Do You Know Your Place?
| Do You Know Your Place? | |
|---|---|
Promotional image | |
| Genre | Game show |
| Presented by | Vernon Kay Paul Gorton |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 28 minutes |
| Production company | Stellify Media |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Release | 23 February 2026 – present |
Do You Know Your Place? is a British television game show, first shown on BBC Two on 23 February 2026. Presented by Vernon Kay and Paul Gorton, the show sees three celebrity guests answering questions about a location in the United Kingdom.
Format
Three celebrities compete each week, with an episode on each weekday. Each episode is about a different location in the United Kingdom. Kay is in the studio with the guests, who first have to find the place on a map, with a point for the closest guess. The guests then watch videos of Gorton as a tour guide to the location, and must deduce if Gorton's claims about the location are truthful. Other games include working out the meanings of local dialect words. Winners on a day receive a postcard and a local souvenir, and the week's winner wins a sweatshirt.[1][2]
Production
The series, as well as a Ronan Keating travelogue and two further series of The Finish Line, was announced on 12 November 2025 at the Belfast Media Festival, with 20 episodes of 30 minutes in length, produced by Stellify Media from Northern Ireland.[3] Hosted by Bolton-born Vernon Kay,[1] the show's pilot was the first for Gorton,[4] who had been a contestant on series two of The Traitors and had been booked as a contestant before an unidentified scheduled co-host withdrew.[2]
Episodes across the first series featured Cardiff, Dudley, Bolton, Wrexham, Bristol, Taunton, and Falkirk; on-location filming for the last two of these took place in September and October 2025 respectively.[5][6] On the episode about Kay's home town of Bolton, the local dialect words were introduced by his childhood friend, his former English teacher, and a girl who he had admired at school.[1]
Episodes
- 23–27 February
- Contestants: Anneka Rice, Shane Todd, Remi Burgz[1]
- Locations: Whitby, Cardiff, Jedburgh, Bolton, Coleraine
- 2–6 March
- Contestants: Nitin Ganatra, Kate Bottley, Alex Gray[7]
- Locations: Derry (credited as Derry/Londonderry),[8] Dudley, Falkirk, Bristol, Wrexham[7]
- 9–13 March
- Contestants: Owain Wyn Evans, Greg Rutherford, Abby Cook[9]
- Locations: Belfast; Taunton; Paisley, Renfrewshire; Kirkby Lonsdale; Bangor, Gwynedd[10]
- 16–20 March
- Contestants: Susan Calman, Max Fosh, Noreen Khan[10]
- Locations: Dundee, Enniskillen, Abergavenny, Bamburgh, Leicester[10]
References
- ^ a b c d Williams, Grace (26 February 2026). "Bolton in the spotlight on Vernon Kay's Do You Know Your Place?". The Bolton News. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- ^ a b Wheeler, Olivia (23 February 2026). "Do You Know Your Place host pulled out at last minute with Traitors star landing role". Wales Online. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- ^ "Vernon Kay and Ronan Keating join BBC Daytime's line-up for 2026". BBC. 12 November 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- ^ "Paul from the Traitors spills all on the new series inc Lancastrian Maz's chances". Lancashire Evening Post. 2026-01-02. Retrieved 2026-03-14.
- ^ "Taunton to feature on new BBC quiz show with Vernon Kay". Somerset County Gazette. 2026-03-09. Retrieved 2026-03-15.
- ^ "Falkirk to feature on TV quiz show hosted by Vernon Kay and Traitors' Paul Gorton". Falkirk Herald. 2026-02-27. Retrieved 2026-03-15.
- ^ a b Whilding, Alex (2 March 2026). "Wrexham to feature in BBC Two's Do You Know Your Place?". The Leader. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- ^ "Do You Know Your Place? Series 1: 6. Derry/Londonderry". BBC iPlayer. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- ^ "Do You Know Your Place? Episodes". BBC Two. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
- ^ a b c "Coleraine to feature in new BBC Two Vernon Kay quiz 'Do You Know Your Place?'". Northern Ireland World. 23 February 2026. Retrieved 6 March 2026.