There’s one time of the week when viewers have traditionally flocked to the TV, Saturday Nights. With its shiny floor shows and top dramas featuring some of the biggest and brightest stars, we can’t get enough of it when it goes right and we love it even more, when it goes Horribly wrong.
From Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway to Strictly Come Dancing to Dr Who, there’s something for everyone young or old in this 3 hour special narrated by Les Dennis, with many of the stars involved on hand to talk us through their TV terrors.
On Take Me Out, a contestant falls for her date before the show has even begun resulting in host Paddy McGuinness having to rescue the poor damsel in distress. A DIY Challenge proves too much for Anneka Rice when she ends up in a fit of giggles over some plywood. And classic, but baffling, quiz 3-2-1 is dogged by bizarre prizes including a St Bernard and a year’s supply of Brandy!
Plus, there’s the moment things went balls up on The National Lottery resulting in Dale Winton having to fill time with pal Barbara Windsor. A challenge on You Bet! goes wrong before it has barely started and a vintage 1950s TV stunt involving a steam train fails to stay on track.
There are boo-boos from Celebrity Catchphrase where the contestants truly fail to ‘say what they see’, Tarby has a tricky chat show guest who refuses to say anything and Pete Waterman & Michaela Strachan relive their iconic late-night show, The Hit Man and Her. Plus, there’s the story of how the 80s Price is Right was axed at its peak and Ch4’s The Dangerous Brothers have an encounter with fire that they’d rather forget.
Contributors include Len Goodman, Neil Fox, Jenny Powell and ‘Allo ‘Allo’s Vicki Michelle.
Consolidated rating 558,000 and a 6.89% share.