The Wheel is a British television game show hosted by Michael McIntyre, broadcast on Saturday evenings on BBC One.

[1] Seeking formats that could be easily produced under COVID-19 safety protocols such as social distancing (eased by design due to its large studio set at Bovingdon Airfield in Hertfordshire), the BBC picked up The Wheel as a de facto substitute for McIntyre's variety show series Michael McIntyre's Big Show (which was not feasible to produce due to its heavy reliance on live audience participation).

[1] Seven celebrities, each designated as an expert in a different subject, sit in chairs mounted on the outer edge of a 13-metre (43 ft) wide[2] wheel on the main stage.

The wheel is then spun to choose an expert at random; if it does not stop on the "shut-down" one, the host asks a question with four multiple-choice answers.

When only one subject remains, the seats of all other experts who are not currently shut down and who have not been spun during the game turn silver, setting the question value at £6,000 if the wheel stops on any of them.

The host asks a question with at least seven answers (e.g. signs of the zodiac that contain the letter A), and the wheel begins to turn slowly through one complete rotation.

The host announces the subject for the question at the start of this round, and the contestant decides which expert will answer first.

The contestant may choose the best, middle ranking, or worst performer to assist them; these choices respectively set the prize at 50%, 100%, or 200% of the banked total.

[10] Eventually, the show premiered on December 19, 2022, with the first ten episodes airing in two weeks during the holiday season.

In November 2021, Finnish network MTV3 announced their local version would premiere next year with auditions being held as well, in 2022.