The following is a list of episodes for the British entertainment series Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, that began airing in 2002.
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Series overview
As of March 11, 2017, 14 series have been broadcast, and are summarized below. The ratings of the series are also listed.
Series 1 (2002)
The first series began on 8 June 2002 and contained six episodes. The first series is notable for containing a number of segments which didn't make it past the first series.
Series 1. An early format of the game in which Ant & Dec phone an unsuspecting member of the public and ask them to pick a number between one and nine. Whatever prize is behind that number on the corresponding screen is the prize the person wins. Although the game continued until series nine, this format was only used in series one.
Series 1. A spoof reality show in which Jeremy Beadle is locked up in the dungeons of Spitbank Fort in the Solent. Each week, a different member of the public was locked up with Beadle for seven days, and is then given a task to perform live the following Saturday. If they are successful, £5000 would be awarded to them, and they would be released, and Beadle would win a luxury to make his prison life easier. In an attempt to rival Channel 4's smash hit series Big Brother, Banged Up with Beadle was accompanied every week by a spin-off ITV2 show of the same name, presented by Donna Air and Brendan Courtney. During the spin-off, the member of the public performing the task is released, and the new contestant takes their place, to save time broadcasting it during SNT. It also featured footage of the contestant and Beadle practising for Saturday night. This game only lasted one series.
Series 1. Each week, a contestant is given sixty seconds to impress Ant, who is labelled by his co-workers as "a miserable git", and make him laugh. If they succeed, they win a trophy. If they fail, they are gunged. This game also lasted one series, and was compared to the Challenge Ant segment of SMTV Live.
Series 1–3. A spoof version of Jim'll Fix It in which audience members who had written to Jimmy Savile in their youth, but have never been lucky enough to fulfil their dreams, are given the chance to have their dreams realised twenty years later. This game lasted a total of three series, but was later dropped.
Series 1–3. A hidden camera is placed in a public location in the country, and during the show, Ant & Dec surprise an unsuspecting member of the public, and inform them if they run home immediately, they would be rewarded with £3,000. The person would then be forced to read an oath with stated that they must never go out on Saturday nights again. This game also lasted a total of three series.
Series 1. The climax of the show, inviting a lucky member of the audience to "Don't just watch the adverts, win 'em". An ITV show is selected at random, and twenty prizes are taken from the adverts shown within it. The contestant has ninety seconds to answer as many questions as possible correctly. After this, they have to decide to take the prizes they have already won and run, or gamble everything on one final question. A correct answer wins them all of the prizes, a wrong answer wins them a roll of toilet paper. The first version of the game involved three contestants being chosen at random, and then whittled down to one in a short quiz. This was discontinued after one series.
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Series 2 (2003)
The second series began on 11 January 2003 and contained eleven episodes, the longest running series to date. Only a small number of elements were retained for this series, with a number of new games being introduced.
Series 2–5. A game based on the Saturday night television programme Opportunity Knocks, which enables members of the studio audience, who previously appeared on the expired programme, to act their performances again. This segment replaced the axed Banged Up with Beadle. A memorable moment in the game occurred during Series 4, on 14 October 2004, when sisters Diane and Mandy Fanthorpe received more applause than Busted on a sawing trick.
Series 2–4. Ant & Dec are presented with a challenge, of which they have no prior knowledge, and which is often embarrassing. Segments included performing with the Royal Navy, becoming part of a Circus of Horrors, acting out a scene from Bill & Ben in giant flowerpot costumes, playing a game of Countdown and grooming giant gorillas from South America. This feature was later modified into Ant vs. Dec, in which the two boys go head to head. One infamous moment came when the curtain hiding the feature failed to raise, forcing an abrupt commercial break, leaving Ant & Dec to prepare for their challenge on air after it was revealed.
Series 2–9. A new format for Grab the Ads was introduced in series two, in which each week, a different celebrity would play a game to generate a number between one and nine, and the generated number would reveal a prize – which was then given to the viewer. This game lasted until the end of series nine, but was dropped for series ten in favour of the more commercial Win the Ads (Dec pulls the lever like a fruit machine and the caller is between 001–100 and asks who the caller is and where does he/she come from in this series only). From Series 3, Dec (Ant on the series finale of Series 3) controls the computer by saying "COMPUTER... STOP!", similar to Win the Ads.
