Steph McGovern to host BBC programme The Art Game
Steph McGovern will return to the BBC to present the new show The Art Game, where people compete to make money from buying and selling artwork.
Steph McGovern is to host the new BBC show The Art Game.
The 43-year-old presenter will front the programme that sees individuals attempt to buy and sell artworks with the goal of making as much money as possible.
An insider told The Sun newspaper's TVBiz column: "This is a really interesting gig for Steph and taps into her mind for business and head for figures because art is worth billions of pounds.
"It also goes through the same fluctuations and patterns as any other form of commerce.
"But, overall, the aim of the show is to lift the curtain on a sphere of life which most people have a skim understanding of, but most of the mechanics of it remains a mystery.
"They hope to introduce viewers to some little-known facts about the art market, as well as dispel a few lingering myths as well."
The show will mark a return to the BBC for Steph, who previously hosted BBC Breakfast before leaving to present Steph's Packed Lunch on Channel 4 - which was ultimately axed in 2023 due to poor viewing figures.
The presenter had teased that she had a number of projects in the pipeline.
Steph wrote on social media in August: "Big work news. I can't tell you the specifics yet. But it involves hosting three shows all out in the next 12 months."
The star had previously spoken of her surprise at learning that Steph's Packed Lunch was going to be axed by Channel 4, as she just expected the programme to be scaled down for cost-cutting reasons.
Steph told The Times newspaper: "In all honesty, we thought they'd go for one of them. So I didn't think that it was going to be totally axed."
McGovern admits that the cancellation left her feeling upset for her colleagues and the community in Leeds where the show was filmed, as she knew it wouldn't be easy for them to get more TV work.
She said: "I was more gutted for Leeds and for my team, because I knew there were quite a few of them who wouldn't be able to leave the area to go and find other work in the industry."
