'We need to catch our breath!' Ant & Dec shock fans as they QUIT Saturday Night Takeaway ahead of 20th series
Ant & Dec?have sensationally やめる Saturday Night Takeaway ahead of their 20th series, shocking their fans across the nation.
Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, both 47,?have 発表するd that the 多重の BAFTA-winning show will take a break after 2024.
The pair will continue their 排除的 working 関係 with ITV, hosting 攻撃する，衝突する shows 含むing I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, Britain's Got Talent and Limitless 勝利，勝つ, all of which 空気／公表する across ITV1 and ITVX.
Ant said: 'We love making Saturday Night Takeaway, but reaching the milestone of 20 series seemed like the perfect time to pause for a little while and catch our breath.'?
Dec 追加するd: 'We still have a momentous 20th series to look 今後 to first so we will do our best to go out (for now) with a bang in 2024!'
Wow! Ant & Dec have sensationally やめる Saturday Night Takeaway ahead of their 20th series, shocking their fans across the nation (pictured in March 2023)
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, produced by 解除するd Entertainment (part of ITV Studios) and Mitre Studios, will return next year for its 20th series.
The series has spawned 非常に／多数の iconic segments, 含むing 勝利，勝つ the 広告s, Undercover, Get Out Of Me Ear, The End of Show Show and the Happiest Minute of the Week.
The most 最近の series 開始する，打ち上げるd in February with ITV1's biggest 夜通し audience of the year, attracting 6.4 million テレビ視聴者s, and the biggest entertainment audience across any channel.
The show's combination of live, high energy, feel good fun has seen the 判型 達成する 多重の BAFTA and 国家の Television Awards since 開始する，打ち上げるing in 2002.
Kevin Lygo, ITV Managing Director, マスコミ and Entertainment, said: 'When you think of Saturday night television you think of Saturday Night Takeaway.
'Over 20 series the show has become a cultural 現象, and while we 熱望して 心配する what Ant & Dec have up their sleeves for the 2024 series, we 完全に understand their 願望（する） to take a pause, take 在庫／株, and think about what the next incarnation of the show might look like.'
In a ビデオ 地位，任命するd to Twitter on Thursday evening, Ant said: 'Hi everyone, we've got some news for you. Next year, in 2024, it will be our 20th 一連の Saturday Night Takeaway and we've got some very exciting new items.'
予期しない:?Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, both 47, have 発表するd that the 多重の BAFTA -winning show will take a break after 2024?
Throwback:?The series 以前 took a pause in 2009, returning four years later in 2013 (pictured in 2004)
They 発表するd the 抱擁する news from the 全世界の／万国共通の Orlando 訴える手段／行楽地 in?Florida?this evening after hosting the last episode of the series.
Dec explained that they both 'need a bit of a 残り／休憩（する）' まっただ中に their other 現在進行中の work かかわり合いs.
He 追加するd: 'And we've also decided that our 20th series next year will be our last one for a little while. The show takes up such a lot of our year, we just feel that we need a little bi t of a breather and have a little bit of a 残り／休憩（する）.'
Ant and Dec - who 最初 設立する fame on Byker Grove in the late 1980s - first 前線d the show from 2002 until 2009 when the show went on hiatus and since its 2013 return, they have been joined by a string of co-presenters over the years 含むing the likes of? Scarlett Moffatt, Stephen Mulhern and Jordan Banjo.
In 2021, the show - which relies ひどく on 参加 from its studio audience - went 事実上の ーするために 許す the interaction to continue.?
Just last month, Ant and Dec 明らかにする／漏らすd Saturday Night Takeaway would be returning to 審査するs next year.
The 大混乱／混沌とした grand finale show was jam-packed 十分な of hilarious segments and some cringe-worthy moments as the largest 勝利，勝つ The 広告s jackpot was lost.
However at the end of the packed show, the 二人組 明らかにする／漏らすd that Takeaway will be returning next year for a new series.
It's 支援する! Just last month, Ant and Dec 明らかにする／漏らすd Saturday Night Takeaway would be returning to 審査するs next year
Exciting! The 大混乱／混沌とした grand finale show was jam-packed 十分な of hilarious segments and some cringe-worthy moments as the largest 勝利，勝つ The 広告s jackpot was lost
Ant and Dec also 約束d that テレビ視聴者s could even 勝利，勝つ The 広告s once more as the 競争 would also be a part of their next series.
Saturday Night Takeaway 初めは 開始する，打ち上げるd in 2002 before taking a four-year break in 2009 and next year’s series will be the show’s 20th.???
However the show wasn't all fun and games as contestant John sadly lost all the prizes on the 週刊誌 競争 in which players get to 勝利，勝つ?a number of 抱擁する prizes.?
John was in with a chance of winning £20,000 and a Caribbean holiday if he could answer which animated film franchise was 始める，決める for a 5th 分割払い.?
テレビ視聴者s were 荒廃させるd for the contestant with many 示唆するing it was an 平易な question, given the news had come to light just days earlier.
One person wrote: 'Lord it is 絶対 gutting when they DON’T 勝利，勝つ the 広告s. #SaturdayNightTakeaway'
Another said: 'It was literally like 3 days ago news. I was like shouting shrek so much my dog ran out the room.'
Someone else said: 'HE LOST THE BIGGEST WIN THE ADS THEY'VE EVER DONE'
Sombre:?In a ビデオ 地位，任命するd to Twitter on Thursday evening, Ant (left) said: 'Hi everyone, we've got some news for you. Next year, in 2024, it will be our 20th 一連の Saturday Night Takeaway and we've got some very exciting new items'
Tired:?Dec (権利) explained that they both 'need a bit of a 残り／休憩（する）' まっただ中に their other 現在進行中の work かかわり合いs
While some people were really 混乱させるd as to how John didn't get the question 権利.?
One person wrote: 'No offence to him but how the HELL did the guy on 勝利，勝つ the 広告s on #saturdaynighttakeaway not know about Shrek 5's 存在.'
Another said: 'Had the chance to 勝利，勝つ the biggest '勝利，勝つ the 広告s prize' draw ever and gets the Shrek question wrong…
'How has he not heard that Shrek 5 is in the 作品?! #SaturdayNightTakeaway'
John looked visibly gutted after he?realised ?that he got the answer wrong while the audience also gasped in shock.?
Dec said: 'John here's your make or break question, it's been 広範囲にわたって 報告（する）／憶測d this week that a hugely successful animated film franchise is 始める，決める for a 5th 分割払い featuring the 初めの 発言する／表明する cast.
'Which one, Shrek or Madagascar?' John answered: 'Madagascar'.
Ant 明らかにする／漏らすd it was the wrong answer as Dec buried his 長，率いる in his 手渡すs in 不信.?
