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Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway | |
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Genre | Light entertainment Game show Comedy |
Created by | |
Presented by | Ant & Dec |
Starring | See cast |
Narrated by | Various celebrity guest stars |
Opening theme | "Saturday" (originally by Norma Jean Wright) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 20 |
No. of episodes | 139 (+ 2 specials) (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 60-120 minutes (inc. adverts) |
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Network | ITV |
Release | 8 June 2002 – 13 April 2024 |
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In for a Penny |
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 indefinite hiatus. [1]
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 since its launch, 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. [2]
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. [3]
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | |
Anthony McPartlin | Main | |||||||||||||||||||
Declan Donnelly | Main | |||||||||||||||||||
Kirsty Gallacher | Also starring | |||||||||||||||||||
Ashley Roberts | Also starring | |||||||||||||||||||
Stephen Mulhern | Also starring | |||||||||||||||||||
Scarlett Moffatt | Also starring | |||||||||||||||||||
Fleur East | Also starring | |||||||||||||||||||
Andi Peters | Also starring | |||||||||||||||||||
Jordan North | Also starring |
The general set up for each episode was a selection of segments consisting of games, comedy/entertainment films, participation by either a studio audience member or unsuspecting viewer, and a show finale consisting of a performance by a musician, dance group, singer, or group performers.
Episodes of Saturday Night Takeaway were broadcast live during the weekend, during a prime-time slot, usually 7 o’clock, on Saturday evenings for the entire run of a series. Each episode was introduced with a line-up of what segments will be featured during its broadcast, along with an introduction of the hosts themselves – from the seventh series onwards, this responsibility was given to a special celebrity announcer, who would not only give an introduction of themselves and the hosts, but would also state what viewers would expect in the show for that episode, along with an update on what was still to come before each commercial break in the programme. Prior to 2022, the opening titles were usually preceded by a cold open scene involving the hosts performing a comedy sketch, similar to the cold openings of U.S. light entertainment programme Saturday Night Live and usually with celebrity guests for the episode, which ended with them or the celebrities saying – "Roll the titles!"
Throughout the show's history, the programme had featured a variety of segments, some based on notable elements in Saturday night TV. However, Saturday Night Takeaway features a regular selection of segments that it uses frequently in the majority of its episodes. These segments include:
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The following is a list of segments used on the programme in the course of its history, that have since been retired, although may have returned in later series as a one off. These segments include:
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Filming for every episode was done both live, for studio segments and off-site broadcasts across the country, and pre-recorded for filmed segments. Live studio segments since the show premiered took place from Studio 1 at The London Studios, and included the backstage areas near to the studio for various sketches and banter by the presenters. Although the presenters were the primary cast members of Saturday Night Takeaway, the show also employs a variety of co-stars who would handle off-site segments. After 2018, live studio segments would cease to be conducted at London Studios following the conclusion of the fifteenth series, owing to the site's imminent closure and sale. Filming for the live studio segments were moved to Studio TC1 at the Television Centre in West London, operated and owned by BBC Studioworks, in time for the sixteenth series launch in February 2020. After the fourth episode of the sixteenth series, the programme's format was tweaked in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, with the fifth episode on 21 March being broadcast from the studio without an audience.
In 2016, the production staff and the programme's creators decided to air live finales abroad in other locations, as part of a new prize-giving format involving the provision of travel holiday packages to lucky recipients within the audience and around the country. The first finale to be filmed under this new format element took place aboard the MV Britannia while it was docked in Spain during its cruise journey. The format's success led to further sites abroad being used including Walt Disney World, Florida in 2017, and Universal Orlando in 2018 and returned in 2023. The finale for the sixteenth series in 2020 was originally planned to return to Walt Disney World, but was cancelled both as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus and due to Disney closing the resort as a result of the pandemic. This was announced on the fourth episode of that series, and all recipients of the prize up to that point would be honoured with a holiday at Walt Disney World for a later date. For the seventeenth series in 2021, the giveaway was presented in the form of a "Takeaway Getaway", allowing recipients to choose where they would like to travel to on an all-inclusive holiday courtesy of TUI. This was also retained on the eighteenth series in 2022 as rules on international travel following the pandemic had still not been fully relaxed by then.
Series | Episodes | Start Date | End Date | Ave. viewers (millions) |
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1 | 6 | 8 June 2002 | 13 July 2002 | 4.76 |
2 | 11 | 11 January 2003 | 22 March 2003 | 7.91 |
3 | 6 | 13 March 2004 | 17 April 2004 | 7.86 |
4 | 6 | 2 October 2004 | 6 November 2004 | 7.97 |
5 | 10 | 12 February 2005 | 16 April 2005 | 7.68 |
Christmas Special | 24 December 2005 | 6.22 | ||
6 | 6 | 16 September 2006 | 21 October 2006 | 7.22 |
7 | 6 | 8 September 2007 | 13 October 2007 | 6.25 |
8 | 6 | 16 February 2008 | 22 March 2008 | 7.27 |
9 | 6 | 14 February 2009 | 21 March 2009 | 6.63 |
10 | 7 | 23 February 2013 | 6 April 2013 | 7.82 |
11 | 7 | 22 February 2014 | 5 April 2014 | 7.61 |
12 | 7 | 21 February 2015 | 4 April 2015 | 6.91 |
13 | 7 | 20 February 2016 | 2 April 2016 | 7.71 |
14 | 7 | 25 February 2017 | 8 April 2017 | 7.94 |
15 | 6 | 24 February 2018 | 7 April 2018 | 8.43 |
16 | 7 | 22 February 2020 | 4 April 2020 | 8.54 |
17 | 7 | 20 February 2021 | 3 April 2021 | 7.41 |
18 | 7 | 19 February 2022 | 9 April 2022 | 5.99 |
19 | 7 | 25 February 2023 | 8 April 2023 | 5.70 |
Behind the Screens | 9 April 2023 | 5.34 | ||
20 | 7 | 24 February 2024 | 13 April 2024 | 4.92 |
On October 31, 2013, showrunners announced a live tour of the show, under the title "Takeaway on Tour", which would be co-produced between Ant & Dec, James Grant Live, and ITV Studios. [7] Presented by the show's hosts, with Kim Gavin as the tour's artistic director, it featured appearances by various celebrities and performers and a number of segments from the programme, including an appearance by Ashley Roberts (who also performed at the shows) as the host of the tour's version of "Ant vs. Dec".
Demand for tickets was high, leading to extra dates and venues being added on November 28, 2013, along with some shows having their dates rearranged. [8] The tour ran for only one series of shows, between 6 August – 13 September 2014 across various cities in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, which were: London, Cardiff, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester, Glasgow, Belfast, Sheffield, Newcastle, Nottingham, Liverpool and Dublin.
On 24 November 2003, a compilation VHS [9] and DVD [10] containing clips from the second series was released by Video Collection International and Granada Media. The DVD release also contained some bonus extras.
On 1 November 2004, another compilation VHS [11] and DVD, [12] titled "Home Delivery" was released by Granada Ventures, this time featuring clips from the third series. Bonus features on both formats include various interviews, a behind-the-scenes featurette, and a bonus clip of Jonathan Wilkes' interaction with the Ploppies.
Episodes from Series 17 to 20 are available on ITVX.
In 2004, Susan Presecot Games released a board game based on the series. In June 2016, another board game was released by Paul Lamond Games. [13]
The success of Saturday Night Takeaway led to the creation of a number of international versions:
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