Mr and Mrs (game show)

*Mr and Mrs*
Mr and Mrs
Created by	Roy Ward Dickson
Presented by	Alan Taylor (HTV West); Norman Vaughan (Anglia); Derek Batey (Border); Nino Firetto (1995–6); Julian Clary (1999)
Starring	Katrina Buchanan (1995–6); Stacey Young (1999)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2 (UK Living version); 1 (Carlton version)
No. of episodes	?? (UK Living version); 6 (Carlton version)
Production
Running time	30 mins (inc. adverts)
Production companies	Border (1967–88); HTV West (1972 until late 1970's); HTV West for UK Living (1995–96); Action Time in association with Carlton (1999)
Original release
Network	ITV (1968–88, 1999); HTV West & UK Living (1995–96)
Release	1968 –; 2 July 1999
Related
	All Star Mr & Mrs; The Newlywed Game; Tattletales

Mr. and Mrs. was a United Kingdom television show that aired on the ITV network from 1972 with Alan Taylor hosting the TWW then HTV West version, Derek Batey hosting the Border and Norman Vaughan hosting a version made by ITV Anglia which lasted for just one season and was only seen in that region. It was then aired on UK Living and regionally on HTV West hosted by Nino Firetto entitled The All-New Mr. and Mrs. Show and then back on the ITV network in 1999 hosted by Julian Clary.

The show was revived in 2008 as a celebrity game show entitled All Star Mr & Mrs, hosted by Phillip Schofield, originally with Fern Britton.

Transmissions

UK Living version

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	8 January 1995	??	??
2	??	1996	??

Carlton version

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	19 March 1999	2 July 1999	6

International versions

The show originated in Canada in 1963. The Canadian version was produced at CFTO-TV in Toronto and ran on the CTV network for 780 episodes, and was hosted by Roy Ward Dickson, who was also the show's creator.^[1]

The British version originated in Wales in 1964 as a Welsh language only programme in the same format entitled Sion a Sian, Sion a Siân or Siôn a Siân ("John and Jane") where it continued until 2003 presented by Ieuan Rhys. It was first broadcast on Teledu Cymru, then HTV Cymru and finally S4C. The series was revived in 2012, presented by Stifyn Parri and Heledd Cynwal. That year saw Sion a Sian feature its first gay couple.^[2]

References

External links

Mr. and Mrs. Official website.
Mr and Mrs at UKGameshows.com.
ATV Today Mr & Mrs
Harlech House of Graphics HTV Programmes (Mr & Mrs)

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[1] Roy Ward Dickson: "Mr. and Mrs."

[2] ttp://www.golwg360.com/newyddion/cymru/69343-cwpwl-hoyw-ar-sion-a-sian

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