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Blind Date 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 .
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 . Paul O'Grady presents 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.
Series overview
Original (ITV) (1985–2003)
Series
Series
Start date
End date
Episodes
1 30 November 1985
11 January 1986
7
2 30 August 1986
21 December 1986
15
3 5 September 1987
25 December 1987
17
4 3 September 1988
25 December 1988
17
5 16 September 1989
10 February 1990
21
6 29 September 1990
2 February 1991
19
7 7 September 1991
25 January 1992
19
8 10 October 1992
27 March 1993
21
9 18 September 1993
5 February 1994
18
10 1 October 1994
4 March 1995
22
11 16 September 1995
2 March 1996
24
12 28 September 1996
8 March 1997
24
13 20 September 1997
14 March 1998
26
14 21 November 1998
15 May 1999
24
15 20 November 1999
13 May 2000
24
16 18 November 2000
5 May 2001
24
17 10 November 2001
25 May 2002
25
18 19 October 2002
31 May 2003
27
Specials
Date
Entitle
29 July 1989
The Best of Blind Date
22 September 1990
The Best of Blind Date
9 February 1991
The Best of Blind Date
20 October 1991
Blind Date Wedding of the Year
1 January 1994
The Best of Blind Date
12 February 1994
Wedding & Best of the Rest
31 December 1994
10th Anniversary Show
13 September 1997
Blind Date Exclusive
21 March 1998
Blind Date Classics
20 June 1999
Blind Date Wedding 1998
25 December 2002
Blind Date Christmas Special
Revival (Channel 5) (2017-2019)
Series
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
Original
Series 14
Episode no.
Air date
Viewers
ITV weekly ranking
1
21 November 1998
8.81
18
2
28 November 1998
8.86
20
3
5 December 1998
9.17
17
4
12 December 1998
8.95
17
5
19 December 1998
9.06
14
6
2 January 1999
8.52
20
7
9 January 1999
9.70
25
8
16 January 1999
9.48
24
9
23 January 1999
9.67
17
10
30 January 1999
9.83
13
11
6 February 1999
9.96
13
12
13 February 1999
9.70
13
13
20 February 1999
9.82
13
14
27 February 1999
9.82
15
15
6 March 1999
10.27
16
16
13 March 1999
8.13
26
17
20 March 1999
8.56
20
18
27 March 1999
8.29
19
19
3 April 1999
8.41
15
20
10 April 1999
8.12
18
21
17 April 1999
8.69
15
22
24 April 1999
7.84
17
23
8 May 1999
8.19
14
24
15 May 1999
7.90
17
Series 15
Episode no.
Air date
Viewers
ITV weekly ranking
1
20 November 1999
10.05
16
2
27 November 1999
10.21
9
3
4 December 1999
9.58
13
4
11 December 1999
9.78
9
5
18 December 1999
9.85
11
6
1 January 2000
7.74
19
7
8 January 2000
8.93
16
8
15 January 2000
8.14
21
9
22 January 2000
9.39
20
10
29 January 2000
8.88
14
11
5 February 2000
8.93
14
12
12 February 2000
8.26
21
13
19 February 2000
9.00
15
14
26 February 2000
9.60
10
15
4 March 2000
9.51
13
16
18 March 2000
9.11
11
17
25 March 2000
8.47
15
18
1 April 2000
8.80
20
19
8 April 2000
8.97
16
20
15 April 2000
8.71
12
21
22 April 2000
7.81
15
22
29 April 2000
7.10
17
23
6 May 2000
7.21
20
24
13 May 2000
6.77
17
Series 16
Episode no.
Air date
Viewers
ITV weekly ranking
1
18 November 2000
8.39
19
2
25 November 2000
8.27
20
3
2 December 2000
8.37
26
4
9 December 2000
8.07
21
5
16 December 2000
8.06
15
6
23 December 2000
7.31
21
7
30 December 2000
8.62
20
8
6 January 2001
8.13
22
9
13 January 2001
8.65
18
10
20 January 2001
8.79
20
11
27 January 2001
8.98
19
12
3 February 2001
9.19
18
13
17 February 2001
7.98
22
14
24 February 2001
8.30
19
15
3 March 2001
8.20
21
16
10 March 2001
8.33
16
17
17 March 2001
8.17
18
18
24 March 2001
7.39
24
19
31 March 2001
7.29
21
20
7 April 2001
7.46
20
21
14 April 2001
7.00
22
22
21 April 2001
7.58
18
23
28 April 2001
7.20
22
24
5 May 2001
6.36
24
Series 17
Episode no.
Air date
Viewers
ITV weekly ranking
1
10 November 2001
7.11
19
2
17 November 2001
7.14
19
3
24 November 2001
7.66
18
4
1 December 2001
7.77
17
5
8 December 2001
7.46
18
6
15 December 2001
7.58
19
7
22 December 2001
6.64
18
8
29 December 2001
7.41
16
9
5 January 2002
7.03
19
10
12 January 2002
6.40
19
11
19 January 2002
6.71
18
12
26 January 2002
7.73
17
13
2 February 2002
7.21
18
14
16 February 2002
6.49
19
15
23 February 2002
6.41
21
16
2 March 2002
6.38
18
17
9 March 2002
6.15
20
18
16 March 2002
6.53
17
19
23 March 2002
6.03
18
20
6 April 2002
5.90
19
21
13 April 2002
5.13
21
22
20 April 2002
5.36
22
23
4 May 2002
4.69
20
24
18 May 2002
4.60
24
25
25 May 2002
5.31
19
Series 18
Episode no.
Air date
Viewers
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
Series 1 (19)
Episode
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)
Episode
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)
Episode
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)
Episode
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
Jennings, Luke (6 March 1994). "Independent on Sunday, 6 March 1994" . The Independent . London. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
"Blind Date making TV return – but who will replace Cilla Black?" . 7 February 2017.Laurence Mozafari (16 March 2017). "Paul O'Grady confirmed as Blind Date's new host on Channel 5" . Digital Spy
"Melanie Sykes to join Channel 5's Blind Date" . Channel 5. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.^ "Weekly Top 30 Programmes" . Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
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