Mr. and Mrs.

Mr. and Mrs.
Format	Game show
Presented by	Roy Ward Dickson (Original Canadian Version) Alan Taylor Norman Vaughan Derek Batey (Original Version) Nino Firetto (1994 - Living) Julian Clary (1999 - Revised Version) Phillip Schofield & Fern Britton (2008 - Present Celebrity Version)
Voices of	Peter Dickson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Production
Running time	44mins (exc. adverts)
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV (1964-1999, 2008-Present) Living (1994)
Picture format	4:3 (1964 - 1999) 16:9 (2008-Present)
Original airing	1964-1999, 2008-Present

Mr. & Mrs. is a television show that originated in Canada in 1963, debuting in Britain shortly afterwards. The Canadian version ran for 780 episodes, and was hosted by Roy Ward Dickson, who was also the show's creator.

A Welsh language programme in the same format, Sion a Sian ("John and Jane"), began in 1964 and continued until 2003. The show aired for over twenty years in the UK, from 1973 onwards. Created by Roy Ward Dickson, the show tested couples' knowledge of one another. In the United Kingdom it was hosted by Alan Taylor and Derek Batey in Britain, for a time, in two separate versions shown on the ITV network with the Alan Taylor version being produced by HTV and the Derek Batey version produced by Border Television.

The format was briefly revived in the UK during 1999, presented by Julian Clary. Celador International (now 2waytraffic) has recently licensed the rights to update the format for a 21st century audience.

All Star Mr and Mrs

It was confirmed in December 2007 that a revived version of the show will air on ITV in Spring 2008, presented by Phillip Schofield and Fern Britton. The new series features celebrities and their real-life partners playing to win money for their chosen charity.

A Christmas special aired in December 2008 with a second series of nine shows following in Spring/Summer 2009.

Series 1 (2008)

Series 2 (2009)

The show was recorded between 17 to 28 April 2009 and was first broadcast on 2 May.^[1]

Note: Episode 10 was originally supposed to air on 4 July 2009, however Michael Jackson had died between the filming and the original airdate of this episode. Tito Jackson was seen laughing about his brother during the course of the episode and to air it so soon after Michael's death would seem in poor taste, so it was pulled. Since it was the last episode of the series, a repeat of the first episode was shown instead. An edited version of this episode may be aired at a later date.

Series 3 (2010)

Series 3 will return on Saturday 2 January 2010 at 8.15pm, and will consist of 10 episodes.

The scheduled guests (and their partners) are ^[2]

1. Beverly Callard, Mikey Graham and Noddy Holder
2. Gareth Gates, Denise Welch and Tim Healy and Nicholas Parsons
3. Simon Gregson, Barry McGuigan and Suzi Perry
4. Jenni Falconer, John Higgins and Bobby Ball
5. Kirsty Gallacher, Michael Burke and one other guest
6. Ice T and his wife Coco, Jack P. Shepherd and girlfriend Lauren Shippey, and Carol Smillie and her husband Alex (airs 9 January 2010)
7. Andrew Sachs, Robert Webb and Anthea Turner and Grant Bovey
8. Lynda Bellingham, Jean-Christophe Novelli and one other guest.
9. George Takei, Lucy Pargeter and Phil Vickery
10. Judith Chalmers and her husband Neil, Holly Willoughby and her husband Dan and Boris Becker and his wife Sharlely (airs: 2 January 2010)

References

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• http://www.sroaudiences.com/application.asp?show_id=304

External links

• All Star Mr. and Mrs. at itv.com
• Mr. and Mrs. Official Site
• Mr. and Mrs. at the Internet Movie Database
• Mr. and Mrs. at UKGameshows.com