The Sun newspaper explains: "In total, eight legendary comedy acts will be seen leaving their UK homes to move in to a grand house in Vegas. They will then rehearse together and perform a one-off show."

The Sun quotes an un-named source as saying: "Producers have pulled together some real household names from the world of comedy from the past 50 years. They are all real comedy heroes. Viewers will get some lovely moments of these stars reminiscing about the highs and lows of their varied careers. It's a real celebration of British comedy.

"The theatre has been booked for one night only and the eight acts will be given the chance to fulfil the dream that they thought had long gone - putting on a spectacular variety performance at one of the iconic venues in Las Vegas.

"Playing there is a dream each of them has held but for one reason or another, they have not achieved it."