Alison Hammond's planned Wheel of Fortune reboot 'axed by ITV'

Alison Hammond's planned 'Wheel of Fortune' reboot has reportedly been axed.

The 'This Morning' star was said to be in line to host a new version of the classic game show back in 2020, but now it looks to have been scrapped after filming some pilots.

A source told The Sun newspaper's TV Biz column: "Execs were hoping this might be the perfect vehicle for Alison and be stepping stone to bigger things.

"It would also help with the fact there are still very few women hosting game shows on the channel, even though they're one of the broadcaster's biggest audience draws.

"But the feeling was doing this particular reboot of 'Wheel of Fortune' was not going to work, so they decided not to take the project any further with Alison."

The show - which was a big hit in the 1980s and 1990s - launched on ITV in 1988 with Nick Campbell at the helm for eight years, before Bradley Walsh took over for a year with John Leslie following him in 1998 until the show ended in 2001.

Jenny Powell - who appeared as an assistant on the show - previously revealed she was happy Alison was tied to the reboot at the time.

She said: "I think Alison would be great and I’d definitely be there if the offer came up. "Even if it was just to give advice as I know the rules inside out."

Jenny also revealed she had asked her agent in the past about a revival as she was keen to see the programme return.

She added: "About two years ago I asked my agent who had the rights to it - I said it should be coming back really, but didn’t do anything about it."

Meanwhile, Alison had suggested she wanted a "hot" male assistant for the reboot.

She said: "I want to do the spinning of the wheel, and I want my own male glam model. That would be amazing – a really hot one.”