Games played include:
Series 2–6. A segment in which a pair of child "look-alikes" played by James Pallister and Dylan McKenna-Redshaw called Little Ant and Dec interview a number of celebrities and media personalities after Ant & Dec delegate them to them on the flimsy pretext of "we couldn't be bothered". The two are known for asking all sorts of blunt questions, and sometimes bamboozle some surprisingly straight answers out of their victims. Such victims of the duo included singer Kylie Minogue, actor Kevin Costner, actress Sarah Michelle Gellar, former Prime Minister Tony Blair and Spice Girl Victoria Beckham, the latter of whom was asked what conceived meant, and she told Little Ant & Dec that it meant "where her son got in her tummy". In one instance, where the duo interviewed Ant & Dec themselves, they used two even younger Ant & Dec look-alikes, "Little Little Ant & Dec", to introduce the segment because they 'couldn't be bothered'. Later series also saw the duo interview Ant & Dec's girlfriends, Lisa Armstrong and Clare Buckfield, respectively.
Series 2–5. Ant & Dec, wearing heavy disguises, ambush fellow celebrities using a fake story and characters. Early targets of the undercover segment included Simon Cowell on American Idol, Phillip Schofield and Fern Britton on the ITV show This Morning, Lorraine Kelly, the cast of Emmerdale, and British boyband Blue. The segment also occasionally involved fooling members of the public. The last undercover until its revamped return featured Jonathan Wilkes getting his own back on Ant & Dec for making him an undercover victim in series three.
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Series 3 (2004)
The third series began on 13 March 2004 and contained six episodes, as per the first series. Many elements from the first and second series returned, including Undercover, Little Ant & Dec, What's Next?, Opportunity Knocks: Again, Home Run and Jim Didn't Fix It, as well as the introduction of one new segment.
Series 3. Nine popular takeaways are chosen at random, and one is selected by a member of the studio audience. The takeaway, which is being delivered to an unsuspecting member of the public, has £1,000 stuffed in it. The person who receives the takeaway then answers a question from their front door, and if they get it right, they win the money, along with their food. This was dropped after one series.
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Series 4 (2004)
The fourth series began on 2 October 2004, and contained six episodes. Many elements from the first, second and third series returned, including Undercover, Little Ant & Dec, What's Next? and Opportunity Knocks: Again, as well as the introduction of one new segment.
One pub is chosen each week to compete in the "Saturday Night Pub Olympics", a series of sporting events in which unsuspecting members of the public have to show off their sporting prowess. They are split into two teams, and have to face each other in three different events to decide the winning team. Dickie Davies was on hand to commentate on proceedings. Again, this segment was dropped after just one series.
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Series 5 (2005)
The fifth series began on 12 February 2005, and contained ten episodes, the second longest running series to date. Series five saw the return of Undercover and Little Ant & Dec, but a number of segments from past series were dropped. What's Next was revamped and made into Ant vs. Dec, a challenge segment in which the boys would go head to head in a number of different games.
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Series 6 (2006)
The sixth series began on 16 September 2006 and contained six episodes. Undercover was dropped for the first time, although Little Ant & Dec was retained for the final time. Ant vs. Dec also returned, with two new segments, Beat the Boys and Jiggy Bank, being introduced.
The obstacles used in series 6:
Series 6–7. A member of the studio audience is invited down to ride a robotic pig, like a rodeo. The longer they can hang on, the more money they will win. The maximum amount of money on offer is £5,000, and any money which isn't won is added to the Grab the Ads jackpot. As a joke, the announcer in the commentary box, or in series six, a child's voice mailing in from a mobile phone, will say "Oink Oink, You Lucky Pig!" when the prize with the money remaining is revealed.
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Series 7 (2007)
The seventh series began on 8 September 2007 and contained six episodes. Jiggy Bank, Beat the Boys and Ant vs. Dec returned from previous series, although all other original segments from the series, such as Undercover and Little Ant & Dec, were scrapped. The introduction of celebrity announcers to the series gave the series a new twist.
The obstacles used in series 7 are:
Failure to complete any of the obstacles correctly will incur a ten-second penalty.
Most noteworthy race
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Series 8 (2008)
The eighth series began on 16 February 2008, and contained six episodes. A new studio game, entitled The Mouse Trap, was introduced during the series, and retained for series nine, although was later pulled and did not feature in series ten. All other features from series seven were retained.
