Playdate

For the children's activity, see Play date. For the 1961-64 Canadian television series, see Playdate (CBC TV series).

Playdate
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Genre	Phone-in dating show
Starring	Various presenters
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Production
Running time	2 - 3 hours
Production company(s)	What Larks! Hamma & Glamma Productions Gallowgate
Release
Original network	ITV Play, ITV2
Original release	6 October – 17 December 2006
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Playdate is a British television dating programme that was made by Hamma & Glamma Productions for ITV. It was screened Monday to Fridays on ITV Play between 8.00pm and 10.00pm, and daily on ITV2 between 1.00am and 4.00am. Billed as "the UK’s first interactive TV dating show", the show's format is based around speed dating.

The show had one format: 7 days a week, the show was interactive: various singletons of both sexes were invited into the studio, and members of the public were invited to phone in and talk with the studio guests, known as "datees". Viewers were also invited to send text messages and picture messages to the "datees".

The show's presenters were Brendan Courtney, Dave O'Reilly, Giles Vickers Jones, Kat Shoob, Katy Pullinger, Zoe Hardman and former Big Brother winner Kate Lawler.

Playdate was axed with its final show being aired on 17 December. The Mint was shown in its slot on ITV2 and The Mint Extra shown in its slot on ITV Play. The Mint ceased broadcasting in 2007.

External links

• ITV Play at itv.com