| Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | |
|---|---|
Saturday Night Takeaway titles (2002-present) |
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| Format | Live, pre-recorded segments entertainment |
| Created by | Denise Harrop |
| Starring | Ant & Dec with Kirsty Gallacher |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 10 (series 10 will air in 2013) |
| No. of episodes | 63 (inc. 1 Christmas special) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Ant & Dec |
| Running time | 75mins (inc. adverts) |
| Production company(s) | ITV Studios |
| Distributor | Gallowgate |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV (ITV1/STV/UTV) |
| Picture format | 16:9 (HDTV) |
| Original run | 8 June 2002 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Slap Bang with Ant & Dec Ant & Dec's Push the Button |
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway is a variety show created by London Weekend Television and shown in the UK on Saturday evenings on ITV, presented and executively produced by Ant & Dec. It is broadcast live from The London Studios on the South Bank. The format was heavily influenced by previous Saturday night light entertainment shows (most notably Noel's House Party and Don't Forget Your Toothbrush), while individual items often pay homage to Saturday night TV of the past (such as Jim'll Fix It and Opportunity Knocks).
On 10 September 2005, ITV had a programme listing the best 50 shows in ITV's 50 years being on air. Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway came second, being beaten by Coronation Street. Launched in 2002, the series was unbeaten in its timeslot for three years until scheduled against Doctor Who on BBC One in March 2005.
The show has been on hiatus since 2009, but after Ant & Dec signed a new £10m two-year deal with ITV in November 2011, it has been confirmed that the show will return in 2012.[1] Dec announced on November 23th 2011 on the Chris Moyles show that the show was unlikely to return in 2012 and most likely to return at the beginning or sometime during 2013 [2]
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Before the titles a comedy clip is shown.
All series. At the start of the show, Ant and Dec always perform a short comedy sketch, usually based on something that has happened in the news recently. E.g.; when a celebrity complained after a reporter tried to photograph them on their holidays, Ant pretended to get angry with the camera crew and demanded that they stop filming. The cameras were briefly switched off while Dec tried to calm Ant down and when they came back on, Ant and Dec had switched jackets.
After the sketch, they announce what's coming up on the show and then Ant goes up into the audience and starts talking to some of them. He usually picks on two or three people and says something embarrassing about them and then picks on a fourth person and announces that they will be playing a game live in the studio. A lot of research goes into these games and they involve the person's family and friends.
Games Include:
All series. The climax of the show, inviting a lucky member of the audience to "Don't just watch the adverts, win 'em". An ITV show is selected at random and 20 prizes are taken from the adverts shown within it. The contestant has 60 seconds (90 in the first series, recently sometimes 45 if the show was running short on time) to answer as many questions correctly.
After that, they have to decide to take the prizes and run or gamble it all on one final question. Get it right, and they win the lot. Get it wrong though and they lose everything and leave with just a roll of toilet paper.
In series 1, three contestants were chosen and whittled down to one in a short quiz. This was discontinued from series 2 and one was just selected at random.
In series 5, a new feature was added, which was to show them one of the prizes they picked to help the contestants whether to gamble or not, although this is sometimes omitted due to time restraints.
All series. A similar advert contest for viewers at home. This has followed two formats.
Format 1 was calling one member of the public and asking them to pick a number between 1 to 9. Whatever prize is behind that number is theirs. This was only used in Series 1.
The current format, used since series 2, has seen a different celebrity each week playing a different game which is used to generate a number between 1 to 9 and the prize behind it goes to the viewer chosen before that turn.
Games include:
Introduced in Series 5. Ant & Dec are given a certain task and they are given a week to learn a certain task and perform it live the next week. Kirsty Gallacher presents for this part of the show while David Goldstrom commentates on proceedings on certain weeks. The segment was regularly introduced with a dual-camera set-piece extremely reminiscent of Chris Evans's introduction to the viewers' games on Don't Forget Your Toothbrush.
