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List of Blind Date (British game show) episodes

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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[1] 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.

The show returned in 2017 on Channel 5, 2 years since the death of the original presenter, Cilla Black. 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.[2] Paul O'Grady presents the revived series.[3] Melanie Sykes became the new voice of the show, taking over the role most famously held by Graham Skidmore in the original series.[4]

Series overview

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Original (ITV) (1985–2003)

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Series

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Revival (Channel 5) (2017-2019)

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Series

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Series Start date End date Episodes
1 (19) 17 June 2017 23 December 2017 7
2 (20) 30 December 2017 3 February 2018 6
3 (21) 16 June 2018 18 August 2018 10
22 December 2018 29 December 2018
4 (22) 7 April 2019 19 May 2019 10
2 June 2019 16 June 2019

Transmissions

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Series 18

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Episode no. Air date Viewers
(millions)[5]
ITV weekly ranking
1 19 October 2002 5.69 22
2 26 October 2002 5.53 23
3 2 November 2002 5.81 23
4 9 November 2002 6.11 23
5 16 November 2002 5.93 23
6 23 November 2002 6.04 22
7 30 November 2002 5.05 25
8 7 December 2002 5.18 25
9 14 December 2002 5.25 26
10 21 December 2002 5.39 24
11 28 December 2002 5.90 17
12 4 January 2003 6.77 18
13 11 January 2003 5.87 22
14 18 January 2003 5.31 26
15 25 January 2003 5.23 26
16 1 February 2003 5.01 28
17 8 February 2003 Under 5.21 Outside Top 30
18 15 February 2003 6.17 19
19 22 February 2003 4.44 30
20 1 March 2003 4.55 30
21 8 March 2003 4.26 30
22 15 March 2003 Under 4.78 Outside Top 30
23 22 March 2003 ? ?
24 10 May 2003 Under 5.15 Outside Top 30
25 17 May 2003 Under 3.95 Outside Top 30
26 24 May 2003 Under 4.23 Outside Top 30
27 31 May 2003 Under 3.52 Outside Top 30

Revival

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Series 1 (19)

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Episode
no.
Air date 7 day viewers
(millions)
28 day viewers
(millions)
Channel 5 weekly ranking
1 17 June 2017 2.25 2.29 1
2 24 June 2017 1.67 1.71 3
3 1 July 2017 1.42 1.47 4
4 8 July 2017 1.14 1.21 12
5 15 July 2017 1.14 1.15 11
6 22 July 2017 1.38 1.40 5
7 23 December 2017

Series 2 (20)

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Episode
no.
Air date 7 day viewers
(millions)
28 day viewers
(millions)
Channel 5 weekly ranking
1 30 December 2017 1.17 1.25 8
2 6 January 2018 0.89 0.97 18
3 13 January 2018 0.88 0.91 23
4 20 January 2018 1.04 1.05 12
5 27 January 2018 0.84 0.87 21
6 3 February 2018 0.80 0.82 20

Series 3 (21)

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Episode
no.
Air date 7 day viewers
(millions)
28 day viewers
(millions)
Channel 5 weekly ranking
1 16 June 2018 0.73 0.76 19
2 23 June 2018 0.68 0.70 20
3 30 June 2018 0.61 0.62 24
4 21 July 2018 1.09 1.09 5
5 28 July 2018 1.08 1.09 4
6 4 August 2018 1.13 1.14 9
7 11 August 2018 1.16 1.17 2
8 18 August 2018 1.06 1.07 7
9 22 December 2018 1.00 1.03 8
10 29 December 2018 1.17 1.19 8

Series 4 (22)

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Episode
no.
Air date 7 day viewers
(millions)
28 day viewers
(millions)
Channel 5 weekly ranking
1 7 April 2019 0.75 0.76 15
2 14 April 2019
3 21 April 2019 0.59 22
4 28 April 2019 0.96 0.98 9
5 5 May 2019 0.83 0.85 14
6 12 May 2019
7 19 May 2019 0.79 15
8 2 June 2019 TBC TBC
9 9 June 2019 0.68 TBC 17
10 16 June 2019 TBC TBC TBC

References

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  1. ^ Jennings, Luke (6 March 1994). "Independent on Sunday, 6 March 1994". The Independent. London. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Blind Date making TV return – but who will replace Cilla Black?". 7 February 2017.
  3. ^ Laurence Mozafari (16 March 2017). "Paul O'Grady confirmed as Blind Date's new host on Channel 5". Digital Spy. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Melanie Sykes to join Channel 5's Blind Date". Channel 5. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 27 December 2014.