Ant & Dec

**Ant & Dec** (formerly known as **PJ & Duncan** until 1997) are a British television presenting duo consisting of Ant McPartlin (born 18 November 1975) and Declan Donnelly (born 25 September 1975). After meeting as child actors on CBBC's drama _Byker Grove_, they performed together as pop musicians **PJ & Duncan**, the names of their characters from the series.

## Television

They met after starring as child actors on the children's television series _Byker Grove in 1990._

They have been hosts for many television series, including reality show _I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here_, British talent show _Britain's Got Talent_ and a game show titled _Limitless Win_. They formerly hosted _Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_ from 2002 to 2009 and 2013 to 2024

## Filmography

|Year|Title|Role|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1989–1993, 2000|_Byker Grove_|PJ, Duncan/Actors|||
|1994|_Gimme 5_|Guest Presenters|||
|1995–1996|_The Ant & Dec Show_|rowspan="10"|Presenters||
|rowspan="2"|1997|_Ant & Dec Unzipped_|||
|_Ant and Dec's Geordie Christmas_|||||
|1998–2001, 2003|_SMTV Live_||||
|1998–2001|_CD:UK_||||
|1999–2001|_Friends Like These_||||
|2001, 2015–2016|_BRIT Awards_||||
|2001|_Slap Bang with Ant & Dec_||||
|2001–2003|_Pop Idol_||||
|2001–2002|_The Record of the Year_||||
|2002–2004|_Engie Benjy_|Engie Benjy, Jollop the Dog, Dan the Van and Trucker Troy (voices)|||
|2002|_A Tribute to the Likely Lads_|Themselves|||
|2002–2009, 2013–2018, 2020–2024|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_|rowspan="12"|Presenters||
|2002–present|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||||
|2003–2004|_World Idol_||||
|2005|_Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon_||||
|2006–2008|_Soccer Aid_||||
|2006–2007|_PokerFace_||||
|2007–2020, 2022–present|_Britain's Got Talent_||||
|2008|_Wanna Bet?_||||
|2009|_Ant & Dec's Christmas Show_||||
|2010–2011|_Ant & Dec's Push the Button_||||
|2011–2012|_Red or Black?_||||
|2011–2014|_Text Santa_||||
|2015|_Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris_|Themselves (Cameo)|||
|rowspan="2"|2016|_When Ant and Dec Met The Prince: 40 Years of The Prince's Trust_|rowspan="7"|Presenters|
|_The Queen's 90th Birthday Celebration_|||||
|rowspan="2"|2019|_Ant & Dec's DNA Journey_|||
|_Britain's Got Talent: The Champions_|||||
|rowspan="2"|2022–present|_Limitless Win_|||
|_The Prince's Trust Awards_|||||
|2023|_I'm a Celebrity... South Africa_||||

### Films

|Year|Title|Role|
| --- | --- | --- |
|2003|_Love, Actually_|Themselves|
|2006|_Alien Autopsy_|Gary Shoefield and Ray Santilli|
|2024|_Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl_|Anton Deck (Up North News) Named after English TV duo _Ant & Dec_|

### Television advertisements

|Year|Title|Role||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2000|Wispa Bite|Themselves||
|rowspan="2"|2001|Ambrosia Splat|Themselves; Voiceover|
|Woolworths|Themselves|||
|2002|McDonald's|Themselves; Voiceover||
|2008, 2017|Sainsbury's|rowspan="7"|Themselves|
|2009–2011|Wii & Nintendo DS|||
|2013–2015|Morrisons|||
|2016–2018|Suzuki|||
|2019–2020|Marks & Spencer|||
|2019–present|Santander Bank|||
|2021–present|TikTok|||

### Executive Producer(s)

|Year|Title|Role|
| --- | --- | --- |
|1998–2001|_Friends Like These_|Themselves; Executive Producers|
|2002–2024|_Saturday Night Takeaway_|Themselves; Executive Producers|
|2019–|_In for a Penny_|Creators; Producers|
|2021–present|_Limitless Win_|Themselves; Executive Producers|
|2024–|_Byker_|Executive Producers; Writers|

### Television idents

- ITV "Celebrities" idents (3 idents, 2002)
- ITV "Abstract celebrities" idents (5 idents, 2003)

### Apps

- An official _Saturday Night Takeaway_ app known as _Studio Rush_ launched on 30 January 2013.

