The Chase icon Bradley Walsh has reported had a shock career change after the star has left a tv role due to a "relentless" schedule.
Bradley, 59, is allegedly set to start a brand new role in the ITV remake of The Darling Buds of May as Pop Larkin.
He's been offered the role of happy-go-lucky junk dealer Pop in ITV’s new version of H.E. Bates’ classic tale, The Mirror reports.
An insider told the publication: "The original series, starring David Jason, Pam Ferris and Catherine Zeta Jones, was an enormous hit so casting the remake has to be just right. Everyone thinks Bradley will do a brilliant job as Pop. He’s perfick."
This new role comes after the beloved host made the decision to quit his acting job on BBC's Doctor Who.
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A source told the publication: "Two years is a long time in the world of Doctor Who. Yaz will be back but Christmas will be the last outing for Ryan and Graham."
Bradley has previously admitted that he has found the filming schedule for the popular programme gruelling ahead of the latest series.
He explained: "We have great fun doing it. But you must sleep and look after yourself, because if you don’t, you will come unstuck.
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"This is 10 months of ramming speed. That’s what it is. I’m in my 60th year. It’s tough. It’s hard. It’s relentless. It really is. This ain't an easy gig."
ITV bosses have reportedly decided to bring back The Darling Buds of May 30 years after it was a ratings smash.
The show raked in more than 20 million viewers for Yorkshire Television between 1991 and 1993.
The story books saw a family living in 1950s rural Kent.
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Characters Ma and Pop provide for their six children by selling scrap and picking strawberries, along with Pop’s often dodgy money-making schemes.
The original show starred Catherine Zeta Jones, who played eldest daughter Mariette.
The Chase continues on Monday at 5pm on ITV1
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