Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway Is Returning On 22 February

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway is returning to our TV screens next weekend.

Unsurprisingly, it will air at 7pm on the 22nd - aka Saturday night.

The 16th series promises a 'whole host of new and exclusive features, guests, live surprises and outrageous stunts,' as well as the return of many popular segments.

'Undercover' and 'I'm A Celebrity...Get Out Of Me Ear!' will both return, while 'The Place on the Plane' giveaway is set to become 'the biggest ever giveaway on British TV'.

On top of this, one viewer will also win 'a truly life changing surprise'. We can only assume this will be a truly life changing experience of the positive variety, rather than you know, some kind of traumatic ordeal or horrific injury.

The Pussycat Dolls will perform some of their most popular hits in the first show of the new series, while singer Camila Cabello will be the guest announcer.

Other celebs to feature in the new series include Hugh Bonneville, Emily Atack, Amanda Holden, Richard Ayoade, Amber Gill, Paddy McGuinness, Simon Cowell, as well as many more.

Oh, and Ant and Dec will be battling aliens and becoming pandas at some point, apparently.

A synopsis of some a new segment on the show reads: "Ant and Dec are back on the case as super sleuths in a brand new mini-series.

"The duo are still members of 'The Honoured' charged with looking after Britain's security and this time round they've been called in not just because Earth needs saving. There's an intergalactic security issue! Ant and Dec will battle aliens and a secret race called The Squittarianuvians.

In another new segment: "The boys will become two Pandas called Howai and Wayai at London Zoo in a new feature called Don't Feed The Pandas.

"A realistic Panda enclosure was created at the Zoo as children along with their teachers visited the animals.

"Once the adults weren't looking the Panda's Howai and Wayai (Ant and Dec in realistic prosthetic costumes) started trying to persuade the kids to give them the Zoo keepers' lunch - will the children believe that Pandas can actually talk?!"

Truly, what more could you ask for from your Saturday night?

Topics: TV and Film, UK Entertainment, Ant and Dec

Jake Massey

Jake Massey is a journalist at LADbible. He graduated from Newcastle University, where he learnt a bit about media and a lot about living without heating. After spending a few years in Australia and New Zealand, Jake secured a role at an obscure radio station in Norwich, inadvertently becoming a real-life Alan Partridge in the process. From there, Jake became a reporter at the Eastern Daily Press. Jake enjoys playing football, listening to music and writing about himself in the third person.

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