Blind Date (UK game show)

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Blind Date
Genre Dating game show
Presented by Cilla Black (1985–2003)
Paul O'Grady (2017–)
Voices of Graham Skidmore (1985–2002)
Tommy Sandhu (2002–03)
Melanie Sykes (2017–)
Theme music composer Laurie Holloway
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original language(s)English
No. of series19
No. of episodes375 (inc. 9 specials)
Production
Production location(s) The London Studios (1985–2003, 2017-18)
Television Centre (2018)
Maidstone Studios (2019)
Running time45 minutes (1985–88)
50 minutes (1989–90)
 60 minutes (1990–2003, 2017–)
Production company(s) LWT (1985–2003)
So Television and Stellify Media (2017–)
Distributor ITV Studios
Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network ITV (1985–2003)
Channel 5 (2017–)
Picture format 4:3 (1985–2001)
16:9 (2001–03, 2017–)
Original releaseOriginal series:
30 November 1985 (1985-11-30) – 31 May 2003 (2003-05-31)
Revived series:
17 June 2017 (2017-06-17) –
present (present)
Chronology
Related showsBlind Date: Kiss & Tell
Love on a Saturday Night
Take Me Out
The Love Machine

Blind Date is a British dating game show first produced by London Weekend Television. An unscreened pilot was made with comic Duncan Norvelle as presenter [1] but it was eventually hosted by Cilla Black, who already hosted the LWT series, Surprise Surprise . Blind Date originally ran on Saturday nights from 30 November 1985 to 31 May 2003 on ITV.

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The show returned in 2017 on Channel 5. The new series began airing on 17 June 2017 in its usual Saturday night slot and is produced by So Television and Stellify Media, a firm part-owned by Sony Pictures Television. [2] [3] Paul O'Grady presents the revived series. [4] Melanie Sykes became the new voice of the show, taking over the role most famously held by Graham Skidmore in the original series. [5]

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So Television

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Format

The show had a format similar to the show known in Australia as Perfect Match or in the US as The Dating Game . Three singles of the same sex were introduced to the audience. They were then asked a question by a single individual of the opposite sex, who could hear but not see them, to choose with whom to go on a date. Before the decision Our Graham (replaced in the final ITV series by Tommy Sandhu), who was never seen, gave an amusing reminder of each contestant. The couple then picked an envelope naming their destination. The following episode showed the couple on their date, as well as interviews with them about the date and each other. Locations ranged from Bognor Regis or a date in an ice cream factory, to Anguilla or the Maldives.

<i>Perfect Match</i> (Australian game show)

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In the final series (2002–03), the format was tweaked; the "Ditch or Date?" twist was added to the show. [6] Also, a behind-the-scenes companion show, called Blind Date: Kiss & Tell was produced for ITV2 and hosted by Sarah Cawood and Brendan Courtney. [7]

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In 2003, the show was broadcast live to try to improve dwindling ratings.

History

Production

A pilot, as It's a Hoot!, was shot in early 1985 and fronted by comedian Duncan Norvelle. John Birt, LWT's director of programmes, and the IBA regulatory body had reservations about Norvelle's camp style. Black had seen The Dating Game in the US and enthused about it to LWT's Alan Boyd, who produced Surprise, Surprise and who made the Norvelle pilot. After two pilots starring Black, the series was commissioned. [1] Thelma Pickles, an old girlfriend of John Lennon, worked as a producer on the show. [8] The distinctive theme music for Blind Date has a strong resemblance to the jazz standard "Soft Winds" and was composed by Laurie Holloway.

A television pilot is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell the show to a television network. At the time of its creation, the pilot is meant to be the testing ground to gauge whether a series will be successful; it is therefore a test episode for the intended television series, an early step in the series development, much like pilot studies serve as precursors to the start of larger activity. In the case of a successful television series, the pilot is commonly the very first episode that is aired of the particular series under its own name; the episode that gets the series "off the ground". A "back door pilot" is an episode of an existing successful series, featuring future tie-in characters of an up-and-coming television series or film. Its purpose is to introduce the characters to an audience before the creators decide on whether or not they intend to pursue a spin-off series with those characters.

Independent Broadcasting Authority British television organisation

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John Lennon English singer and songwriter, founding member of The Beatles

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Popularity and decline

At the height of its popularity in the 1980s, 18.2 million tuned in on a Saturday night. Black's scouse accent and her catchphrases became familiar throughout the United Kingdom. The show won the Lew Grade Award at the British Academy Television Awards in 1995. [9] The first episode of Series 17, on 10 November 2001, was reportedly watched at 19:00 GMT by seven million viewers – 32% of the audience. Although, this was around a million fewer than tuned in to its debut episode in the previous series. [10] This was likely to state that its popularity was on the wane. Black was responsible for ITV shifting its football programme, The Premiership , to make way for the new series in a prime-time slot. The broadcaster reportedly gave in to Black's ultimatum "move the Premiership football programme or I quit". [11]

The British Academy Television Awards, also known as the BAFTA TV Awards, are presented in an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). They have been awarded annually since 1955.

The Premiership was a television programme which showed highlights of the FA Premier League.

