God's Gift (TV series)

God's Gift was a British dating game show that aired on ITV from 4 January 1996 to 3 April 1998. The first series was presented by Davina McCall and Claudia Winkleman hosted the second series. The show's title came from the phrase "God's gift to women", i.e. an ironic description of a would-be Casanova.

God's Gift
Genre	Dating game show
Presented by	Davina McCall Claudia Winkleman
Narrated by	Stuart Hall
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	75
Production
Running time	60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company	Granada
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	3 January 1996 (1996-01-03) – 18 December 1998 (1998-12-18)

Format

Each week, five male contestants would vie with each other to win the affections and votes of a female audience (or a male audience on "gay specials") by participating in a series of facetious games designed to "test" their sex appeal. The winner's prize would be to take an audience member of his choice out on a date, which was then filmed for broadcast in the following week's show.

Broadcast

The series was screened overnight on ITV, the day and time of the broadcasts and repeat depended on the nighttime feed, although it was dropped by Yorkshire and Tyne Tees Television part-way through series one.

Series guide

• Series 1: 50 editions including 2 best of compilations, first shown from 3 January 1996
• Series 2: 25 editions, first shown from 6 February 1998 ^[1] The series was screened in two blocks, the second block of episodes started in Late Sept 1998.