## Awards

|Year|Ceremony|Award|Recipient|Result|References||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1994|14th Brit Awards|Best Song|"Let's Get Ready to Rhumble"||||||
|rowspan="2"|1995|15th Brit Awards|British Breakthrough|PJ & Duncan|||||
|colspan="2"|Royal Television Society Awards|rowspan="3"|_The Ant and Dec Show_||||||
|1996|rowspan="4"|British Academy Children's Awards|rowspan="4"|Children's Entertainment Show|||||
|1997|||||||||
|1998|_Ant and Dec Unzipped_||||||||
|rowspan="6"|2000|rowspan="3"|_SMTV Live_||||||
|TV Choice Awards|Best Children's Show||||||||
|Royal Television Society Awards|Best Children's Entertainment Programme||||||||
|TV Hits Awards|Best Teen Show|_CD:UK_|||||||
|Loaded Carling Good Work Fellas Awards|colspan="2"|Best Double Act|||||||
|British Comedy Awards|colspan="2"|The People's Choice|||||||
|rowspan="5"|2001|TV Choice Awards|Best Children's Show|rowspan="2"|_SMTV Live_||||
|Broadcast Awards|Best Children's Programme||||||||
|Royal Television Society Awards|colspan="2"|Best Television Presenters|||||||
|Disney Channel Awards|Kids Award|_The Ant and Dec Show_|||||||
|British Academy Children's Awards|Best Children's Entertainment Show|_SMTV Live_|||||||
|rowspan="2"|2002|British Academy Television Awards|Entertainment Performance|_Pop Idol_|||||
|British Academy Children's Awards|Children's Entertainment Show|_SMTV Live_|||||||
|rowspan="2"|2003|British Academy Television Awards|Entertainment Programme or Series|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_|||||
|British Comedy Awards|colspan="2"|Best Comedy Entertainment Personality|||||||
|rowspan="3"|2004|TRIC Awards|colspan="2"|Best TV Personality|||||
|rowspan="2"|British Comedy Awards|Best Comedy Entertainment Programme|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_||||||
|colspan="2"|Best Comedy Entertainment Personality||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2005|British Academy Television Awards|Entertainment Performance|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_|||||
|TRIC Awards|colspan="2"|Best TV Personality|||||||
|rowspan="4"|2006|rowspan="2"|British Comedy Awards|Best Comedy Entertainment Programme|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_||||
|colspan="2"|Best Comedy Entertainment Personality||||||||
|rowspan="2"|TRIC Awards|colspan="2"|Best TV Personality||||||
|Best Entertainment Programme|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||||||||
|rowspan="2"|2007|British Academy Television Awards|Entertainment Performance|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_|||||
|TRIC Awards|colspan="2"|Best TV Personality|||||||
|rowspan="4"|2008|TV Quick & TV Choice Awards|Best Entertainment Show|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_|||||
|rowspan="3"|Nickelodeon UK Kids Choice Awards|colspan="2"|Favourite Funny Person||rowspan="3"||||
|colspan="2"|Best TV Presenters||||||||
|Best Family TV Show|_Britain's Got Talent_||||||||
|rowspan="4"|2009|rowspan="3"|TV Quick & TV Choice Awards|Best Entertainment Show|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_||rowspan="3"||
|Best Talent Show|_Britain's Got Talent_||||||||
|colspan="2"|Outstanding Contribution Award||||||||
|rowspan="3"|British Academy Television Awards|rowspan="2"|Entertainment Performance|rowspan="2"|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||||
|rowspan="2"|2010||||||||
|Entertainment Programme|_Britain's Got Talent_||||||||
|rowspan="3"|2012|Freesat Free TV Awards|colspan="2"|Best TV Presenter(s)|||||
|rowspan="2"|TRIC Awards|colspan="2"|Best TV Personality||||||
|Best Reality Programme|_I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!_||||||||
|rowspan="4"|2013|rowspan="2"|TRIC Awards|colspan="2"|TV Personality of the Year||||
|TRIC Special Award|rowspan="3"|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_|||||||
|RTS Awards|rowspan="2"|Entertainment Performance|||||||
|British Academy Television Awards|||||||||
|rowspan="4"|2014|rowspan="2"|TRIC Awards|colspan="2"|Best TV Personality||||
|Best Reality Programme|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||||||||
|rowspan="2"|British Academy Television Awards|Entertainment Performance|rowspan="2"|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_|||||
|Entertainment Programme|||||||||
|rowspan="6"|2015|rowspan="2"|TRIC Awards|colspan="2"|Best TV Personality||||
|Best Entertainment Programme|rowspan="3"|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_|||||||
|rowspan="2"|British Academy Television Awards|Entertainment Performance|||||||
|Entertainment Programme|||||||||
|rowspan="2"|I Talk Telly Awards|Best Reality TV Show|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||||||
|colspan="2"|Best TV Presenter||||||||
|rowspan="6"|2016|rowspan="2"|TRIC Awards|colspan="2"|Best TV Personality||||
|Best Reality Programme|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||||||||
|rowspan="2"|British Academy Television Awards|Entertainment Performance|_Britain's Got Talent_||||||
|Reality and Constructed Factual|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||||||||
|rowspan="2"|I Talk Telly Awards|Best Reality TV Show|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||||||
|colspan="2"|Best TV Presenter||||||||
|rowspan="6"|2017|TRIC Awards|Best Entertainment Programme|rowspan="2"|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_||||
|rowspan="3"|British Academy Television Awards|rowspan="2"|Entertainment Programme||||||
|_Britain's Got Talent_|||||||||
|Live Event|_The Queen's 90th Birthday Celebration_||||||||
|rowspan="2"|I Talk Telly Awards|Best Reality TV Show|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||||||
|colspan="2"|Best TV Presenting Partnership||||||||
|rowspan="5"|2018|rowspan="2"|TRIC Awards|colspan="2"|Best TV Personality||||
|Best Entertainment Programme|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||||||||
