In for a Penny (game show)

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In for a Penny
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Genre Game show
Created by Ant & Dec
Presented by Stephen Mulhern
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series6
No. of episodes50
Production
Production locationVarious
Running time30 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companies ITV Studios Entertainment (2019–2020)
Lifted Entertainment (2021–2024)
Mitre Studios
Original release
Network ITV
Release13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 
8 June 2024 (2024-06-08)
Related
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

In for a Penny is a British game show hosted by Stephen Mulhern, based on the segment of the same name in the show Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway . [1] The show began airing on Saturday nights on ITV1 from 13 April 2019 to 8 June 2024.

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History

The show was announced, in April 2018, during the finale of the fifteenth series of Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway . The series began on 13 April 2019. On 9 July 2019, it was announced the show would return for a second series and a Christmas special. On 4 August 2020, filming began for a third series, with all social distancing guidelines being followed amid the COVID-19 pandemic. During August 2021, filming for a fourth series commenced, which started airing on 9 April 2022. During August 2022, filming for a fifth series commenced, which started airing on 15 April 2023.

Format

Stephen Mulhern explores the streets of various UK towns and cities to find people to complete various challenges. The challenges include filling cars with an exact amount of fuel and guessing the prices of items on a conveyor belt. Each show ends with the 'In for a Penny, In for a Grand' finale game, which includes people doing silly things in order to win £1,000.

Segments

The programme consists of many different segments and games through the series. Some of them take place on a fixed location, others take place outdoors. These games include:

Introduced in Series 1 (2019)

Introduced in Series 2 (2020)

Introduced in Series 3 (2021)

Introduced in Series 4 (2022)

Introduced in Series 5 (2023)

Introduced in Series 6 (2024)

In for a Penny, In for a Grand

At the end of each episode, Stephen approaches members of the public shopping on the high street, to take part in a special game show, but only if they have a penny on them. Each contestant takes part in five rounds - four focusing on different challenges, and the final focusing on stopping at a selected number of seconds (i.e. stopping between 9–10 seconds) - and should they complete all five, they win £1,000, but if they fail on one, the game ends and the entire production crew run off to find the next contestant, much to Stephen's frustration.

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesStart dateEnd date
1713 April 201925 May 2019
Christmas Special121 December 2019
2728 March 20209 May 2020
Christmas Special126 December 2020
3817 April 202112 June 2021
Christmas Special127 December 2021
489 April 20224 June 2022
Christmas Special124 December 2022
5715 April 20233 June 2023
Christmas Special125 December 2023
6820 April 20248 June 2024

Episodes

Notes

References

  1. "In For A Penny". ITV Press Centre. Retrieved 31 May 2019.