Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
Background
Part of the timeless success of “Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway” is the live studio audience, and how crucial they are to the energy of the show. What could possibly stop this entertainment juggernaut? The COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2021, after spending much of the pandemic prototyping and pitching virtual audience concepts, we were asked by Lifted Entertainment to provide a fully interactive virtual audience to help make Series 17 possible under strict COVID-19 protocols. Nine 90-minute live shows were watched by on average 8.5 million viewers. We hosted over 1000 live contributors each week, spread across 260m² of video wall with features including live polling, team games and choreographed animations. All this with an end-to-end latency of less than 600ms, made possible through collaboration with our partners at The Famous Group and LiveSwitch.
Production Info
- Production Company : Lifted Entertainment
- Network : ITV
- Studio Facility : Television Centre
Synopsis
Multi award-winning Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway brings the viewers at home and live in the studio a host of surprises, returning gems and outrageous stunts. You can expect high energy live entertainment from start to finish as Saturday night’s most feel-good series brings us the happiest ninety minutes of the week...
Production Credits
- Executive Producer : Diego Rincon, Louise Major
- Line Producer : Phil Elwell
- Series Director : Chris Power
- Lighting Director : Gurdip Mahal
- Set Designer : Patrick Doherty
- Production Manager/Executive : Anthony Chuck
- Graphic Design : Buckloop
Production Info
- Production Company : Lifted Entertainment
- Network : ITV
- Studio Facility : Television Centre
Synopsis
Multi award-winning Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway brings the viewers at home and live in the studio a host of surprises, returning gems and outrageous stunts. You can expect high energy live entertainment from start to finish as Saturday night’s most feel-good series brings us the happiest ninety minutes of the week...
Production Credits
- Executive Producer : Diego Rincon, Louise Major
- Line Producer : Phil Elwell
- Series Director : Chris Power
- Lighting Director : Gurdip Mahal
- Set Designer : Patrick Doherty
- Production Manager/Executive : Anthony Chuck
- Graphic Design : Buckloop
Background
Part of the timeless success of “Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway” is the live studio audience, and how crucial they are to the energy of the show. What could possibly stop this entertainment juggernaut? The COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2021, after spending much of the pandemic prototyping and pitching virtual audience concepts, we were asked by Lifted Entertainment to provide a fully interactive virtual audience to help make Series 17 possible under strict COVID-19 protocols. Nine 90-minute live shows were watched by on average 8.5 million viewers. We hosted over 1000 live contributors each week, spread across 260m² of video wall with features including live polling, team games and choreographed animations. All this with an end-to-end latency of less than 600ms, made possible through collaboration with our partners at The Famous Group and LiveSwitch.