The National Lottery Draws
| The National Lottery Draws | |
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Graphics used from 2006–13
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| Also known as | The National Lottery Live |
| Narrated by | Alan Dedicoat |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Location(s) |
BBC Television Centre (1994–2005) Arqiva Chalfont Grove Studio (2006–2012) Pinewood Studios (2013—) |
| Running time | 10–60 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Endemol (2006–14) Princess Productions (2014—) |
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| Original network |
BBC One (1994–2016) BBC iPlayer (2017–) |
| Picture format |
4:3 (1994–98) 16:9 (1998—) |
| Original release | 19 November 1994 – present |
The National Lottery Draws (previously The National Lottery Live) is the television programme that broadcasts the drawing of the National Lottery in the United Kingdom. The program launched in November 1994 on BBC One, and was initially broadcast live on Saturday nights, before expanding to Wednesday and Friday nights later on. From January 2013 to December 2016, the program aired only on Saturday nights. On 24 November 2016 it was announced that the Saturday night draws would be dropped and moved to BBC iPlayer from 7 January 2017.
The first show was presented by Noel Edmonds. After the first show, it was either co-presented by Anthea Turner and Gordon Kennedy, or Bob Monkhouse, all of them assisted by the psychic Mystic Meg. Carol Vorderman had a segment during the early years of the show whereby, she would use mathematical techniques to predict the winning numbers. When Gordon left, Anthea remained as solo host and was followed by a number of presenters over the years.
Commentary on the draws is provided by Alan Dedicoat. During the live show era, in the event of Alan Dedicoat being unavailable, commentary is provided by fellow BBC Radio 2 announcer Charles Nove.
The Saturday night draws were usually presented as part of a game show that is shown to be associated with the lottery branding. The game shows were previously broadcast live, with the game show host also presenting the lottery draws. Since 2006, the game shows were pre-recorded, with the live lottery draws included as a separate segment with a different presenter. The draws on Saturday night consisted of "Thunderball" followed by "Lotto" a few minutes later. Since 2014, "Lotto Raffle" is no longer featured during the draws. These gameshows usually aired at about 8.00pm, meaning the draw waa a lot earlier than when there is no gameshows, when the draw was around 10.00pm. A new gameshow has been released every year, except 2010, 2012, and 2016.
Gaby Roslin hosted the final live draw on 31 December 2016, with Alan Dedicoat joining her in vision to close the show. From 7 January 2017, with the move to BBC iplayer, the programme featured no presenter with Dedicoat continuing to announce the draws using pre-recorded commentary.
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