Ant & Dec's Push the Button

Ant & Dec's Push the Button
Created by	Ant & Dec
Presented by	Anthony McPartlin Declan Donnelly
Narrated by	Ronnie Corbett Matt Berry
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	14
Production
Location(s)	Pinewood Studios The Fountain Studios
Running time	60 minutes 75 minutes
Production company(s)	Gallowgate Productions
Release
Original network	ITV, STV, UTV
Picture format	16:9
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	27 February 2010 – 2 April 2011
Website

Ant & Dec's Push the Button is a game show which first aired on ITV from 27 February 2010 until 2 April 2011. The show is hosted by Ant & Dec. During the show the contestants compete to win a jackpot of £100,000. The family who have banked the most cash go through to the final to face DAVE. The game show is voiced over by Matt Berry, replacing Ronnie Corbett.

In series 2, the programme changed to being broadcast live. It featured an additional round called "The Accumulator", which gave the families a chance to increase their cash prize (that counts down throughout the show). Also, the winning family had a chance to play in the next game the following week to increase their money.

Transmissions

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	27 February 2010	3 April 2010	6
2	12 February 2011	2 April 2011	8

Ratings

Episode viewing figures from BARB.^[1]

Series 1

Episode	Air date	Official ITV1 rating (millions)	ITV1 weekly ranking	Share
1	27 February 2010	7.25	15	26.7%[2]
2	6 March 2010	6.33	17	24.4%[3]
3	13 March 2010	5.28	17	20.8%[4]
4	20 March 2010	5.83	16	24%[5]
5	27 March 2010	5.37	15	21.5%[6]
6	3 April 2010	4.34	16	18.6%[7]

Series 2

Episode	Air date	Official ITV1 rating (millions)	ITV1 weekly ranking	Share
1	12 February 2011	5.85	15	24.8%[8]
2	19 February 2011	4.31	21	19.4%[9]
3	26 February 2011	4.06	21	17.2%[10]
4	5 March 2011	4.35	19	19.8%[11]
5	12 March 2011	4.32	24	18.5%[12]
6	19 March 2011	5.57	13	25.3%[13]
7	26 March 2011	4.54	18	20.8%[14]
8	2 April 2011	3.92	21	19.6%[15]

References

1. "BARB". Retrieved 21 June 2014.
2. "Ant & Dec's 'Push The Button' debuts high - TV News". Digital Spy. 1 March 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
3. "Simon Cowell gives Piers Morgan new high - TV News". Digital Spy. 8 March 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
4. "Marsh's Morgan appearance draws 4m - TV News". Digital Spy. 15 March 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
5. "Forsyth's 'Life Stories' seen by 4.7m - TV News". Digital Spy. 22 March 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
6. "'Morgan's Life Stories' hits low of 3.4m - TV News". Digital Spy. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
7. "7.7 million tune in for new 'Doctor Who' - Doctor Who News - Cult". Digital Spy. 6 April 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
8. "Ant & Dec's 'Push The Button' lifts ITV1 - TV News". Digital Spy. 13 February 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
9. "'Let's Dance' returns with 7.6m - TV News". Digital Spy. 20 February 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
10. "Hill's 'TV Burp' sinks to three-year low - TV News". Digital Spy. 28 February 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
11. "'Let's Dance' beats 'Burp', 'Button' - TV News". Digital Spy. 7 March 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
12. "'Let's Dance' finale draws 7.1m viewers - TV News". Digital Spy. 13 March 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
13. "Final 'Take Me Out' pulls in 5.5m - TV News". Digital Spy. 20 March 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
14. "BBC One's 'SYTYCD' premieres low - So You Think You Can Dance News - Reality TV". Digital Spy. 27 March 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
15. "'So You Think You Can Dance' slumps to 3.8m - So You Think You Can Dance News - Reality TV". Digital Spy. 3 April 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2012.

External links

• Ant & Dec's Push the Button at the Internet Movie Database
• Ant & Dec's Push the Button at itv.com
• Ant & Dec's Push the Button at UKGameshows.com