| Show | Date | Challenge | Winner | Ant's Score | Dec's Score |
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| 1 | 12 February 2005 | Gladiators | Ant | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 19 February 2005 | The Tightrope | Ant | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 26 February 2005 | Dog Training | Dec | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | 5 March 2005 | Escapology | Dec | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 12 March 2005 | Ring of Fire | Draw | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 19 March 2005 | Memory Test | Ant | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | 26 March 2005 | Royal Wedding Song with G4 | Dec | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | 2 April 2005 | Darts | Ant | 5 | 4 |
| 9 | 9 April 2005 | Ventriloquism | Dec | 5 | 5 |
| 10 | 16 April 2005 | Penalty shootout | Dec | 5 | 6 |
| Show | Date | Challenge | Winner | Ant's Score | Dec's Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 September 2006 | Abseiling | Dec | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 23 September 2006 | Sumo Wrestling | Ant | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 30 September 2006 | Lumberjack | Dec | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | 7 October 2006 | Rowing | Ant | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 14 October 2006 | Cake Baking | Dec | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | 21 October 2006 | Forming a Boyband | Ant | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | 21 October 2006 | Mini Putt-off | Dec | 3 | 4 |
| Show | Date | Challenge | Winner | Ant's Score | Dec's Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 September 2007 | Speed Skating | Dec | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 15 September 2007 | Spelling Bee | Dec | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 22 September 2007 | 60m Sprint Hurdles | Dec | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 29 September 2007 | Weather Forecasting | Ant | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 October 2007 | Holding Breath Underwater | Dec | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | 13 October 2007 | Queen Tribute Act | Dec | 1 | 5 |
| Show | Date | Challenge | Winner | Ant's Score | Dec's Score | Eliminated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 February 2008 | Royal Navy Assault Course | Dec | 0 | 1 | Wayne Sleep |
| 2 | 23 February 2008 | Dodgeball | Ant | 1 | 1 | Sonia |
| 3 | 1 March 2008 | Bobsleighing w/ Ant, Bonnie & J
and Dec, Melinda & Lee |
Ant | 2 | 1 | Paul Daniels |
| 4 | 8 March 2008 | Barber Shop Quartet | Ant | 3 | 1 | Melinda Messenger |
| 5 | 15 March 2008 | Indoor Bowls | Dec | 3 | 2 | Debbie McGee |
| 6 | 22 March 2008 | Tap Dancing | Dec | 3 | 3 | Bonnie Langford |
Series 8 saw Ant & Dec train a team of 5 different celebrities for a certain challenge. The losing team on the night would eliminate a member, chosen by the leaders, either Ant, or Dec.
Ant's team consisted of Paul Daniels' wife Debbie McGee, actress and singer Bonnie Langford, dancer Wayne Sleep, Jason "J" Brown from Five and Lee Ryan from Blue. Due to "personal reasons", Lee Ryan was unable to commit to the team, and was replaced with ex-Steps member Lee Latchford-Evans.
Dec's team members were magician Paul Daniels, 80's singer Sonia and The X Factor contestant Chico Slimani, TV presenter Melinda Messenger, and former footballer and reality TV regular Lee Sharpe. On 16 February, Sonia was unable to take part in the live challenge to due a leg injury, which lead to her elimination after Dec's team lost the challenge.
Dec won at Tap Dancing, to equal the scores at 3-3, after he was 3-1 down at one point. It went to a decider - a basketball shootout. With Lee Sharpe scoring for Dec's team, Dec won the series for the fourth time.
| Show | Date | Challenge | Winner | Ant's Score | Dec's Score | Eliminated/Winners |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 February 2009 | Truck Pull | Ant | 1 | 0 | Sinitta |
| 2 | 21 February 2009 | Charity Single | Dec | 1 | 1 | Lembit Opik |
| 3 | 28 February 2009 | Duke of Edinburgh Award | Ant | 2 | 1 | Edwina Currie |
| 4 | 7 March 2009 | Remembering Donkeys Names | Ant | 3 | 1 | Nicky Clarke |
| 5 | 14 March 2009 | Writing a Scene for a Soap | Dec | 3 | 2 | Yvette Fielding |
| 6 | 21 March 2009 | Performing Songs from Musicals | Dec | 3 | 3 | Liz McClarnon |
The final main challenge 'Performing Songs from Musicals' was judged by a panel made up of singer Lily Allen, Dancing on Ice judge Jason Gardiner, and Dancing on Ice judge and Broadway star Ruthie Henshall. All three voted for Dec putting the scores up to 3-3.
At the end of Episode 6, the awards were given with Team Ant getting 'loser' medals and Team Dec getting 'winner' medals and the trophy. All of these were awarded by Brian Blessed who also featured in the 'Duke of Edinburgh' challenge.
