Come Dine with Me
| Come Dine With Me | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Genre | Cooking |
| Directed by | Various |
| Narrated by | Dave Lamb |
| Theme music composer | Patrick Duffin Nick Crofts |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 30 |
| No. of episodes | 1,364 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | David Sayer |
| Producer(s) | Martin Dance |
| Running time | 30 minutes (Daytime) 60 minutes (Primetime) |
| Production company(s) |
ITV Studios (LWT) Shiver Productions |
| Distributor |
Channel 4 ITV Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Picture format |
576i 16:9 (SDTV) (2005-08) 1080i 16:9 (HDTV) (2008–present) |
| Audio format |
Stereo (2005-08) Dolby Digital 5.1 (2008–present) |
| Original release | 10 January 2005 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Come Date with Me |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Come Dine with Me is a popular Channel 4 television programme shown in the United Kingdom. It was produced by ITV Studios (formerly known as Granada) until 2013, when Shiver Productions took over. First broadcast in January 2005, the show has either four or five amateur chefs competing against each other hosting a dinner party for the other contestants. Each competitor then rates the host's performance with the winner winning a £1,000 cash prize which was announced by the competitor who hosted the dinner party on Friday. An element of comedy is added to the show through comedian Dave Lamb, who provides a dry and bitingly sarcastic narration.
The format has been franchised internationally by many other broadcasters throughout the world.
As well as being repeated on Channel 4, their sister channel More4 also regularly broadcasts past episodes on Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons, with all five programmes from a week shown consecutively in a block. Episodes from the first series are also regularly shown on Discovery Real Time, DMAX UK, Discovery Travel & Living, and Discovery Home & Health.
The programme is shown:
On 21 March 2007 it was announced that rival broadcaster ITV1 had commissioned a new daytime programme, House Guest from Granada Productions, a part of the same company which also produces Come Dine With Me. The format for House Guest is very similar to that of Come Dine With Me, in that several contestants visit each other's houses over a week, in which they host dinner parties and grade each other out of 10 in private, even the scoreboard layout is the same. The difference is that in House Guest, guests 'draw toothbrushes' to see who will stay overnight at the host's house, to judge their hospitality skills, awarding them a separate grade.
Another show from ITV which was extremely similar to the format of Come Dine with Me was May the Best House Win, with the only real difference being that there was no meal served, contestants instead rating each other on things such as cleanliness, comfort and hospitality. Both shows involved four contestants, both carried a £1,000 prize and both had a sarcastic voice-over during proceedings.
...
Wikipedia