Line #33 Creator/AntAndDec


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2	[[caption-width-right:348:Ant is the one on the left.]]
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4	->''"A lot of people have been wondering 'How can you tell the two of them apart?' Well, it's simple really. See... Ant is the one I want to Dec."''
5	-->-- '''Creator/CharlieBrooker'''
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7	Anthony [=McPartlin=], [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (born 18 November 1975) and Declan Donnelly, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OBE]] (born 25 September 1975), better known as Ant and Dec, have been appearing together on UK television from since TheNineties.
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9	Originally PJ and Duncan in ''Byker Grove'' ([[{{Narm}} "PJ, Noooooooooooo!"]]), they moved onto music after their FakeBand on ''Byker Grove'' became {{Defictionalized}}. As pop duo "PJ & Duncan" (and later releasing further music under their actual names), they never really hit it big (however in 2013, a ThrowItIn performance of "Let's Get Ready to Rhumble" on ''Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway'' gave them their first and only Number 1 hit in the singles charts [[RevivalByCommercialization 19 years after the song was originally released]]).
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11	They soon moved onto presenting children's TV on the Creator/{{BBC}}; their first show was a SketchComedy called ''The Ant & Dec Show''. After the Creator/{{BBC}} felt they had run their course and released them from their contracts, they switched to Creator/Channel4 for an evening show aimed at adults entitled ''Ant and Dec Unzipped''. It didn't last long but Creator/{{ITV}} moved in and snapped them up, placing them as the presenters of SaturdayMorningKidsShow ''[=SM:tv=] Live'' (and sister show ''[=CD:UK=]''). Blessed with brilliant writers and allowed to let their natural charisma and {{improv}} skills shine, Ant & Dec's popularity shot upwards and soon got them mainstream gigs like presenting ''Series/PopIdol'' and ''Series/ImACelebrityGetMeOutOfHere''.
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13	At this point they felt like they had outgrown [=SM:tv=], so they left the world of children's television to crack the mainstream, hosting a UsefulNotes/PrimeTime Saturday night VarietyShow on Creator/{{ITV}} called ''Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway'', which remains their "trademark" show. Since then they've only increased their popularity, winning several awards and hosting many more UsefulNotes/PrimeTime shows.
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15	Ant is the one on the left. Dec is the one on the right.[[note]]They admitted on ''Series/CelebrityJuice'' that this is intentional.[[/note]] They are [[HeterosexualLifePartners seen together]] [[ThoseTwoGuys so often]], they share an article on Website/TheOtherWiki, live next door to each other, are both insured against the other's death, and jokes are made about not being able to tell them apart -- even though it's not really that tough. Ant is several inches taller, Dec has lighter hair. E.g. in ''Film/LoveActually'':
16	->'''Billy Mack:''' Yes I have, Ant or Dec.
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18	They are also the only people ''ever'' to be allowed to make a joint appearance on ''Radio/DesertIslandDiscs'', which is the point at which some people started to think they might actually be a HiveMind.
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20	The twosome frequently make each other falls into fits of the giggles and frequently imply that one or both are Gay on ''I'm A Celebrity: Get Me Out Of Here.''
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23	!!Shows they present or have presented:
24	* ''[[Series/{{SMTV}} SM:TV]]'' and ''[[Series/{{CDUK}} CD:UK]]'' both examples of the SaturdayMorningKidsShow
25	* ''Series/BluePeter'': Appeared in-studio to sing their new single in the October 6, 1995 episode
26	* ''Series/ImACelebrityGetMeOutOfHere''
27	* ''Series/BritainsGotTalent''
28	* ''[[Series/AntAndDecsSaturdayNightTakeaway Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway]]'' (where you can win the entire contents of an ad break)
29	* ''Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon''
30	** Both of the previous two shows were involved in the [[PhoneInGameShows British Phone In Scandal]].
31	** And have received or are receiving [[TransAtlanticEquivalent Transatlantic Equivalents]]- the latter in 2006 on Creator/{{CBS}}, the former in fall 2015 as ''Best Time Ever with Creator/NeilPatrickHarris'' on Creator/{{NBC}}.
32	* ''Push The Button''
33	* ''Series/RedOrBlack''
34	* ''[=PokerFace=]''
35	* ''Wanna Bet?'' (American adaptation of the German ''Wetten dass?...'')
36	* ''Limitless Win''

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