This series, the team format is back, with ten new celebrities:
Team Ant:-
Team Dec:-
Introduced in Series 7.
The celebrities have been, in chronological order:
Series 7 (2007)
Series 8 (2008)
Series 9 (2009)
Introduced in Series 9. Twenty celebrities are banged up the fictional Takeaway Prison and must embark on a mission to escape. Only one will do so whilst the others will be jailed for life. Philip Olivier won this on 21 March 2009. The prison mates included Bianca Gascoigne, The Cheeky Girls, Chesney Hawkes and Linda Barker.
Introduced in Series 8. The Mouse Trap is a maze which one lucky viewer goes in and tries to retrieve as much cheese as possible before making their way out. There are ten compartments hanging from above certain areas and they must be pulled to release whatever is in it. Each cheese is worth £1000, and there are five cheeses to be collected in total. The viewer must collect as much cheese as they can and get out of the maze within the time limit of 1 minute or else they will be locked in by Tiddles the Takeaway Cat (played by TV's Mike Wilkinson) and their cheese will count for nothing.
For series 9, the rules are changed that there are now 14 compartments, 7 of which with cheeses worth various amounts of money, which if they all collected, add up to the top prize of £5,000.
Series 2-5. Ant & Dec, wearing heavy disguises, ambush fellow celebrities (Simon Cowell being a famous and popular victim). When this item first began, they also fooled members of the public.
Series 1. This game only lasted one series.
Series 6-8. Two celebrities try to beat Ant & Dec's time around an assault course, using different vehicles every week. The vehicles have been specially modified to ensure that teamwork is vital in the game. Stuart Hall is the commentator.
Series 6 Leaderboard
| Show | Date | Couple | Ant & Dec's Car & Time | Challenger's Car & Time | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 September 2006 | Phillip Schofield & Fern Britton | Stretched Limo (3:23) | Caravan (3:25) | Ant & Dec |
| 3 | 30 September 2006 | Trinny Woodall & Susannah Constantine | Girly Jeep (3:16) | Boy Racer (3:15) | Trinny & Susannah |
| 4 | 7 October 2006 | Ben Shephard & Penny Smith | Ice-Cream Van (4:01) | Camp-A-Van (3:59) | Ben & Penny |
| 5 | 14 October 2006 | Harry Hill & Al Murray | Wedding Car (6:18) | Police Car (3:28) | Harry & Al |
| 6 | 21 October 2006 | Wendi Peters & Jennie McAlpine | Hippy Car (3:21) | London Taxi Cab (4:25) | Ant & Dec |
The obstacles used in series 6:
Most noteworthy race
Series 7 Leaderboard
| Show | Date | Couple | Ant & Dec's Car & Time | Challenger's Car & Time | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 September 2007 | Tina O'Brien & Ryan Thomas | Starsky & Hutch Stunt Car (3:52) | Cagney & Lacey Police Cruiser (3:57) | Ant & Dec |
| 2 | 15 September 2007 | Max Beesley & Jonathan Wilkes | Safari Jeep (4:02) | Ambulance (4:00) | Max & Jonathan |
| 3 | 22 September 2007 | Alan Carr & Justin-Lee Collins | Old People's Car (4:26) | Catering Van (4:57) | Ant & Dec |
| 4 | 29 September 2007 | Fearne Cotton & Holly Willoughby | Army Jeep (6:38) | Beach Buggy (6:18) | Fearne & Holly |
| 5 | 6 October 2007 | Eamonn Holmes & Ruth Langsford | Beach Car (7:14) | New York Taxi Cab (9:14) | Ant & Dec |
The obstacles used in series 7 are:
Failure to complete any of the obstacles correctly (bar the Drawbridge) will incur a ten second penalty.
Most noteworthy race
Series 8 Leaderboard (Extreme)
| Show | Date | Couple | Ant & Dec's Car & Time | Challenger's Car & Time | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 23 February 2008 | David Dickinson & Lorne Lesley | Disco 1 (4:16) | Post Van (7:45) | Ant & Dec |
| 4 | 8 March 2008 | Duncan James & Tara Palmer-Tomkinson | Punked Mini (8:14) | Pest remover van (6:30) | Duncan & Tara |
| 5 | 15 March 2008 | Andrew Castle & Kate Garraway | Goth Hearse (5.18) | American Hotrod (6.14) | Ant & Dec |
Steps member Ian Watkins and actor Chris Parker feature in one of the obstacles.
