Mr. and Mrs. | |
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Also known as | The All-New Mr. and Mrs. Show (1995–6) |
Created by | Roy Ward Dickson |
Presented by |
Alan Taylor (HTV) Derek Batey (Border) Norman Vaughan (Anglia) Nino Firetto (1995–96) Julian Clary (1999) |
Starring | Katrina Buchanan (1995–6) Stacey Young (1999) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of series | 2 (UK Living version) 1 (Carlton version) |
No. of episodes | ?? (UK Living version) 6 (Carlton version) |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes (inc. adverts) |
Production company(s) |
HTV (1972–6) Border (1972–88) HTV West for UK Living (1995–96) Action Time in association with Carlton (1999) |
Distributor | ITV Studios |
Release | |
Original network |
TWW (1965–7) ITV (1967–88, 1999) UK Living (1995–96) |
Picture format | 4:3 |
Original release | 23 February 1965 | – 2 July 1999
Chronology | |
Related shows |
All Star Mr & Mrs The Newlywed Game Tattletales |
Mr. and Mrs. was a United Kingdom television show that aired on ITV with Alan Taylor hosted the HTV version. Derek Batey hosted the Border version. Norman Vaughan hosted a version made by Anglia. It was then aired on UK Living and regionally on HTV hosted by Nino Firetto entitled The All-New Mr. and Mrs. Show and then back on the ITV network in 1999 hosted by Julian Clary.
The show was revived in 2008 as a celebrity game show entitled All Star Mr & Mrs, hosted by Phillip Schofield, originally with Fern Britton.
The show originated in Canada in 1963. The Canadian version was produced at CFTO-TV in Toronto and ran on the CTV network for 780 episodes, and was hosted by Roy Ward Dickson, who was also the show's creator.
The British version originated in Wales in 1964 as a Welsh language only programme in the same format entitled Sion a Sian, Sion a Siân or Siôn a Siân ("John and Jane") where it continued until 2003 presented by Ieuan Rhys. It was first broadcast on TWW, then HTV and finally S4C. The series was revived in 2012, presented by Stifyn Parri and Heledd Cynwal. That year saw Sion a Sian feature its first gay couple.