Take Me Out (British game show)

Take Me Out
Genre	Dating game show
Based on	Taken Out
Presented by	Paddy McGuinness
Narrated by	Simon Greenall (2010-2018) Brian Blessed (2019)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	11
No. of episodes	110
Production
Production locations	Granada Studios (2010) The Maidstone Studios (2010–19)
Running time	60–90 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companies	Talkback Thames (2010–12) Thames (2012–19)
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	2 January 2010 (2010-01-02) – 28 December 2019 (2019-12-28)
Related
Taken Out
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Take Me Out is a dating game show that was presented by comedian Paddy McGuinness. Based on the Australian show Taken Out, it first aired on ITV in the United Kingdom and simulcast on TV3 in the Republic of Ireland on 2 January 2010. An unscreened pilot episode was made for Channel 4 in 2009, but it was ITV who picked it up for a series. The show was produced by Thames (formerly Talkback Thames). On 10 February 2020, ITV announced that the show was axed after eleven series.

The first series was recorded at Granada Studios in Manchester, but all series thereafter were recorded at The Maidstone Studios in Maidstone, Kent, as it offered increased space and capacity for audience members.^[1]

In 2012, the show introduced a spin-off show entitled Take Me Out: The Gossip, which aired on ITV2 and was co-hosted by Zoe Hardman and Mark Wright in 2012 and 2013. It did not air in 2014, but returned in 2015 with Wright joined by new co-host Laura Jackson.^[2]

On 10 February 2020, ITV announced that the show was axed after eleven series. Eight couples who met on the show subsequently got married and six babies were born to contestants who met on the show.^[3]