5.2 /10 1 Votes
4.7/10 TV Original language(s) English No. of episodes 73 First episode date 29 September 1995 Number of episodes 73 Language English | 5.6/10 IMDb Country of origin United Kingdom No. of series 2 Running time 43-44 minutes Final episode date 10 December 1996 Genre Game show | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Narrated by Stuart HallJimmy Savile Similar Game show, Don't Try This at Home, Streetmate, Prickly Heat, Carnal Knowledge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gods gift with davina mccall late night itv
God's Gift was a British television game show broadcast for two series in 1995 and 1996. It was produced by Granada Television and presented from the studio floor by Davina McCall in series 1 and Claudia Winkleman in series 2. Stuart Hall provided the voiceover for the first series and most of the second, with Jimmy Savile doing the voiceover in later episodes in the last series.
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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.
The series was broadcast in the early hours of a Thursday morning and was usually repeated in the early hours of Sunday morning on ITV, although not every region took the series. The second series was axed after fewer regions decided to broadcast it.
The show's title came from the phrase "God's gift to women", i.e. an ironic description of a would-be Casanova.