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Blind Date (British Game Show)
''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 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. The show returned in 2017 on Channel 5. 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. Paul O'Grady presented the revived series. Melanie Sykes became the new voice of the show, taking over the role most famously held by Graham Skidmore in the original series. On 30 June 2025, it was announced that the series was to be rebooted again and this time would be aired on Disney+. Format The show had a format similar to the show known in Australia as '' Perfect Match'' or in the US as ''The Dating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dating Game Show
Dating game shows are game shows that incorporates a variety of matchmaking systems and services in the form of a game with clear rules. Human matchmaking is involved only in selecting the game's contestants, who are usually selected more for the amusement value than any concern for their happiness or compatibility. The audience sees only the game; an important feature of all dating game shows is that the contestants have little or no previous knowledge of each other, and are exposed to each other only through the game, which may include viewing a photograph or at least knowing the basic criteria for participation (typically participants are not already married). There have been a number of dating shows aired on television over the years, using a variety of formats and rules. They are presented for the entertainment of the viewers. As the genre progressed, the format developed towards a reality-style show and more into a relationship show than simply finding a mate. History The d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV (TV Network)
ITV, legally known as Channel 3, is a British free-to-air public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television network. It is branded as ITV1 in most of the UK except for central and northern Scotland, where it is branded as STV (TV channel), STV. It was launched in 1955 as Independent Television to provide competition to BBC Television (established in 1936). ITV is the oldest commercial network in the UK. Since the passing of the Broadcasting Act 1990, it has been Legal name, legally known as Channel 3 to distinguish it from the other analogue channels at the time: BBC1, BBC2 and Channel 4. ITV was, for decades, a network of separate companies that provided regional television services and also shared programmes among themselves to be shown on the entire network. Each franchise was originally owned by a different company. After several mergers, the fifteen regional franchises are now held by two companies: ITV plc, which runs ITV1, the ITV1 cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bognor Regis
Bognor Regis (), also known as Bognor, is a town and seaside resort in West Sussex on the south coast of England, south-west of London, west of Brighton, south-east of Chichester and east of Portsmouth. Other nearby towns include Littlehampton east-north-east and Selsey to the south-west. The nearby villages of Felpham, and Aldwick are now suburbs of Bognor Regis, along with those of North Bersted, North and South Bersted. The population of the Bognor Regis built-up area, including Felpham and Aldwick, was 63,855 at the 2011 census. A seaside resort was developed by Sir Richard Hotham in the late 18th century on what was a sand and gravel, undeveloped coastline. It has been claimed that Hotham and his new resort are portrayed in Jane Austen's unfinished novel ''Sanditon''. The resort grew slowly in the first half of the 19th century but grew rapidly following the coming of the railway in 1864. In 1929 King George V spent three months in the area recuperating, and later that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dating Game
''The Dating Game'' is an American television game show that first aired on December 20, 1965, and was the first of many shows created and packaged by Chuck Barris from the 1960s through the 1980s. ABC dropped the show on July 6, 1973, but it continued in syndication for another year (1973–1974) as ''The New Dating Game''. The program was revived four additional times afterward, with the first from 1978 to 1980 as ''The All-New Dating Game'', the second from 1986 to 1989, and the third from 1996 to 1999 all airing in syndication, while the fourth revival aired a single season on ABC in 2021. Jim Lange hosted ''The Dating Game'' for its entire ABC network run and for the 1973 and 1978 syndicated editions. The 1986 revival was hosted by Elaine Joyce for its first season and Jeff MacGregor for its remaining two seasons. When the show was revived with a different format in 1996, Brad Sherwood was named as its host. Chuck Woolery took over for the two final seasons, with the or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perfect Match (Australian Game Show)
''Perfect Match Australia'' is an Australian dating game show based on the format of the American game show ''The Dating Game''. ''Perfect Match'' was produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation. It originally aired on Network Ten for 30 minutes most weekdays from 5:30pm between 1984 and 1989. The format was revived in Australia for subsequent programs ''Blind Date'' based on its US counterpart on Network Ten in 1991, and again a revised version of ''Perfect Match'' this time airing on the Seven Network in 2002 premiering on 24 August. Overview The show featured the same format as international versions ''The Dating Game'' and ''Blind Date'', with a contestant determining their "perfect match" by asking three potential suitors of the opposite sex hidden behind a screen a number of scripted compatibility questions. Each episode featured two different rounds. One featured a male asking questions of three unseen females, the other had one female asking questions of three male contest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Digital Spy
