God's Gift (TV series)

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God's Gift
Genre Dating game show
Presented by Davina McCall
Claudia Winkleman
Narrated by Stuart Hall
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes75
Production
Running time60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company Granada
Original release
Network ITV
Release3 January 1996 (1996-01-03) 
18 December 1998 (1998-12-18)

God's Gift was a British dating game show that aired on ITV from 4 January 1996 to 3 April 1998. The first series was presented by Davina McCall and Claudia Winkleman hosted the second series. The show's title came from the phrase "God's gift to women", i.e. an ironic description of a would-be Casanova.

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Format

Each week, five male contestants would vie with each other to win the affections and votes of a female audience (or a male audience on "gay specials") by participating in a series of facetious games designed to "test" their sex appeal. The winner's prize would be to take an audience member of his choice out on a date, which was then filmed for broadcast in the following week's show.

Broadcast

The series was screened Overnight on the ITV, the day and time of broadcast and repeat depended on the Night time feed, although Yorkshire and Tyne Tees Television did not broadcast the series.

Series guide


  1. The time 6th Feb 1998. TV listings: God Gifts Returns for new series.

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