Saturday Night Takeaway

Does anyone know whether they'll be a christmas special of Saturday Night Takeaway. It was rumoured but it may not be true because of Ant & Dec allegedly quitting ITV. Can anyone please tell me if it is going ahead and if possible, who is going to be appearing in the show.

If it does go ahead, I hope it's shown live this year unlike the 2005 edition which was pre-recorded.

There has been absolutely no rumours to my knowledge of a Christmas special this time around, but there will be a new series in February.


As for them quitting ITV - the £20m pay cheque should help them get over recent problems.


On a similar note, with Saturday Night Takeaway having a winter series this time does anyone know if Pokerface is returning at all, especially as Ant and Dec have another show - Duel - due out next year as well.

It was confirmed there was an Xmas special when ITV denied they were quitting. Also, Ant & Dec are producing -not presenting - Duel.

The Christmas Special of Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway was filmed at the end of the series at the London Studios.

Ant looked bored as hell and not in the festive spirit whatsoever, and Dec made a comment about the decorations during an 'ad break' ("Bloody hell, it's not even cold yet and it's s***ing Christmas!").

It is scheduled to be broadcast on Saturday 22nd December at 20.30 on ITV1. UTV will broadcast it on the Sunday at 13.00 due to a local Christmas programme.

They have also filmed a pilot of the show for the Australian channel, 7, which is having it's test screening next week in Sydney and Melbourne.

"Ant & Dec's Christmas Takeaway" will also be broadcast on ITV2 on Christmas Eve , however no schedule time has been provided as of yet.

will Ant and dec be doing the Australian version?

Isn't there an USA version?

The Aus pilot is only to see if the format works.

Yes, they are also rumoured to be doing the US version.

Considering the US verson has been rumoured for a good 2-3 years and still hasn't got beyond a pilot I can't see it ever happening really.

Did anyone mention who was on it?

Can I ask why they recorded it at the end of the last series, especially if Ant & Dec weren't happy about it?

Surely they will be back before Christmas from I'm A Celeb., and surely the rest of the production team can work on the programme. I could understand if it was going out on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, but it's going out 3 days before Christmas, would it have been much trouble to do it live 3 days before Christmas?