EXCLUSIVE: ITV hosting duo Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly turned down going on a popular TV show according to it’s former host Dave Benson Phillips – and here’s why…10:00, 22 Jun 2025Dave hosted the show for it’s entiretyChildren’s TV presenter Dave Benson Phillips has confessed why Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly turned down appearing on his iconic programme.Dave is best known for hosting BBC’s Get Your Own Back, which was an extremely popular long-running children’s programme that ran for 14 series from 1991 until 2004.Speaking exclusively to Daily Star about his telly past, Dave revealed why the Geordie duo let him down.Dave explained: “We had asked Ant and Dec to come on but they didn’t end up coming on because they didn’t want to be seen doing a children’s program, because they were kind of moving them into a different slot which was more for the adult.Ant and Dec turned down Get Your Own Back(Image: More