Digital Spy (DS) is a British-based entertainment, television and film website and brand and is the largest digital property at Hearst UK. Since its initial launch in 1999, Digital Spy has focused on entertainment news related to television programmes, films, music and show business to a global audience. As well as breaking news, in-depth features, reviews and editorial explainers, the site also features the DS Internet forum, Forum. History (1999) In early January 1999, Iain Chapman launched the website, providing news, rumours and information on Sky's new digital satellite platform Sky (UK and Ireland), SkyDigital. At the same time, Chris Butcher launched the ONfaq website, offering similar news and information on the UK's new digital terrestrial platform ITV Digital, ONdigital. Both sites proved to be popular, attracting many visitors eager for more news about these rapidly developing TV platforms. Chapman and Butcher discussed the idea of a merger of the two sites, to cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Television Inc. (abbreviated as SPT) is an American television production company, production and broadcast syndication, distribution studio. Based at the Sony Pictures Studios complex in Culver City, California, it is a division of Sony Entertainment's unit Sony Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment and a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony, Sony Group Corporation. It is the fourth iteration of what had originated as Columbia Pictures' television studio, Screen Gems#Television subsidiary (1948–1974), Screen Gems. History Sony Pictures Television's history goes back to 1947, when Ralph Cohn, whose father Jack and uncle Harry Cohn, Harry co-founded Columbia Pictures, founded Pioneer Telefilms. It was bought by Columbia and renamed Screen Gems#Television subsidiary (1948–1974), Screen Gems in November 1948, reincorporated as Columbia Pictures Television on May 6, 1974, and merged with sister studio TriStar Television (formed in 1986 and relaunched in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surprise Surprise (British TV Series)
''Surprise Surprise'' is a British light entertainment television programme that aired in two iterations on ITV. The series originally ran from 6 May 1984 to 26 December 2001 and was hosted by Cilla Black, while a revival of the show aired from 21 October 2012 to 26 July 2015 with Holly Willoughby as host. Format ''Surprise Surprise'' was filmed in front of a studio audience. Its premise involved surprising members of the public with the fulfilment of long-held wishes, setting up tricks to fool members of the public, making prank calls to people, and reuniting guests with long-lost loved ones. Original host Cilla Black was initially assisted by Christopher Biggins, but more famously for eight series by Bob Carolgees, famous for his glove puppetry act ''Spit the Dog'' (who previously appeared in the first series with a puppet ferret), with Gordon Burns and Tessa Sanderson as roving reporters. Other featured acts were "Cilla-grams," where Black would perform a song in a musical s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan Norvelle
Duncan A. Norvelle (2 April 1958 – 12 December 2024) was an English comedian in the variety tradition, who appeared on British television from the early 1980s. He was often referred to as Duncan "Chase me" Norvelle, stemming from his catchphrase "Chase me!" His act was based on appearing to be a stereotypical camp homosexual despite being heterosexual and married three times. Early life and career Norvelle was born in Hoton, near Loughborough, in Leicestershire. In the mid 1980s, he hosted an unscreened pilot dating show called ''It's a Hoot'' for London Weekend Television. The series was eventually re-titled ''Blind Date'' and hosted by Liverpudlian singer and entertainer Cilla Black. In 1991, Duncan appeared on the ITV comedy panel game show ''Through the Keyhole''. He also appeared on ''Wogan'', '' Surprise Surprise'', '' The Bob Monkhouse Show'', '' Bullseye'', ''Blankety Blank'' and '' The Keith Harris Show''. 2008 saw him go out on tour as part of the ''Ricky Tomlinson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dating Game Show
Dating game shows are game shows that incorporates a variety of matchmaking systems and services in the form of a game with clear rules. Human matchmaking is involved only in selecting the game's contestants, who are usually selected more for the amusement value than any concern for their happiness or compatibility. The audience sees only the game; an important feature of all dating game shows is that the contestants have little or no previous knowledge of each other, and are exposed to each other only through the game, which may include viewing a photograph or at least knowing the basic criteria for participation (typically participants are not already married). There have been a number of dating shows aired on television over the years, using a variety of formats and rules. They are presented for the entertainment of the viewers. As the genre progressed, the format developed towards a reality-style show and more into a relationship show than simply finding a mate. History The d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Love Machine (TV Series)
''The Love Machine'' is a British dating game show hosted by Chris Moyles and Stacey Solomon. It aired on Sky Living Sky Living was a British pay television television channel, channel owned and operated by Sky Limited, Sky. The channel's programming was aimed mainly at women and young adults. It originally launched as UK Living yet became Sky Living by 2011. H ... in the UK from 11 March 2012 to 1 March 2013. Format The show which starts out with 8 different people standing in 'pods' in the Love Machine. These will either be men or women depending on the person who is going to be picking a date. The hosts will introduce the 'picker' who will then give out some brief information about themselves and talk about what they would like to find in the Love Machine. After the introductions are completed, the Love Machine will spin selecting one random pod from the available 8, the person in the selected pod will be lit up so that their facial features and clothes are clearly vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Take Me Out (British Game Show)
''Take Me Out'' was a dating game show that was presented by comedian Paddy McGuinness. Based on the Australian show ''Taken Out'', it first aired on ITV (TV network), ITV in the United Kingdom and simulcast on TV3 (Ireland), TV3 in the Republic of Ireland on 2 January 2010. An unscreened pilot episode was made for Channel 4 in 2009, but it was ITV (TV network), ITV who picked it up for a series. The show was produced by Talkback Thames. The first series was recorded at Granada Studios in Manchester, but all series thereafter were recorded at The Maidstone Studios in Maidstone, Kent, as it offered increased space and capacity for audience members. In 2012, the show introduced a spin-off show entitled ''Take Me Out: The Gossip'', which aired on ITV2 and was co-hosted by Zoe Hardman and Mark Wright (TV personality), Mark Wright in 2012 and 2013. It did not air in 2014, but returned in 2015 with Wright joined by new co-host Laura Jackson (presenter), Laura Jackson. On 10 Februa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
