Blind Date (British game show)
Blind Date is a British dating game show first produced by London Weekend Television. An unscreened pilot was made with comic Duncan Norvelle as presenter but it was eventually hosted by Cilla Black, who already hosted the LWT series Surprise Surprise. Blind Date originally ran on Saturday nights from 30 November 1985 to 31 May 2003 on ITV.
| Blind Date | |
|---|---|
2018 Titlecard | |
| Genre | Dating game show |
| Presented by | Cilla Black (1985–2003) Paul O'Grady (2017–2019) |
| Voices of | Graham Skidmore (1985–2002) Tommy Sandhu (2002–2003) Melanie Sykes (2017–2019) |
| Theme music composer | Laurie Holloway |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 22 |
| No. of episodes | 416 (inc. 9 specials) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Production locations | The London Studios (1985–2003, 2017–2018) Television Centre (2018) The Maidstone Studios (2019) |
| Running time | 45 minutes (1985–1988) 50 minutes (1989–1990) 60 minutes (1990–2003, 2017–2019) |
| Production companies | LWT (1985–2003) So Television, Olga TV and Stellify Media (2017–2019) |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 30 November 1985 – 31 May 2003 |
| Network | Channel 5 |
| Release | 17 June 2017 – 16 June 2019 |
| Related | |
| Blind Date: Kiss & Tell Love on a Saturday Night Take Me Out The Love Machine | |
The show returned in 2017 on Channel 5. The new series began airing on 17 June 2017 in its usual Saturday night slot and is produced by So Television, Olga TV and Stellify Media, a firm part-owned by Sony Pictures Television. Paul O'Grady presented the revived series. Melanie Sykes became the new voice of the show, taking over the role most famously held by Graham Skidmore in the original series.
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