Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2002)

Genre

variety show

Country

United Kingdom

Length

20 seasons, 139 episodes

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 41 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a British variety show hosted by Ant and Dec. It blends live sketches, games, and viewer prizes into a Saturday night entertainment package.

livelyfunupbeatplayfulfast-pacedinteractivecelebratory

What happens

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (referred to simply as Saturday Night Takeaway, Takeaway or SNT) is a British television variety show, presented by Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (colloquially known as Ant & Dec), which was broadcast on ITV from 8 June 2002 to 21 March 2009, and again after a 4-year hiatus from 23 February 2013 to 13 April 2024, after which the show went on another hiatus for an undisclosed amount of time. A potential return for the show has not yet been ruled out. The show's format, heavily influenced by previous Saturday night light entertainment shows such as Noel's House Party, Opportunity Knocks and Don't Forget Your Toothbrush, focused on a mixture of live and pre-recorded entertainment and game-show-influenced segments, as well as interactivity with viewers through prize-giving. With series averages attracting viewing figures from 5 to 9 million, the programme proved an immense success for the broadcaster, earning several awards including Most Popular Entertainment Programme at the National Television Awards and the BAFTA for Entertainment Programme in 2013, as well as earning awards for the presenters. Its success led to several international versions being created, though most have been short-lived. The show celebrated its 100th episode on 3 March 2018. Up until 2018, episodes were broadcast live from Studio 1 at The London Studios. Following the permanent closure of the site after the fifteenth series, the programme moved to Studio TC1 at the Television Centre in West London in 2020. The show entered an indefinite hiatus after the twentieth series in 2024 due to the presenters wanting to spend more time with their families. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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