Dermot O'Leary will be hosting ITV's beleaguered entertainment format The Nightly Show next week, and has a pretty decent string of guests lined up.

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O'Leary will kick off on Monday by chatting to comedian Catherine Tate, with musician and Twitter master James Blunt on the sofa on Tuesday, actor Rupert Everett on Wednesday and presenting duo Ant and Dec on Thursday night (you can get tickets for the show here).

Also expect chef Gordon Ramsay to pop up on Friday night’s show. The Kitchen Nightmares host will be fronting The Nightly Show the week after (starting 27th March) and, as is now traditional, he’ll be appearing as a guest before taking over presenting duties.

So, who’s next after Ramsay on the show’s rolling roster of presenters (especially after Mel and Sue decided not to get involved)? Before the show debuted, French and Saunders, Jack Whitehall and comedian Sarah Millican were rumoured to be in the frame for spots. But after the, shall we say, mixed reviews on the show's debut? Well, watch this space.

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The Nightly Show is on ITV on weekday evenings at 10pm

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Thomas LingDigital editor, BBC Science Focus

Thomas is Digital editor at BBC Science Focus. Writing about everything from cosmology to anthropology, he specialises in the latest psychology, health and neuroscience discoveries. Thomas has a Masters degree (distinction) in Magazine Journalism from the University of Sheffield and has written for Men’s Health, Vice and Radio Times. He has been shortlisted as the New Digital Talent of the Year at the national magazine Professional Publishers Association (PPA) awards. Also working in academia, Thomas has lectured on the topic of journalism to undergraduate and postgraduate students at The University of Sheffield.

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