Slap Bang with Ant & Dec

Slap Bang with Ant & Dec
Starring	Ant & Dec
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producers	Blaze Productions Zenith
Running time	60mins (inc. adverts)
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	12 May (2001-05-12) – 16 June 2001 (2001-06-16)
Related
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Ant & Dec's Push the Button Red or Black?

Slap Bang with Ant & Dec was a television programme that was shown in the United Kingdom on ITV in 2001. It was presented by Ant & Dec. The show ran for 6 episodes (shown weekly, on Saturdays).

Beers

Each episode featured, among other things, a brief sketch of a show called Beers, a parody of Cheers, centred around a pub. Beers opened with a depressing song:

There's a place I know where the people go when they're really feeling low,

Though they serve flat ale and the crisps went stale about a year ago.

You really shouldn't go because you won't come back again!

The happy hour is only from 10 to 5 past 10.

The lager's warm and the wine is brown,

(The next line is more or less inaudible)

Even the water is watered down at Beers.

You shouldn't go because you won't come back again.

The sequence of images accompanying this song ended with a sign being held up saying, "We lose".

Beers was similar to Chums, a parody of Friends that appeared on SMTV Live, and also featured Ant & Dec. They were similar in the respect that each began with a phrase of the form, "Beers/Chums is filmed ...", e.g. "Chums is filmed - why?" However, Beers lacked the cliffhangers of Chums.

Challenge Ant

Carrying over from SMTV Live, each episode featured a chosen member from the audience asking Ant questions. Each one Ant got wrong earned the contestant a prize. The audience member could then gamble all their winnings on one final question, winning a bonus if Ant gave an incorrect answer. If Ant gave the correct answer, the contestant walked home with nothing.

External links

• Slap Bang with Ant & Dec at UKGameshows.com