Ant McPartlin has shared the moment he “almost didn’t show up” for rehearsals for Saturday Night Takeaway.
The Geordie duo, Ant and his co-host Dec Donnelly, took viewers behind the scenes in their one-off documentary which shows how their Saturday night TV show works behind the scenes.
In the first few clips, Ant and Dec have to practise stunts for their Ant vs Dec segment, which has previously seen them submerged in ice baths and walking on a plank off the top of a skyscraper.
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On the night, the boys are as enthusiastic as ever, but Ant revealed that he almost gave up on the show altogether.
“I wasn’t sure if I was going to have the energy for today,” he told cameras. “But then you seen the cameras and you’re like, ‘Yeah let’s do this!”
Elsewhere in the show, viewers were shown what happens minutes before the boys go live on stage for the ITV show.
Audiences are told to laugh whenever possible at Ant and Dec’s jokes, with a member of the crew encouraging them, saying: “if they say something funny, for the love of god, laugh.”
Fans online were enjoying the exclusive behind the scenes look at the show.
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One wrote: “Must be great to be part of the team behind #saturdaynighttakeaway looks like they all have a blast.”
“I didn’t know that it actually takes five days of work to make one 90 minute episode of @itvtakeaway!” another put.
A third added: “Just seeing it from the production point of view it’s really interesting #SaturdayNightTakeaway #BehindtheScenes.
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“This is so interesting to see what happens behind the scenes #SaturdayNightTakeaway #BehindtheScenes,” a fourth chimed in while a fifth added: “Loving this #saturdaynighttakeaway #behindthescreens documentary! It’s great to see just what @antanddec get up to while you’re freezing your bits off in the audience queue outside!”
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