The obstacles used in series 8 are:
Series 1-3. Each week Ant & Dec would be annoyed that some people on Saturday Nights would turn off the TV, put their coats on and...GO OUT! Every week they, through some sort of technology work, would surprise members of the public in a location in the UK (e.g. a cinema or a bingo hall) and reward someone £5,000 if they ran back home. The person who gets to their door to find the five grand would then be forced to read an oath, on their television screen, promising they will never go out on Saturday Nights again.
Series 6-7. A member of the public is surprised live on television, they then have to ride a moving robotic pig like a rodeo. The harder they ride the more cash they will get. The maximum win is £5,000. The remaining money that is not won is added as a bonus prize in Grab the Ads. As a joke, the announcer in the commentary box (or in series 7, a child voice mailing in from a mobile phone) will say "Oink Oink, You Lucky Pig!" when the prize with the money remaining is revealed.
Series 1-3. A spoof of Jim'll Fix It, in which audience members who had written to Jimmy Savile in their youth, but never been lucky enough to fulfil their dreams, and having those dreams realised at last, 20+ years later.
Series 2-6. A pair of child "look-alikes", Little Ant (James Pallister) and Little Dec (Dylan McKenna-Redshaw), to whom Ant & Dec delegate various interviews on the flimsy pretext of "we couldn't be bothered" and the pint-sized interviewers ask all sorts of blunt questions and bamboozle some surprisingly straight answers out of their victims. Victoria Beckham was asked what conceived meant and she told them it meant where her son got in her tummy. Such victims include Kevin Costner and Sarah Michelle Gellar. In one instance where they interviewed Ant and Dec themselves they used two even younger Ant & Dec look-alikes, "Little Little Ant & Dec" to introduce the segment because Little Ant and Dec 'couldn't be bothered'. Following the axing of this segment, the pair hosted Jiggy Bank for Series 6.
Series 1. Ant is a bit of a miserable git so they've scoured the country to find some funny acts who must try to make Ant laugh within sixty seconds to win a trophy.
Series 2-4. Based on the Saturday night television programme Opportunity Knocks", enables members of the audience who previously starred on the expired programme, to act their performances again.
A memorable Opportunity Knocks: Again was on 14 October 2004, when sisters, Diane and Mandy Fanthorpe got more applause than Busted on a sawing trick.
Series 3. Nine popular takeaways are taken at random and one is selected by a member of the studio audience. The takeaway, which is being delivered to someone at home, has £1,000 stuffed in it.
The person who receives the takeaway then answers a question from their front door and if they get it right, they win the money, along with their food.
Series 4. One pub is chosen each week to compete in the "Saturday Night Pub Olympics", they are split into two teams and have to face each other in three different events to decide the winning team. Dickie Davies was on hand to commentate on proceedings.
Series 2-4. An item where Ant & Dec are presented with a challenge, of which they have no prior knowledge, and which is often embarrassing. This feature was later modified for the boys to go head to head, known as 'Ant vs. Dec.' One infamous moment came when the curtain hiding the feature failed to raise, forcing an abrupt commercial break, leaving Ant and Dec to prepare for their challenge on air after it was revealed to them.
| Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
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| 1 | 8 June 2002 | 13 July 2002 | 6 |
| 2 | 11 January 2003 | 22 March 2003 | 11 |
| 3 | 13 March 2004 | 17 April 2004 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 October 2004 | 6 November 2004 | 6 |
| 5 | 12 February 2005 | 16 April 2005 | 10 |
| 6 | 16 September 2006 | 21 October 2006 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 September 2007 | 13 October 2007 | 6 |
| 8 | 16 February 2008 | 22 March 2008 | 6 |
| 9 | 14 February 2009 | 21 March 2009 | 6 |
| 10 | TBA 2012 | TBA 2012 | TBA |
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Episode Viewing figures from BARB[3]
| Episode | Date | Total Viewers | ITV Weekly Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 June 2002 | 5,510,000 | 18 |
| 2 | 15 June 2002 | 4,970,000 | 23 |
| 3 | 22 June 2002 | 4,840,000 | 26 |
| 4 | 29 June 2002 | 4,620,000 | 21 |
| 5 | 6 July 2002 | 4,960,000 | 20 |
| 6 | 13 July 2002 | 3,640,000 | 30 |
| Episode | Date | Total Viewers | ITV Weekly Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 January 2003 | 7,510,000 | 17 |
| 2 | 18 January 2003 | 7,450,000 | 18 |
| 3 | 25 January 2003 | 7,690,000 | 16 |
| 4 | 1 February 2003 | 7,480,000 | 17 |
| 5 | 8 February 2003 | 7,730,000 | 15 |
| 6 | 15 February 2003 | 7,690,000 | 14 |
| 7 | 22 February 2003 | 8,210,000 | 13 |
| 8 | 1 March 2003 | 8,750,000 | 14 |
| 9 | 8 March 2003 | 9,010,000 | 15 |
| 10 | 15 March 2003 | 7,560,000 | 14 |
| 11 | 22 March 2003 | 7,890,000 | 15 |
| Episode | Date | Total Viewers | ITV Weekly Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 March 2004 | 9,090,000 | 13 |
| 2 | 20 March 2004 | 7,080,000 | 18 |
| 3 | 27 March 2004 | 7,970,000 | 15 |
| 4 | 3 April 2004 | 7,800,000 | 14 |
| 5 | 10 April 2004 | 7,370,000 | 17 |
| 6 | 17 April 2004 | 7,860,000 | 15 |
| Episode | Date | Total Viewers | ITV Weekly Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 October 2004 | 8,230,000 | 13 |
| 2 | 9 October 2004 | 8,010,000 | 16 |
| 3 | 16 October 2004 | 8,170,000 | 13 |
| 4 | 23 October 2004 | 8,600,000 | 13 |
| 5 | 30 October 2004 | 7,550,000 | 16 |
| 6 | 6 November 2004 | 7,270,000 | 16 |
| Episode | Date | Total Viewers | ITV Weekly Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 February 2005 | 8,460,000 | 11 |
| 2 | 19 February 2005 | 7,830,000 | 14 |
| 3 | 26 February 2005 | 7,530,000 | 14 |
| 4 | 5 March 2005 | 7,460,000 | 17 |
| 5 | 12 March 2005 | 8,670,000 | 10 |
| 6 | 19 March 2005 | 8,490,000 | 14 |
| 7 | 26 March 2005 | 7,470,000 | 14 |
| 8 | 2 April 2005 | 6,230,000 | 18 |
| 9 | 9 April 2005 | 7,260,000 | 14 |
| 10 | 16 April 2005 | 7,370,000 | 14 |
| Xmas Special | 24 December 2005 | 6,220,000 | 16 |
| Episode | Date | Total Viewers | ITV Weekly Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 September 2006 | 7,580,000 | 7 |
| 2 | 23 September 2006 | 5,210,000 | 21 |
| 3 | 30 September 2006 | 7,370,000 | 11 |
| 4 | 7 October 2006 | 7,330,000 | 12 |
| 5 | 14 October 2006 | 7,640,000 | 11 |
| 6 | 21 October 2006 | 8,210,000 | 9 |
| Episode | Date | Total Viewers | ITV Weekly Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 September 2007 | 6,590,000 | 10 |
| 2 | 15 September 2007 | 6,760,000 | 8 |
| 3 | 22 September 2007 | 7,160,000 | 8 |
| 4 | 29 September 2007 | 6,560,000 | 13 |
| 5 | 6 October 2007 | 4,840,000 | 18 |
| 6 | 13 October 2007 | 5,600,000 | 16 |
| Episode | Date | Total Viewers | ITV Weekly Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 February 2008 | 6,410,000 | 15 |
| 2 | 23 February 2008 | 7,290,000 | 15 |
| 3 | 1 March 2008 | 7,290,000 | 15 |
| 4 | 8 March 2008 | 7,480,000 | 14 |
| 5 | 15 March 2008 | 7,760,000 | 10 |
| 6 | 22 March 2008 | 7,380,000 | 10 |
| Episode | Date | Total Viewers | ITV Weekly Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 February 2009 | 7,740,000 | 12 |
| 2 | 21 February 2009 | 6,810,000 | 15 |
| 3 | 28 February 2009 | 6,230,000 | 16 |
| 4 | 7 March 2009 | 6,900,000 | 15 |
| 5 | 14 March 2009 | 5,590,000 | 16 |
| 6 | 21 March 2009 | 6,400,000 | 22 |