Team Ant
Team Dec
Series 8 saw Ant & Dec train a team of 5 different celebrities for a certain challenge. The losing team on the night would eliminate a member, chosen by the leaders, either Ant, or Dec. Ant's team consisted of Paul Daniels' wife Debbie McGee, actress and singer Bonnie Langford, dancer Wayne Sleep, Jason "J" Brown from Five and Lee Ryan from Blue. Due to "personal reasons", Lee Ryan was unable to commit to the team, and was replaced with ex-Steps member Lee Latchford-Evans. Dec's team members were magician Paul Daniels, 1980s singer Sonia and The X Factor contestant Chico Slimani, TV presenter Melinda Messenger, and former footballer and reality TV regular Lee Sharpe. On 23 February, Sonia was unable to take part in the live challenge to due a leg injury, which lead to her elimination after Dec's team lost the challenge. Dec won at Tap Dancing, to equal the scores at 3-3, after he was 3-1 down at one point. It went to a decider – a basketball shootout. With Lee Sharpe scoring for Dec's team, Dec won the series for the fourth time.
Steps member Ian Watkins and actor Christopher Parker feature in one of the obstacles.
The obstacles used in series 8 are:
Series 8–9. The Mouse Trap was a maze, in which one lucky viewer entered and tried to retrieve as much cheese as possible before making their way out. There were originally ten compartments hanging from above certain zones, and they had to be pulled to release whatever was in it. Each cheese was worth £1,000, and there were five cheeses to be collected in total. The viewer had to collect as much cheese as possible and get out of the maze within the time limit of one minute, or else they would be locked in by Tiddles the Takeaway Cat, and their cheese would count for nothing.
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Series 9 (2009)
The ninth series began on 14 February 2009 and contained six episodes. This was the final series before the show took a four-year break. Beat the Boys was dropped in favour of a new segment, Escape from Takeaway Prison, although all other features from series eight were retained.
The final main challenge 'Performing Songs from Musicals' was judged by a panel made up of singer Lily Allen, and Dancing on Ice judges Jason Gardiner and Ruthie Henshall. All three voted for Dec, putting the scores up to 3-3, which resulted in a tie-breaker as the final game was 'Tincan Alley' where each player has to throw the ball at the tins. The person who knocks off all of the tins first wins. Team Dec won, with the captain managing to knock all of it off. At the end of episode six, the awards were given with Team Ant getting 'loser' medals and Team Dec getting 'winner' medals and the trophy. All of these were awarded by Brian Blessed who also featured in the 'Duke of Edinburgh' challenge. This series, the team format is back, with ten new celebrities:
Team Ant:
Team Dec:
Series 9. Twenty celebrities are banged up in the fictional Takeaway Prison, and must embark on a mission to escape. Only one will do so, whilst the others will be jailed for life. Philip Olivier was proclaimed as the winner of the challenge on 21 March 2009. The prison in-mates included Bianca Gascoigne, The Cheeky Girls, Chesney Hawkes, Craig Phillips and Linda Barker.
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Series 10 (2013)
After a four-year break, the tenth series began on 23 February 2013, and contained seven episodes. This series saw the return of Undercover, Little Ant & Dec, and saw the introduction of new segments such as I'm a Celebrity... Get Out of My Ear!, End of the Show-Show and Vegas or Bust. It was also the first series to be screened in Australia on Eleven.
In the revived version of the segment, the team format used in the last two series was dropped, and the original format was revived. In this series, the challenges were revealed on the night, without any rehearsals or training – hence the title "Into the Unknown". This is now similar in style to previous feature, 'What's next?'. Whilst the previous five segments were hosted by presenter Kirsty Gallacher, this series' segment was hosted by American singer Ashley Roberts, formerly of The Pussycat Dolls, and was often narrated by sports commentator Clive Tyldesley. Ant won the segment for the first time at the sixth attempt.
For this series, a new game was introduced, entitled I'm a Celebrity...Get Out of Me Ear! (a play on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!). Each week, a celebrity, would be given an ear piece, and is forced to repeat whatever Ant & Dec tell them to say to an unsuspecting member of the public. The first victim was Louis Walsh, who had decorators in his house, and Ant & Dec gave him madcap tasks to perform, such as ringing Dannii Minogue on a banana and crowning himself the king of pop. The second victim was Emma Bunton, who was tasked with giving a job interview to three possible PAs, and Aled Jones became the third victim, inviting party planners to his house to help organise a due.
