Dishes

Current revision as of 13:36, 13 April 2024

Host

Broadcast

Bazal for Channel 4, 7 January 1999 to 9 March 2000 (40 episodes in 2 series)

Synopsis

In a clever play on words, Dishes is a combination of dating show and cookery. Ready, Steady, Shag then, but this is a teatime Channel 4 show and therefore will be a bit more discerning then Channel 5. Only a little bit mind.

Kate Thornton with a contestant.

So, take three single guys, a single girl, some food, a huge partition, the slightly talented and actually rather attractive Kate Thornton and Danny Brown (formerly seen on Johnny Vaughan's short lived practical joke show The Fall Guy on BBC2), at least one of the contestants making a fool of himself, a huge exciting mad rush when the bell goes to get everything onto the plate, because if it's not on the plate then it doesn't go in, the winner getting a date in a restaurant somewhere and what do you get?

Danny Brown with contestants.

The result is actually something pleasantly diverting that you'll sometimes watch because you can't be bothered to get up and slam a microwave pizza on and there's nothing else on.

Danny Brown with a contestant.

Theme music

Tim & Alex

Trivia

Thornton managed to get the job when she heard about it through a friend who was originally lined up to present the programme. As it happens, that friend was Angela Griffin, the former Coronation Street actress.

Both series had a commission of 20 episodes and aired at 6pm. The first series aired twice a week on Thursdays and Tuesdays while the second series aired only once a week on Wednesdays

Videos

Part 1 of a 1999 episode.

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 == Host ==
-[[Kate Thornton]]
+Danny Brown and [[Kate Thornton]]
-== Co-hosts ==
-Danny Brown
 == Broadcast ==
-Channel 4, 1999 to 2000?
+Bazal for Channel 4, 7 January 1999 to 9 March 2000 (40 episodes in 2 series)
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 == Synopsis ==
-In a clever play on words, ''Dishes'' is a combination of dating show and cookery. ''Ready, Steady, Shag'' then, but this is a weekday six o' clock Channel 4 show and therefore will be a bit more discerning then Channel 5. Only a little bit mind.
+In a clever play on words, ''Dishes'' is a combination of dating show and cookery. ''Ready, Steady, Shag'' then, but this is a teatime Channel 4 show and therefore will be a bit more discerning then Channel 5. Only a little bit mind.
-So, take three single guys, a single girl, some food, a huge partition, the slightly talented and actually rather attractive [[Kate Thornton]] and Danny Brown (formerly seen on Johnny Vaughan's short lived practical joke show ''The Fall Guy'' on BBC 2), at least one of the contestants making a fool of himself, a huge exciting mad rush when the bell goes to get everything onto the plate, because if it's not on the plate then it doesn't go in, the winner getting a date in a restaurant somewhere and what do you get?
+<div class="image">[[File:Dishes thornton.jpg]]''[[Kate Thornton]] with a contestant.''</div>
-The result is actually something pleasantly diverting that you'll sometimes watch because you can't be bothered to get up and slam a microwave pizza on and there's nothing else on.
+So, take three single guys, a single girl, some food, a huge partition, the slightly talented and actually rather attractive [[Kate Thornton]] and Danny Brown (formerly seen on Johnny Vaughan's short lived practical joke show ''The Fall Guy'' on BBC2), at least one of the contestants making a fool of himself, a huge exciting mad rush when the bell goes to get everything onto the plate, because if it's not on the plate then it doesn't go in, the winner getting a date in a restaurant somewhere and what do you get?
-== Trivia ==
+<div class="image">[[File:Dishes cookery.jpg]]''Danny Brown with contestants.''</div>
-Thornton managed to get the job when she heard about it through a friend who was originally lined up to present the programme. As it happens, that friend was Angela Griffin, the former Coronation Street actress.
+The result is actually something pleasantly diverting that you'll sometimes watch because you can't be bothered to get up and slam a microwave pizza on and there's nothing else on.
-== Web links ==
+<div class="image">[[File:Dishes brown.jpg]]''Danny Brown with a contestant.''</div>
-[http://www.channel4.com Channel 4]
+== Theme music ==
-== Pictures ==
+Tim & Alex
-<div class="image"><IMG src="/atoz/programmes/d/dishes/dishes_thornton.jpg" alt="dishes_thornton.jpg" width="298" height="350">
+== Trivia ==
+Thornton managed to get the job when she heard about it through a friend who was originally lined up to present the programme. As it happens, that friend was Angela Griffin, the former Coronation Street actress.
-'''Picture 1''' - Host, [[Kate Thornton]].</div>
+Both series had a commission of 20 episodes and aired at 6pm. The first series aired twice a week on Thursdays and Tuesdays while the second series aired only once a week on Wednesdays
-<div class="image"><IMG src="/atoz/programmes/d/dishes/dishes_team.jpg" width="300" height="229" alt="dishes_team.jpg">
+== Videos ==
-'''Picture 2''' - [[Kate Thornton]] with co-host Danny Brown.</div>
+<div class="video"><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nl0XGxPsUZ4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nl0XGxPsUZ4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br/>''Part 1 of a 1999 episode.''</div>
 [[Category:Lifestyle]]
 [[Category:Dating]]
 [[Category:Food]]
+[[Category:Channel 4 Programmes]]
+[[Category:Bazal Productions]]