The Other Half (game show)

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The Other Half
Genre Dating game show
Created by Jeremy Lloyd
Presented by Dale Winton
Theme music composerErnie Dunstall (1997-99)
Tony Royden (2000-02)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes37
Production
Running time40 minutes
Original release
Network BBC One
Release7 June 1997 (1997-06-07) 
2 February 2002 (2002-02-02)

The Other Half was a dating game show on BBC One, which ran from 7 June 1997 to 2 February 2002. It was hosted by Dale Winton.

Contents

Transmissions

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
17 June 1997 [1] 12 July 1997 [2] 6
218 July 1998 [3] 29 August 1998 [4] 6
35 June 1999 [5] 21 August 1999 [6] 13
27 December 1999 [7]
41 July 2000 [8] 19 August 2000 [9] 12
30 December 2000 [10]
11 August 2001 [11] 18 August 2001 [12]
2 February 2002 [13]

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References

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  13. "The Other Half Celebrity Special - BBC One London - 2 February 2002". BBC Genome Project. 2 February 2002. Retrieved 4 December 2014.