The original format of Undercover returned, with Ant & Dec dressing up and surprising unsuspecting celebrities. Pranks include the duo fooling One Direction into meeting their "biggest fans", Jeremy Kyle meeting a man who has had plastic surgery to make him look like a cat, and Piers Morgan breaking Simon Cowell's $3.5 million painting.
Ant & Dec hold an Apprentice-style segment to find the new Little Ant & Dec as the original pair are now 18-year-olds. The new Little Ant & Dec – Neil Overend (Little Ant) – and Haydn Reid (Little Dec) – are again tasked with interviewing celebrities. For the new series, the duo conducted interviews with Mila Kunis, Russell Brand, Bruce Forsyth, the Britain's Got Talent judging panel of Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, David Walliams and Alesha Dixon and Gerard Butler.
The second format of Win the Ads is adopted in this revived version of the segment.
Ant & Dec perform with a musical routine with a celebrity guest at the end of each show. This usually involves a musician or cast of a musical. For Michael Bublé's performance, Ant & Dec left the studios on a golf buggy and went into the Mulberry Bush pub, which is directly opposite The London Studios, where they were joined by the stars from the evening's show and the television cameras, and where the final part of the show was filmed.
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Series 11 (2014)
The eleventh series of Saturday Night Takeaway began airing on 22 February 2014. The series also screened in Australia on subscription television channel Fox8.
In this series, the format was the same as the previous series. Once again, the challenges were revealed on the night, without any rehearsals or training – hence the title "Into the Unknown". This series' segment was hosted by Ashley Roberts, for the second year and commentary was often given by sports commentator Clive Tyldesley.
The original format of Undercover returned, with Ant & Dec dressing up and surprising unsuspecting celebrities. Pranks include the duo giving chef Gordon Ramsay his day of 'hell', fooling David Dickinson into thinking he's hosting a new show for ITV and surprising Holly Willoughby on the set of Surprise Surprise with a marriage proposal that goes wrong.
The 'Little Ant & Dec' segment returned this series, Neil Overend (Little Ant) and Haydn Reid (Little Dec) are again tasked with interviewing celebrities.
In the first episode, Little Ant and Dec attend the BRIT Awards where they spoke to the likes of Kylie Minogue, Dannii Minogue, One Direction, Keith Lemon, James Corden, Kimberley Walsh and Jessie J. In the second episode of the new series, Little Ant & Dec visit the set of Mr Selfridge, where they chat to Jeremy Piven and Katherine Kelly. In the fifth episode Little Ant & Dec chat to Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson In the sixth episode the duo met Boris Johnson
This Morning presenters Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes participated in this section during the first episode and former Dancing on Ice host Christine Bleakley took part in the fifth show of the series. Peter Andre was the subject for episode six.
The duo surprised three viewers at home, who were challenged to fill in the blanks of a set of song lyrics for the chance to win £500. Rick Astley, Bonnie Tyler and Right Said Fred appeared in this feature across the series.
The second format of Win the Ads, the same as the tenth series, is adopted in this revived version of the segment. This series was the first upon its return in which all seven 'Make or Break' questions resulted in wins.
The Super Computer returned for this series, visiting more locations around the United Kingdom. If anyone taking part impresses the Super Computer, they will receive boarding passes for the Takeaway Plane to Florida at the end of the series (5 April).
Ant & Dec perform a musical routine with a celebrity guest at the end of each show, usually a musician or the cast of a musical.
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Series 12 (2015)
During the final episode of series 11, Dec confirmed that there would be another series of Saturday Night Takeaway to air in 2015. The twelfth series began airing on 21 February 2015.
The trailers that ran on ITV, which featured Ant & Dec dressed as superheoes and beating the Winter Blues, featured the song "Smack" by Ugly Duckling.
Special guests this series include Alesha Dixon, Robert Rinder, Anne Hegerty and Shaun Wallace.
In this series, the format was the same as the previous series. Once again, the challenges were revealed on the night, without any rehearsals or training – hence the title "Into the Unknown". Ashley Roberts continued to take over from Kirsty Gallacher, and commentary was again provided by Clive Tyldsley. In Episode 1, Ashley Roberts announced that viewers could win £1,000 if they guessed the winner correctly. This did not return for the second, third, fourth and fifth challenge. Little Ant & Dec joined for the third challenge. Even though there was no training, in the fourth challenge they had training to remember the foods. At the end of the series, Ant won Ant vs Dec 4-2. The Turbine was the first challenge, Ant won
The original format of Undercover returned, with Ant & Dec dressing up and surprising unsuspecting celebrities.
