Muppets production team develops a teatime chatshow for BBC1

The production company behind the Muppets is developing a family teatime chatshow for BBC1. Plans for the show, which has the working title No Strings Attached, are for a puppet presenter interviewing real life celebrities. The Jim Henson Company, the US producer responsible for the Muppets, is creating the puppets for the show which would be made by the BBC's in-house entertainment department. Another new Muppets TV series is currently being made for the US broadcaster NBC by the Jim Henson Company , and a new Muppets film – the first for a decade – opened in the UK in January . The BBC's executive editor for entertainment, Karl Warner, told Broadcast: "It's a really early doors development but we have high hopes. "The idea is that it would be very firmly anchored in the world of the chatshow, but based around a new character created by the Henson Company. "The Muppets were a massive phenomenon and nobody seems to have been developing anything in this area for a long time. "The Henson Company has shown us some puppets, and their versatility is very exciting, but we are still only in talks at the moment." • To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email [email protected] or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication". • To get the latest media news to your desktop or mobile, follow MediaGuardian on Twitter and Facebook