A FURNESS chef will making a guest appearance on a rebooted version of The Generation Game on Sunday (April 1).

Comedy duo Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins will be presenting the show, which originally began in 1971 with the late Sir Bruce Forsyth at the helm.

The original game show saw different generations of families set challenges in the hope of winning a raft of prizes.

Gary McClure, of Broughton-in-Furness, offered up his Cumberland sausage making expertise to the contestants, demonstrating the skill and then judging the participants' efforts.

"It was interesting. Very interesting," he said. " The looks on the faces were amazing when they saw what we were doing!"

Mr McClure was first told about the show last June when he was invited by two directors to take part. He then worked on a pilot to be shown to top BBC bosses before filming what will be televised on Easter Sunday.

"It was absolutely unbelievable to work with a whole team," he said. "It was so relaxed and Mel and Sue were just terrific to work with. They were very, very professional, understood what I was doing and they gave me carte blanche to do what I wanted and how I wanted."

Quiz show host Richard Osman, TV presenter Lorraine Kelly, Johnny Vegas and Danny Dyer will be making appearances on the two episodes of the reboot, alongside other surprise guests.

"They are hoping it will come back as a regular series," said Mr McClure. "And they asked if I would be interested in being involved again and my answer was yes."

Mr McClure added that he had chosen the Cumberland sausage as a way to promote the county and its excellent produce to a wider audience

And, having spent quite some time chatting to former Great British Bake Off presenters Mel and Sue, he hopes he will be seeing them again outside of the studio.

"Mel comes up to the Lake District once a year for her family holidays, so she was going to pop in when she is here next," he said.

The duo have been keen to assure fans that their version of The Generation Game has 'stayed true to the spirit of the original'.

"It's a privilege," said Mel. "This is one of the most cherished entertainment shows of all time and we don't take that lightly."

Sue added: "We've stayed true to the spirit of the original - we meet great families and we try to give them the best night of their lives."

The Generation Game will be shown on BBC1 at 8pm on Easter Sunday.