“I’ve got twice the amount of work to do,” said Declan Donnelly, welcoming the ITV audience tonight at 7pm. In the world of brands linked by ampersands, an equivalent shock was Dec presenting Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway without Ant. McPartlin’s previous period of addiction treatment last year delayed but did not prevent the screening of another Ant & Dec franchise, I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! Ant McPartlin shows we can be kind, even to celebrities | Barbara Ellen Read moreVisually, by convention – and, some rumours insist, contract – Ant always stands screen-left and Dec on the right. Things aren’t thankfully as final as that for Ant & Dec. Donnelly was typically – and, in the circumstances, courageously – professional and engaging.

Source: The Guardian March 31, 2018 21:13 UTC