[sjames]

I've seen some moaning they should be inviting comedians instead but I struggle really to see who given the current crop of comedians tend to work for everyone except ITV. John Bishop perhaps the closest to being an ITV facealong with Joel Dommett (though probably considered a presenter more than comedian nowadays) but can't say either would particularly have the pull for An Audience with...

Peter Kay is perhaps the someone who has the cross generational appeal that might work for ITV - but not many more I can think of.

When you look at the list of the previous comedians who have been on 'An Audience with...' they're mostly all ones that were of the variety entertainer type and had multiple skills. Not many of today's crop of comedians are like that with perhaps the exception of Bradley Walsh and Jason Manford and maybe Bill Bailey or Michael McIntyre who would probably work. Alexander Armstrong can also sing, but he's become more of a presenter than a comedian these days.

The only other route you could really go down if not a comedian or a music act would be some speciality acts like Penn & Teller for example.