ITV in last minute schedule shake up today after Luke Littler makes World Darts Championship Final

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ITV are crashing a repeat of the festive Bullseye into the schedules ahead of tonight’s World Darts Championship final with Luke Littler.

The 17-year-old arrows sensation, who will go head-to-head with Michael van Gerwen at Alexander Palace, was one of the big stars of the one-off reboot.

Luke Littler throwing a dart on the game show Bullseye. — ITV are repeating their one-off Bullseye special with Luke Littler

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He appeared alongside Freddie Flintoff, 48, who was filling the presenting role previously held by comedian Jim Bowen when the show was on the air in the Eighties and Nineties.

The programme was a huge hit for ITV over Christmas as it was viewed almost 6.5m times.

Together with this afternoon’s repeat – on ITV1 at 4pm – that final tally is expected to top seven million.

Bullseye was one of ITV’s biggest hits over the festive period, a peak of 3.3m tuned in on December 22 and the Christmas Day repeat got another 2.6m.

A further 700,000 watched it on ITVX.

Telly critics and viewers commented on the rapport between Luke and Freddie, with the Ashes hero joked that beating the arrows star on the show was his greatest sporting achievement.

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The Sun exclusively revealed in October that ITV were bringing back the cult game show with Freddie presenting, we also revealed that Luke would be appearing alongside the host.

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