Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway to return in ONE WEEK with 300 virtual audience members, new skits and an array of celebrity guests
Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway will return with next weekend with the show hosts filming live in front of a virtual audience.
The long-running ITV staple is back for a 17th series from Saturday February 20th, and fans can expect the usual blend of irreverent skits and surprises when it airs at 7:00pm.
ITV have confirmed the 90-minute show will be filmed in front of a virtual studio audience of more than 300 people, with Gary Barlow taking part in a spectacular End of the Show Show.
Welcome back: Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway will return with next weekend with the show hosts filming live in front of a virtual audience
Jamie and Harry Redknapp will take part in hidden camera segment I’m A Celebrity… Get Out Of Me Ear in the first show back, while Davina McCall and Sir Mo Farah will be pranked over the course of the new series.
Recurring skit Double Trouble will see a pair of Ant and Dec clones go rogue and will feature several stars, including Bear Grylls, Prue Leith, Rob Brydon, Alison Hammond and Jermaine Jenas.
Show regular Stephen Mulhern will put the hosts through their paces in the Ant vs Dec challenges, while singer Fleur East will front a brand-new segment.
Coming soon: The long-running ITV staple is back for a 17th series from Saturday February 17th, and fans can expect the usual blend of irreverent skits and surprises when it airs at 7:00pm
Here we go again: The news comes after Ant and Dec revealed they’d begun filming for the new series as they shared a snap of a scene from an upcoming sketch
Ant and Dec will once again wear prosthetic costumes to play pandas Bam and Boo for the new series, in which they will need the help of children to escape from London toy store Hamleys.
There will also be a new Saturday Night Takeaway show on the ITV Hub, consisting of seven 10-minute episodes which will feature new interviews with Ant and Dec and be jam packed with exclusive behind-the-scenes gossip.
The news comes after Ant and Dec revealed they’d begun filming for the new series as they shared a snap of a scene from an upcoming sketch.
All change: ITV have confirmed the 90-minute show will be filmed in front of a virtual studio audience of more than 300 people
In the snap, shared with Instagram followers, Ant appeared to be in grave peril as he screamed while being trapped on the chair.
They captioned the post: ‘What the hell’s going on here? We’re back at work that’s what! Bit of covid-compliant filming… Who’s excited for the new series?’
A new clip from the forthcoming series teases a range of much loved segments, and suggests the returning show will be bigger and better than ever.
Here we go: A new clip from the forthcoming series teases a range of much loved segments, and suggests the returning show will be bigger and better than ever
Mayhem: Fun and chaos then ensues as snippets from segments including Win The Ads, Ant vs. Dec and the End of the Show Show are seen
The trailer starts with Ant and Dec clad in casual ensembles before making a quick change into their usual sharp black suits.
Fun and chaos then ensues as snippets from segments including Win The Ads, Ant vs. Dec and the End of the Show Show are seen.
Last year’s Saturday Night Takeaway was cut short as the country was plunged into its first COVID-19 lockdown, with the pair filming one episode without an audience, and turning the final two shows into compilations recorded from home.
Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway will return on February 20th at 7pm on ITV.