Viewing figures declined to 5 million by 2003.[ citation needed ] The final episode in May 2003 was seen by 2.9 million viewers. [12]

Cancellation

The series ended in 2003 when, during an episode on 4 January 2003 (the first to be broadcast live), Black announced she was quitting the show. [13] [14] The production crew had not been told. A change in the show's format was one of the factors in her decision to leave the show. [15] Production was halted after the series ended; Trisha Goddard, Dale Winton and Paul O'Grady were to be in line for her replacement [16] but the show was later cancelled. ITV had been refused permission to make changes to the format by Columbia, the US company which owned Blind Date at the time. [12]

However, ITV briefly aired a similar replacement show in 2004 hosted by Davina McCall, called Love on a Saturday Night and since 2010, Take Me Out , hosted by Paddy McGuinness which is still airing.

Brief return

Blind Date returned on 20 May 2006, as part of ITV's coverage of a concert held outside the Tower of London to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the foundation of the charity The Prince's Trust. Comedian Patrick Kielty and TV presenter Kate Thornton acted as hosts for the show which featured Dame Edna Everage, Roger Moore, Richard E. Grant and Chico Slimani as contestants. [17]

It returned again on 16 October 2013 to celebrate Black's 50-year career in the entertainment industry. This special one-off was part of another programme, The One and Only Cilla Black , presented by Paul O'Grady. [18] Blind Date producers brought back three of the show's most memorable contestants who were still single, giving them a second chance to win a date. [19] However, the couple's date was not shown.

Revival

A planned Irish revival of the format, hosted by Lucy Kennedy on TV3, was dropped by the broadcaster in June 2015. [20] It was later picked up with comedian Al Porter announced as the host in May 2017. [21]

In February 2017, it was announced that Blind Date would be returning but would now be aired on Channel 5 fourteen years after being cancelled. [2] On 16 March 2017, Paul O'Grady was announced as the show's new presenter [4] and Melanie Sykes provides the voiceover. [5] The revived series began on 17 June 2017 and received mainly positive reviews. [22]

Celebrity contestants

Blind Date featured celebrities before they became well known. These include:

Weddings

During the show's history, three Blind Date weddings took place and were watched by millions of television viewers. Black was a guest at the weddings.

On 29 December 2001, the episode saw contestant Hannarle Davies from Essex propose to Mark Ackerell from Buckinghamshire; after they fell in love on their date to Vienna, Austria. [34]

Minor controversy

A contestant named Nicola Gill came on the show, claiming she was a temporary secretary, when she was actually a journalist for Cosmopolitan Magazine. When Black found out about this, she exploited the truth on the show, leading Gill to get booed by the audience, and her date to go away in total shock. Her date was later brought back on a different episode and offered a second chance, but as the one choosing from the three girls (as well as going on the holiday to Nepal by himself). [35]

Transmissions

Original

Series

Ratings

Series 18

Episode no.Air dateViewers
(millions) [36] 		ITV weekly ranking
119 October 20025.6922
226 October 20025.5323
32 November 20025.8123
49 November 20026.1123
516 November 20025.9323
623 November 20026.0422
730 November 20025.0525
87 December 20025.1825
914 December 20025.2526
1021 December 20025.3924
1128 December 20025.9017
124 January 20036.7718
1311 January 20035.8722
1418 January 20035.3126
1525 January 20035.2326
161 February 20035.0128
178 February 2003Under 5.21Outside Top 30
1815 February 20036.1719
1922 February 20034.4430
201 March 20034.5530
218 March 20034.2630
2215 March 2003Under 4.78Outside Top 30
2310 May 2003Under 5.15Outside Top 30
2417 May 2003Under 3.95Outside Top 30
2524 May 2003Under 4.23Outside Top 30
2631 May 2003Under 3.52Outside Top 30

Revival

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
117 June 201722 July 20176
230 December 20173 February 20186
316 June 201814 April 201912
421 April 201916 June 20198

Specials

DateEntitle
23 December 2017Christmas Special [37]

Ratings

Series 1

Episode
no.		Airdate7 day viewers
(millions)		28 day viewers
(millions)		Channel 5 weekly ranking
117 June 20172.252.291
224 June 20171.671.713
31 July 20171.421.474
48 July 20171.141.2112
515 July 20171.141.1511
622 July 20171.381.405

Series 2

Episode
no.		Airdate7 day viewers
(millions)		28 day viewers
(millions)		Channel 5 weekly ranking
130 December 20171.171.258
26 January 20180.890.9718
313 January 20180.880.9123
420 January 20181.041.0512
527 January 20180.840.8721
63 February 20180.800.8220

Series 3

Episode
no.		Airdate7 day viewers
(millions)		28 day viewers
(millions)		Channel 5 weekly ranking
116 June 20180.730.7619
223 June 20180.680.7020
330 June 20180.610.6224
421 July 20181.091.095
528 July 20181.081.094
64 August 20181.131.149
711 August 20181.161.172
818 August 20181.061.077
922 December 20181.001.038
1029 December 20181.171.198
117 April 20190.75TBC15
1214 April 2019TBCTBCTBC

Series 4

Episode
no.		Airdate7 day viewers
(millions)		28 day viewers
(millions)		Channel 5 weekly ranking
121 April 20190.59TBC22
228 April 2019TBCTBCTBC
35 May 2019TBCTBCTBC
412 May 2019TBCTBCTBC
519 May 2019TBCTBCTBC
62 June 2019TBCTBCTBC
79 June 2019TBCTBCTBC
816 June 2019TBCTBCTBC

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