List of Blind Date (British game show) episodes

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

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
3 (21)	22 December 2018	29 December 2018	10
4 (22)	7 April 2019	19 May 2019	10
4 (22)	2 June 2019	16 June 2019	10

Transmissions

Original

Series 14

Episode no.	Air date	Viewers (millions)^[5]	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 (millions)^[5]	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 (millions)^[5]	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 (millions)^[5]	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 (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

Series 1 (19)

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)

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)

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)

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

^ 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. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
^ "Melanie Sykes to join Channel 5's Blind Date". Channel 5. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 27 December 2014.

[Independent-1] Jennings, Luke (6 March 1994). "Independent on Sunday, 6 March 1994". The Independent. London. Retrieved 26 April 2010.

[New-2] "Blind Date making TV return – but who will replace Cilla Black?". 7 February 2017.

[Host-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.

[Voice-4] "Melanie Sykes to join Channel 5's Blind Date". Channel 5. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.

[autogenerated1-5] "Weekly Top 30 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 27 December 2014.

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