List of Blind Date (British game show) episodes

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

Series overview

Original (ITV) (1985–2003)

Series

Revival (Channel 5) (2017-2019)

Series

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
1 (19)17 June 201723 December 20177
2 (20)30 December 20173 February 20186
3 (21)16 June 201818 August 201810
22 December 201829 December 2018
4 (22)7 April 201919 May 201910
2 June 201916 June 2019

Transmissions

Series 18

Episode no.Air dateViewers
(millions) [5]
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
2322 March 2003 ? ?
2410 May 2003Under 5.15Outside Top 30
2517 May 2003Under 3.95Outside Top 30
2624 May 2003Under 4.23Outside Top 30
2731 May 2003Under 3.52Outside Top 30

Revival

Series 1 (19)

Episode
no.
Air date7 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
723 December 2017

Series 2 (20)

Episode
no.
Air date7 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 (21)

Episode
no.
Air date7 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

Series 4 (22)

Episode
no.
Air date7 day viewers
(millions)
28 day viewers
(millions)
Channel 5 weekly ranking
17 April 20190.750.7615
214 April 2019
321 April 20190.5922
428 April 20190.960.989
55 May 20190.830.8514
612 May 2019
719 May 20190.7915
82 June 2019TBCTBC
99 June 20190.68TBC17
1016 June 2019TBCTBCTBC

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