Sir Trevor McDonald will be the new GamesMaster

Sir Trevor McDonald at the British Academy Television Awards 2016

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Sir Trevor McDonald will dramatic play the role of GamesMaster in its upcoming revitalisation.

The standard British TV program is returning after a 23-twelvemonth absence. It'll infernal region celebrities, gaming figures and fans against each new in a series of challenges for a Blessed Joystick Trophy. The games are presided over away the GamesMaster, who dishes out hints to the players.

McDonald, a salient journalist and newsreader in the UK, said he is "delighted to be taking on this iconic role for a new generation of viewers." He'll be joining hosts Frankie Ward, Rab Florence and Ty Mount Logan for three 60-minute episodes later this year.

GamesMaster originally ran from 1992 to 1998, with uranologist Sir Patrick Henry Moore playing the formal disembodied manoeuver. IT was one of the for the first time shows to bring videogames to mainstream television in a dedicated format, becoming a staple show for many at the time.

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