The 'Little Ant & Dec' segment returned this series, Neil Overend (Little Ant) and Haydn Reid (Little Dec) are again tasked with interviewing celebrities.
The duo surprise three viewers, who are challenged to fill in the blanks of a set of song lyrics for the chance to win £500.
A new feature for the show saw the duo offering to help members of the public set friends and family up.
An unsuspecting member of the public is surprised by Ant & Dec, who challenge them to play the game, in which they must collect keys with their friends and family whilst travelling down an inflatable slide, in order to win tickets to New York. The team in episode two won the prize. Although the team in episode four did not technically win, the duo decided they could have the prize anyway as they had just got engaged. In Episode 6, everybody grabbed a key and opened for suitcases. Luckily, they went to New York.
The second format of Win the Ads, the same as the tenth and eleventh series, is adopted in this revived version of the segment.
The Super Computer returned for this series, visiting more locations around the United Kingdom. If anyone taking part impressed the Super Computer, they received boarding passes for the Takeaway Plane to New York City where they had two days access to the most famous landmarks including Statue of Liberty and Empire State Building as well as tickets to see Aladdin on Broadway. The plane took off at the end of the series (4 April 2015).
Ant & Dec perform a musical routine with a celebrity guest at the end of each show, usually a musician or the cast of a musical.
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Series 13 (2016)
It was confirmed in the final episode of series 12 that Saturday Night Takeaway would return for a thirteenth series, airing from 20 February 2016. On 3 February 2016, ITV released a promo trailer revealing that the new series would start in late February 2016. Changes for this series include a new logo, Stephen Mulhern taking over from Ashley Roberts as host of Ant vs Dec, and a special live finale on a cruise ship in the Mediterranean Sea. Roberts herself presented a new segment for the show entitled 'Best Seats in the House'. YouTubers Alfie Deyes and Marcus Butler made appearances during each episode. During episode 2, Coronation Street stars Kym Marsh, Jane Danson, Sally Dynevor, Shayne Ward and Jack P. Shepherd appeared as guests throughout the episode. In episode 3, Bring Me the Horizon and Fleur East appeared as guests. Leona Lewis appeared in episode 4.
From episode 2 to 4, the show is opened by a musical guest while the Guest Announcer runs through what is coming up on that night's show before introducing Ant & Dec, replacing the traditional pre-titles sketch used in all previous series. However, the sketches returned from episode 5.
Ant vs. Dec was hosted this series by Stephen Mulhern.
The original format of Undercover returned with Ant & Dec dressing up and surprising unsuspecting celebrities.
Throughout the series, the show featured a huge giveaway for cabins on a Mediterranean cruise aboard the Britannia ship, courtesy of P&O Cruises with the final show of the series broadcast live from the ship in Barcelona.
The giveaway took on various forms during the series:
'Little Ant & Dec' returned, Neil Overend (Little Ant) and Haydn Reid (Little Dec) were usually in the studio taking part in the show, including The End Of The Show Show, rather than interviewing celebrities, although they did interview Jennifer Lawrence and the cast of The Hunger Games in episode 4. Their big moment was dancing with the cast of Billy Elliott in the 6th episode.
The duo surprise three viewers, who are challenged to fill in the blanks of a set of song lyrics for the chance to win £500. On Episode 1, the duo surprised 2015 I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! winner Vicky Pattison live in her own living room to play the game. On Episode 7, the contestants were chosen from those on the cruise ship (excluding 'Cabins on the Cruise' winners).
The second format of Win the Ads, the same as the tenth, eleventh and twelfth series, is adopted in this revived version of the segment. However, there are only 16 prizes up for grabs rather than 20. The contestant is now also chosen by a giant pointing finger that moves above the audience - known as 'The Fickle Finger of Fate'. Also, contestants who lose the 'Play' gamble no longer receive a consolation prize (a roll of toilet paper) like in previous series - but are now instead invited to have a "loser" selfie taken with Ant & Dec, using Ant's smartphone.
For the first time in Saturday Night Takeaway history, in episode 3, one contestant collected half of the prizes, but took the 'Play' gamble and yet still won all 16.
For the final episode, the contestant was chosen from those on the cruiseship (excluding 'Cabins on the Cruise' winners) and the questions were all associated with being at sea - as opposed to usually being based upon the previous week's news stories. The consolation prize of toilet paper was also brought back, since the contestant lost.
