Celebs Go Dating | |
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Genre |
Dating Reality television |
Created by | E4 |
Directed by | Jamie Wiggins |
Starring | See below |
Narrated by | Rob Beckett |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 2 |
No. of episodes | 35 (as of 10 March 2017) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Kalpna Patel-Knight Phil Harris |
Location(s) | London |
Editor(s) | Justin Saculles Lyndon Tovey Nick Walker |
Camera setup | Multi camera |
Running time | 60 minutes (includes adverts) |
Production company(s) | Lime Pictures |
Distributor | All3Media |
Release | |
Original network | E4 (2016–present) |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
Audio format | Stereo |
Original release | 29 August 2016 | – present
External links | |
Website |
Celebs Go Dating is a British reality television dating program. It began broadcasting on 29 August 2016. The first series had 15 episodes and was shown at 10 pm on weekdays on E4. In November 2016, it was confirmed that Celebs Go Dating had been renewed for two more series, with the second airing in spring of 2017 and the third airing in late 2017. The second series finished on 10 March 2017.
It was announced in March 2016 that E4 had commissioned a new reality dating show which see celebrities go on dating with members of the public. Filming for the first series started in August 2016, with the show airing later that month. The show is filmed a few weeks in advance. The first series was made up of 15 episodes airing every weekday.
In 2017 a second and third series was confirmed to air in early and late 2017 unlike the first series the second and third series would last one week longer with 20 episodes. Filming begun for the second series in late January with the series launching in February 2017, with filming finishing in early March.
Series two saw the return of Joey Essex who broke the rules in the first series when he started dating a celebrity on the show. During the filming of series two, Stephen Bear brought many problems to the dating agency, breaking the rules of the show by dating another celebrity outside of the show; this led to his removal from the show.
It was announced on the official Celebs Go Dating Twitter account that the third series of the show will feature same-sex relationships for the first time.
Note: Joey Essex is the only original celeb to return for a second series.
The first and second series of Celebs Go Dating was aired every week night on E4 at 10pm with a repeat at the weekend on Sunday morning at 12am.
It was announced that E4 had made a new reality dating show which see celebrities go on number of dates with members of the public to see if they can find love. The series stars Eden Blackman and Nadia Essex as the dating experts, also starting in the show is Tom Read Wilson who was on The X Factor but is the shows receptionist who gets along well with all the celebrity clients. The series launched on 29 August and finished on 16 September 2016
It was announced after the first series ended that E4 had ordered two more series of the show to air in 2017.
In November 2016 it was confirmed via the official Twitter account for Celeb Go Dating that the show would return for an second series in Spring 2017. This is the first in the second of a new contract by E4 with the third series airing later in 2017. The second series launched on 13 February 2017 and finished on 10 March 2017. Series 2 was the longest series with a total of 20 episodes.