Ant & Dec, Superheroes in Action!

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway kick starts next month on ITV. Image © ITV Plc

Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway kick starts next month on ITV. Image © ITV Plc

 

TV’s Superheroes are Back!  Ant & Dec unleash their super powers this weekend on ITV with their brand new on air promo for their new series, Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, which airs live next month on ITV.

The promotion is the latest superhero silliness on British TV which in the past has included the world-famous appearance of Only Fools and Horses Del and Rodney (David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst) as Batman and Robin; Michael Palin as Bicycle Repair Man in Monty Python’s Flying Circus; Ardahl O’Hanlon (and, later, James Dreyfus) as Thermoman in My Hero; Russ Abbot as Cooperman in The Russ Abbot Show; and even Ronnie Corbett as a superannuated superhero in The One Ronnie.

 

Brian Lewis brought Les Dawson's "Superflop" to Look-In.

Brian Lewis brought Les Dawson’s “Superflop” to Look-In.

 

And of course, who could forget Les Dawson as Superflop, albeit a pretty unremarkable character for the comic genius – except that he got his own strip in Look-In, drawn by Brian Lewis, better known for his work on CountdownHouse Of Horror and 2000AD. “This strip isn’t even remotely amusing,” argues writer and artist Peter Doree over on his marvellous Bronze Age of Blogs, “but it is, like all of Lewis’ work, absolutely perfectly illustrated.”

 

Ant & Dec Battle "Winter Blues". Image © ITV Plc

Ant & Dec Battle “Winter Blues”. Image © ITV Plc

 

Launching tomorrow (31st January), Ant & Dec dress up as superheroes and take on the dastardly monster called ‘The Winter Blues’ as they get ready to burst back on to our screens in February. The duo, dressed in their own superhero outfits are seen climbing a scaled version of the iconic ITV tower as they prepare to put an end to the Winter Blues by returning with their award winning TV series.

Live from ITV studios on Saturday Nights, the brand new series will unmask a host of Undercovers and I’m A Celebrity… Get Out Of My Ear’s along with exciting new strands.

• Follow the show on Twitter at @itvtakeaway | #SaturdayNightTakeaway



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