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STV PRODUCTIONS' SAFEWORD RECOMMISSIONED
STV PRODUCTIONS' SAFEWORD RECOMMISSIONED.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 9215O STV Group PLC 12 February 2016 \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \nPRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE\n \nITV2 RECOMMISSIONS STV PRODUCTIONS' AND GROUPM ENTERTAINMENT'S SAFEWORD\n \n12 February 2016\n \nITV has commissioned STV Productions, with co-production partners GroupM Entertainment, to make a second series of popular ITV2 comedy panel show, Safeword.\n \nRick Edwards (Free Speech, The Paralympic Games Breakfast Show, Tool Academy) returns as host for the ITV2 series, joined by team captains Katherine Ryan (Bring the Noise, Hair, Lip Sync Battle UK) and David Morgan (I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! Now!, Xtra Factor, Virtually Famous). The six 45 minute episodes will start filming in March.\n \nOutrageous and laugh-out-loud entertaining, Safeword sees two teams, made up of a celebrity guest and two comedians, go head to head in a competitive 'roast' format. The celebrities must endure having their public profiles scrutinised and their social media accounts hijacked in real time, as the rival panel pokes around their personal and professional lives, posting shocking updates to legions of fans on their behalf. The only thing that can help the celebrities is using their chosen Safeword to make it all stop.\n \nThe show hit the headlines last summer after featuring contestants including Katie Price, I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here winner Vicky Pattison and 80's pop sensation Sinitta. \n \nGary Chippington, Head of Entertainment at STV Productions, said: \"It's great to be working with ITV on another series of Safeword and we look forward to bringing viewers more unsafe comedy from Rick, Katherine and David as our teams are let loose on each other again.\"\n \nTony Moulsdale, Director of Programming, GroupM Entertainment said: \"We are really pleased to see this ruthlessly funny and unforgiving comedy panel show coming back to ITV2 for a second series.\" \n \nClaire Zolkwer, Commissioning Editor, Comedy and Entertainment for ITV said: \"The innate sense of mischief that Rick...