'Work experience kid' came up with Ant & Dec idea

'Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway' was devised by an intern.

'Work experience kid' came up with Ant & Dec idea

'Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway' was devised by an intern.

Top TV producer Nigel Hall has revealed the format for the hit primetime show, which sees audience members vie to win the contents of ad breaks, was actually thought up by a "work experience kid" after he, Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly had arduously tried to think up a hit show for the duo to front.

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