''Love on a Saturday Night'' is a

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produced game show that aired on ITV between 7 February and 22 May 2004. It was a replacement show for ''

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'', and lasted only two series before being axed. The first episode, which was broadcast live, was watched by 5.1 million viewers. An episode in the second series was watched by 3.8 million viewers.

Format

The main game

Similarly to ''Blind Date'', the main round would be based in the middle of the studio where either three men or three women (it would alternate each week) would be wearing different coloured masks and known as Mr Red/Miss Ruby, Mr Blue/Miss Sapphire, Mr Green/Miss Emerald, then the person asking the questions would be standing to one side of them with Davina.

Celebrity dating

Other features included celebrity dates. This was a chance for a member of the audience to be surprised and go on a date with a celebrity. Some of the celebrities included were:

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and the members of British five-piece boy band V.

Trivia

Jonathan Wilkes' outside broadcasts were only featured in Series 1 as a member of the public uttered a profanity live on air when surprised by Wilkes and his camera crew, before the 9 o'clock watershed. Thereafter, the programme was also taped as opposed to being broadcast live. All episodes originated from

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Transmissions

References

External links

* *{{UKGameshow, Love_on_a_Saturday_Night ITV game shows 2004 British television series debuts 2004 British television series endings Television series by ITV Studios London Weekend Television shows 2000s British game shows