‘Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway’ Gets Behind-The-Scenes Doc Treatment ITV’s Saturday Night Takeaway is getting the behind-the-scenes doc treatment.
In Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway: Behind the Screens (w/t), ITV Studios indie Lifted Entertainment and the host’s shingle Mitre Studios will take a fly-on-the-wall approach to the making of one of ITV’s biggest entertainment shows.
Documentary makers will embed themselves within the production team for the upcoming 19th season, in a show that regularly dominates the ITV entertainment schedules.
Ant & Dec are stalwart ITV hosts, who also helm I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! and various one-off specials. The news comes with ITV entertainment set for a shake-up, with The Masked Dancer and Ninja Warrior being rested this year and The Masked Singer set for more mashup specials. “Saturday Night Takeaway is one of the biggest live entertainment shows on television and in this documentary special we’ll offer a glimpse into the inner workings of what goes on behind the scenes to bring viewers the happiest 90 minutes of the week,” said ITV Commissioning Editor, Entertainment, Lily Wilson. Channel 4 Drama Boss To Lead Series Mania Jury Channel 4 Head of Drama Caroline Hollick will lead the Series Mania Co-Pro Pitching Sessions Jury, which has unveiled 15 of 16 projects.
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