New for series 13, Best Seats in the House gives viewers the opportunity to win tickets to be in the studio audience for the following week's show, where they will be seated in a special "VIP" sofa area in the middle of the audience. This segment is introduced by Ashley Roberts and features the use of the Super Computer. Four sofas are placed in mystery locations across the UK and all people who find the sofas by a certain point in the show are in the running to win the 'Best Seats in the House'.
In Episode 3, for Mother's Day, people were required to bring their mother to the sofa with them in order to compete. In Episode 4, people were required to bring their own chairs to the secret locations. In Episode 6, a winner from each location was chosen, who each got a cabin on the cruise as their prize.
Bold indicates the sofa location chosen by the Super Computer.
A new mini-series drama began airing from Episode 2 of the series, entitled Who Shot Simon Cowell?. The plot revolved around talent show mogul Simon Cowell being gunned down by a mystery assailant at his birthday party with Ant & Dec emerging as the prime suspects. Many famous faces who currently or have previously worked with Cowell or Ant & Dec appear in the mini-series including Louis Walsh, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon, David Walliams, Piers Morgan, Olly Murs, Caroline Flack and Pudsey the Dog. It was specifically written for the show by Broadchurch creator Chris Chibnall and stars Kevin Whately from Lewis and Emilia Fox from Silent Witness as the two detectives leading the case.
Ant & Dec perform a musical routine with a celebrity guest at the end of each show, usually a musician or the cast of a musical. In Episode 6, due to a special live wedding celebration, there was an extra segment titled The Middle of the Show Show.
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Series 14 (2017)
It was confirmed at the end of the 2016 series that the show would return the following year. The final episode of the show will take place in Walt Disney World. The series commenced on February 25, 2017, and will feature seven episodes as normal.
Segments from previous series, such as Win The Ads, Undercover, Ant vs Dec and End of The Show Show return this series. Ant vs Dec will still be hosted by Stephen Mulhern, who will return to the show for his second series.
Ashley Roberts stepped down earlier in January 2017, as series 13 was said to be her last. Therefore, she won't return on Saturday Night Takeaway for the foreseeable future, as she will be exploring other opportunities.
Jungle Queen of I'm A Celebrity...! 2016, and former Gogglebox star Scarlett Moffatt was announced on 9 January 2017 to be joining the show for series 14. In show 1, she was sent on a mission to find two or three people to be part of the Best Seats in the House segment. In show 2, she was given a task to surprise a member of the audience at the knockout stages of The Voice to be part of the same segment. This was dropped, however, due to the debuting return of SofaWatch in Episode 3, where the public find a mystery sofa located somewhere in the UK.
Little Ant & Dec (Neil Overend and Haydn Reid) are set to return on the new series, as well.
The segment "Happiest Minute of the Week" returned for a second series in a row this year. According to some, 7:26 pm is supposed to be the happiest minute of the hour. As the segment for this year involves a ticket to the series finale in Walt Disney World (which will broadcast on 8 April), viewers and members of the audience will fly to the resort's Magic Kingdom park where preparations for the finale are still underway.
A new segment titled "Cash Flash" will appear during the second half of the series. One contestant will see 10 cash amounts being shuffled around. These cash prizes range from £25 to £2,000. One of them will flash, and two possible options of what the amount inside that exact square will appear. The contestant will have 10 seconds to give an answer. A right answer earns the cash behind the square, a wrong answer or not giving an answer in time involves the contestant earning some toilet roll.
In Episode 4, the show will last a whole hour, due to the extense of the latest Six Nations rugby match between Ireland and England.
In a brand new item "Make ‘Em Laugh" Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, as well as other celebrity duos, will go head to head with Ant & Dec. There will also be a sequel to Who Shot Simon Cowell?, called The Missing Crown Jewels.
From episode 2 the show is opened by a musical guest while the Guest Announcer runs through what is coming up on that night's show before introducing Ant & Dec.
Ant vs. Dec is hosted by Stephen Mulhern. This series, each challenge was themed from a different period of time.
'Little Ant & Dec' return this series, Neil Overend (Little Ant) and Haydn Reid (Little Dec) are again helping out in the studio.
There will also be a sequel to Who Shot Simon Cowell?.
Ant and Dec Vs YouTubers is an online game where Ant and Dec take on different YouTubers each Wednesday in a challenge to see who is better Ant and Dec or YouTubers. Each episode can be seen on the official YouTube channel of Saturday Night Takeaway.
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