Playdate
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Playdate is a British television
dating programme that was made by Hamma & Glamma Productions for ITV. It was screened Monday to Fridays on ITV Play
between 8.00pm and 10.00pm, and daily on ITV2
between 1.00am and 4.00am. Billed as "the UK’s first interactive TV dating show", the show's format is based around speed dating
.
The show had one format: 7 days a week, the show was interactive: various singletons of both sexes were invited into the studio, and members of the public were invited to phone
in and talk with the studio guests, known as "datees". Viewers were also invited to send text messages and picture messages to the "datees".
The show's presenters were Brendan Courtney
, Dave O'Reilly, Giles Vickers Jones, Kat Shoob
, Katy Pullinger
, Zoe Hardman
and former Big Brother
winner Kate Lawler
.
Playdate was axed with its final show being aired on 17 December. The Mint
was shown in its slot on ITV2
and The Mint Extra shown in its slot on ITV Play. The Mint ceased broadcasting in 2007.
British television
Public television broadcasting started in the United Kingdom in 1936, and now has a collection of free and subscription services over a variety of distribution media, through which there are over 480 channelsTaking the base Sky EPG TV Channels. A breakdown is impossible due to a) the number of...
dating programme that was made by Hamma & Glamma Productions for ITV. It was screened Monday to Fridays on ITV Play
ITV Play
ITV Play was a 24/7 participation television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV plc. The ITV Play name continued on the ITV Network until December 2007....
between 8.00pm and 10.00pm, and daily on ITV2
ITV2
ITV2 is a 24 hour, free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998, and is available on digital television via satellite, cable, IPTV and terrestrial platforms. The channel has the...
between 1.00am and 4.00am. Billed as "the UK’s first interactive TV dating show", the show's format is based around speed dating
Speed dating
Speed dating is a formalized matchmaking process or dating system whose purpose is to encourage people to meet a large number of new people. Its origins are credited to Rabbi Yaacov Deyo of Aish HaTorah, originally as a way to help Jewish singles meet and marry. "SpeedDating", as a single word, is...
.
The show had one format: 7 days a week, the show was interactive: various singletons of both sexes were invited into the studio, and members of the public were invited to phone
Phone
Within phonetics, a phone is:* a speech sound or gesture considered a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language* a speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties...
in and talk with the studio guests, known as "datees". Viewers were also invited to send text messages and picture messages to the "datees".
The show's presenters were Brendan Courtney
Brendan Courtney
Brendan Courtney is an Irish comedian and television presenter, the first openly gay presenter in Ireland. He has hosted Wanderlust on RTÉ Two, The Brendan Courtney Show on TV3, Playdate on ITV2 and Off the Rails on RTÉ One.-Career:Brendan began his career on RTÉ Two's Wanderlust and ITV1's Love...
, Dave O'Reilly, Giles Vickers Jones, Kat Shoob
Kat Shoob
Katherine 'Kat' Shoob is a British radio presenter on The Vodafone Big Top 40.Shoob modelled for Maxim in September 2006.Shoob presented The Mint, a phone-in quiz that was shown on ITV1 and ITV2...
, Katy Pullinger
Katy Pullinger
Katy Pullinger is a British television presenter . She has presented live television for over three years including ITV Play's Glitterball, on which she made her last appearance in August...
, Zoe Hardman
Zoe Hardman
Zoe Hardman is a British television presenter. She was a presenter on ITV's phone-in quiz show Glitterball. She trained for a career in media and photography in Kent and now lives in West London...
and former Big Brother
Big Brother (UK)
Big Brother UK is the British version of the Dutch Big Brother television format, which takes its name from the character in George Orwell's 1948 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four...
winner Kate Lawler
Kate Lawler
Kate Louise Lawler is an English reality TV personality, DJ, and model. She was the first female winner of Big Brother UK, winning the third season of the reality television show. Since leaving Big Brother, she has worked as a television presenter and personality, a model and as a disc jockey...
.
Playdate was axed with its final show being aired on 17 December. The Mint
The Mint (game show)
The Mint was a live, late night, interactive quiz show with celebrity guests and live studio contestants filmed in a large extravagant set designed to look like the inside of a mansion. The programme, which was dogged by criticism that its questions were ambiguous and arbitrary, aired on ITV and...
was shown in its slot on ITV2
ITV2
ITV2 is a 24 hour, free-to-air entertainment television channel in the United Kingdom owned by ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998, and is available on digital television via satellite, cable, IPTV and terrestrial platforms. The channel has the...
and The Mint Extra shown in its slot on ITV Play. The Mint ceased broadcasting in 2007.