Blind Date is a British dating game show first produced by London Weekend Television (LWT). An unscreened pilot was made with comic Duncan Norvelle as presenter 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. 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. Paul O'Grady presented the revived series. Melanie Sykes became the new voice of the show, taking over the role most famously held by Graham Skidmore in the original series. On 30 June 2025, it was announced that the series was to be rebooted again and this time would be aired on Disney+. In August 2026, it was confirmed that Maura Higgins would present the reboot which is expected to launch in 2027.
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