Joel Dommett, Jon Richardson, and Katherine Ryan Join Top Trumps

Top Trumps: The Comedy Pack is a new, original format, which sees one of the nation’s favourite card games explode onto the studio floor. Produced by TalkbackThames with Naked, the series will be hosted by Katherine Ryan, and see an all-star cast of comedians, led by team captains Joel Dommett and Jon Richardson, go head-to-head in this first comedy take on the much-loved game – battling through a mix of classic card face-offs, live studio challenges and bluffing games. The series comes to TLC early next year.

Katherine said: ‘Everyone knows Top Trumps, but no one has ever played it quite like this. 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.’

Joel said: ‘Top Trumps and me have a lot in common – it’s fun, simple and older than you think. I used to get very excited playing Top Trumps back in the day, and now I get to play it on the telly with two famously un-excitable comedians Kathrine Ryan and Jon Richardson. It’s really gonna be a blast.’

Jon said: ‘For too long the world has been led to believe that there are no good Trumps, so I’m delighted to be on a show that celebrates the very best of them. I’m a sucker for a game with clear rules and a winner at the end so Top Trumps has always made sense to me. Let’s see whether careful planning can beat sheer enthusiasm once and for all.’