Come Dine With Me has been a surprising success for Channel 4, seemingly becoming a fave amongst the student community and… well.. humans too. It’s a weird show which shows (some) people trying too hard and being ultra competitive in an attempt to win an amount of cash that doesn’t even cover what you’ve spent on hosting a dinner party for some strangers. Anyway, a success is a success and Channel 4 have commissioned a series of hour-long Come Dine With Me episodes for a primetime slot.

The extended versions will be the same old, with five amateur chefs competing with each other. Channel 4 has ordered 22 from ITV Productions to be shown later this year. Not only that, but the broadcaster has also commissioned 50 more of the regular daytime editions which will be aired over ten weeks with one chef cooking each day. A spokeswoman said it would be the first original primetime outing for the show though no exact slot has yet been confirmed. If you haven’t seen the show, you can catch repeats of series two and three on Channel 4 and More 4.