Love on a Saturday Night
GenreDating game show
Presented byDavina McCall
StarringJonathan Wilkes (on location)
Theme music composerBen Foster[1]
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes10
Production
Running time60 minutes (including commercials)
Production companyLWT
Original release
NetworkITV
Release7 February (2004-02-07) –
22 May 2004 (2004-05-22)

Love on a Saturday Night is a London Weekend Television produced game show that aired on ITV between 7 February and 22 May 2004. It was a replacement show for Blind Date, and lasted only two series before being axed.

The first episode, which was broadcast live, was watched by 5.1 million viewers.[2] An episode in the second series was watched by 3.8 million viewers.[3]

Format

The main game

The main round would be based in the middle of the studio where either three men or three women (it would alternate each week) would be wearing different coloured masks and known as Mr Red/Miss Ruby, Mr Blue/Miss Sapphire, Mr Green/Miss Emerald (this was the blind date bit), then the person asking the questions would be standing to one side of them with Davina.

Celebrity dating

Other features included celebrity dates. This was a chance for a member of the audience to be surprised and go on a date with a celebrity. Some of the celebrities included were: Jodie Marsh, Sam Nixon, Mark Owen, Shobna Gulati, Sally Lindsay, Richard Blackwood, Tony Blackburn, Ronan Keating, Terri Dwyer, Nicki Chapman and the members of British five-piece boy band V.

Trivia

Jonathan Wilkes' outside broadcasts were only featured in Series 1 as a member of the public uttered a profanity live on air when surprised by Wilkes and his camera crew, before the 9 o'clock watershed. Thereafter, the programme was also taped as opposed to being broadcast live.

All episodes originated from The London Studios.

Transmissions

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
17 February 20046 March 20045
224 April 200422 May 20045

References

  1. ↑ "BBC - Young Musician of the Year - Competition". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "The slot machine". the Guardian. 16 February 2004. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "TV ratings: April 30-May 1". the Guardian. 4 May 2004. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
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