic, Richard Hammond’s Workshop and Shed and Buried, shows that spotlight the passion, craft and expertise of some of the biggest names in cars right now.”