Saturday Night Takeaway

Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
The show's current logo (2016–present)
Genre	Entertainment
Directed by	Carol Preston Chris Power
Presented by	Anthony McPartlin Declan Donnelly
Starring	Kirsty Gallacher (2005–09) Ashley Roberts (2013–16) Stephen Mulhern (2016–) Scarlett Moffatt (2017–)
Voices of	Various celebrity announcers Clive Tyldesley (2013–16)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	14
No. of episodes	99 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Richard Cowles Siobhan Greene Becca Walker Pete Ogden
Producer(s)	Richard Berkshire Laura Gallen Iona McKenzie Ruth Breading Lily Evans Ben Aston Mike Spencer Sarah Webber Patrick Carr Saul Fearnley
Location(s)	The London Studios MV Britannia, Barcelona (2016, series finale) Walt Disney World, Orlando (2017, series finale)
Running time	60–90 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company(s)	LWT (2002) Granada Productions (2003–05) ITV Productions (2006) ITV Studios & Gallowgate (2007–09) ITV Studios & Mitre Television (2013—)
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	16:9 (HDTV)
Original release	Original series: 8 June 2002 – 21 March 2009 Revived series: 23 February 2013 – present
Chronology
Related shows	Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! Britain's Got Talent
External links
Website

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, often referred to simply as Saturday Night Takeaway or SNT, is a British television variety show presented and executively produced by Ant & Dec. The show was first broadcast on 8 June 2002 on ITV. It was broadcast live from The London Studios on the South Bank from 2002 till 2017. The format was heavily influenced by previous Saturday night light entertainment shows, most notably Noel's House Party and Don't Forget Your Toothbrush, while individual items often pay homage to Saturday night TV of the past, such as Opportunity Knocks.

Since its launch in 2002, the show was unbeaten for four series in its timeslot until scheduled against Doctor Who on BBC One in March 2005. On 10 September 2005, ITV aired a programme listing the 50 best shows in ITV's 50 years being on air. Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway came second, being beaten by Coronation Street. The show went on hiatus in 2010 after its ninth series to allow Ant & Dec to launch family game shows Ant & Dec's Push the Button and Red or Black?. However, in November 2011, it was announced that Saturday Night Takeaway would return in early 2013.

After winning the award for Best Presenters at the 18th National Television Awards on 23 January 2013, Ant & Dec announced that the show would return on 23 February 2013. An official Saturday Night Takeaway iOS app for iPod, iPhone and iPad was released on 15 February 2013. After the fifth episode of series 10, ITV announced that the show would return for an eleventh series in 2014, owing to the popularity of the tenth run. During the final episode of series 11, Dec confirmed that there would be another series in 2015. The twelfth series began airing in 21 February 2015. During the final episode of series 12, Ant confirmed there would be a 13th series in 2016, which began on 20 February 2016. During episode 6 of Series 13, Ant confirmed there would be a 14th series in 2017, which began on 25 February 2017. In Episode 6 of Series 14, Dec revealed there would be a 15th series in early 2018.