|British Academy Television Awards|Entertainment Programme|_Britain's Got Talent_|||||||
|rowspan="2"|I Talk Telly Awards|Best Reality TV Show|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||||||
|Best TV Presenter|_Declan Donnelly_||||||||
|rowspan="9"|2019|rowspan="2"|TRIC Awards|colspan="2"|Best TV Personality||||
|Best Reality Programme|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||||||||
|rowspan="4"|British Academy Television Awards|Entertainment Programme|_Britain's Got Talent_||||||
|Reality and Constructed Factual|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||||||||
|Entertainment Performance|rowspan="2"|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_|||||||
|Entertainment Programme|||||||||
|TV Choice Awards|Reality Show|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_|||||||
|rowspan="2"|I Talk Telly Awards|Best Reality TV Show|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||||||
|colspan="2"|Best TV Presenting Partnership||||||||
|rowspan="7"|2020|rowspan="2"|TRIC Awards|colspan="2"|Best TV Personality||||
|Best Reality Programme|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||||||||
|rowspan="2"|TV Choice Awards|Entertainment Show|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_||||||
|Reality Show|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||||||||
|rowspan="3"|I Talk Telly Awards|Best Entertainment Show|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_||||||
|Best Reality TV Show|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||||||||
|colspan="2"|Best TV Presenting Partnership||||||||
|rowspan="6"|2021|rowspan="3"|TRIC Awards|colspan="2"|Best TV Personality||||
|Best Reality Programme|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||||||||
|Best Entertainment Programme|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_||||||||
|TV Choice Awards|Reality Show|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_|||||||
|rowspan="2"|I Talk Telly Awards|Best Entertainment Show|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_||||||
|colspan="2"|Best TV Presenting Partnership||||||||
|rowspan="10"|2022|British Academy Television Awards|Entertainment Programme|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_|||||
|rowspan="3"|TRIC Awards|colspan="2"|TV Personality||||||
|Reality Programme|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||||||||
|Entertainment|rowspan="2"|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_|||||||
|rowspan=3|TV Choice Awards|Best Entertainment Show|||||||
|Best Reality Programme|_I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!_||||||||
|Best Talent Show|_Britain's Got Talent_||||||||
|rowspan="3"|I Talk Telly Awards|Best Entertainment Show|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_||||||
|Best Reality TV Show|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||||||||
|colspan="2"|Best TV Presenting Partnership||||||||
|rowspan="10"|2023|British Academy Television Awards|Entertainment Programme|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_|||||
|rowspan=5|TRIC Awards|colspan=2|TV Personality||||||
|rowspan="3"|Entertainment|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_|||||||
|_Britain's Got Talent_|||||||||
|_I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!_|||||||||
|Game Show|_Ant & Dec's Limitless Win_||||||||
|rowspan="4"|I Talk Telly Awards|Best Entertainment Show|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_||||||
|Best Reality TV Show|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||||||||
|Best Talent Show|_Britain's Got Talent_||||||||
|colspan="2"|Best TV Presenting Partnership||||||||
|rowspan="9"|2024|rowspan="3"|TV Choice Awards|Best Entertainment Show|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_||||
|Best Reality Programme|_I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!_||||||||
|Best Talent Show|_Britain's Got Talent_||||||||
|British Academy Television Awards|Entertainment Performance|_I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!_|||||||
|rowspan="5"|TRIC Awards|colspan="2"|TV Personality||||||
|rowspan="3"|Entertainment|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_|||||||
|_Britain's Got Talent_|||||||||
|_I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!_|||||||||
|Game Show|_Ant & Dec's Limitless Win_||||||||

### National Television Awards

**Wins**
|Year|Award|Show|
| --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|Most Popular Entertainment Presenter||
|Most Popular Entertainment Programme|_Pop Idol_||
|Special Recognition Award|||
|Most Popular Entertainment Presenter|||
|Most Popular Entertainment Programme|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_||
|Most Popular Reality Programme|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||
|Most Popular Entertainment Presenter|||
|Most Popular Entertainment Programme|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_||
|rowspan="2"|Most Popular Entertainment Presenter||
|Most Popular Quiz Programme|_Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon_||
|Most Popular Entertainment Presenter|||
|Most Popular Entertainment Programme|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_||
|Most Popular Reality Programme|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||
|Most Popular Entertainment Presenter|||
|colspan=2 align=center|_There were no NTAs in 2009_||
|Most Popular Entertainment Presenter|||
|Most Popular Entertainment Programme|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_||
|Most Popular Entertainment Presenter|||
|Most Popular Entertainment Programme|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||
|Most Popular Entertainment Presenter|||
|Most Popular Reality Programme|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||
|Most Popular Entertainment Presenter|||
|Most Popular Entertainment Programme|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||
|Most Popular Entertainment Presenter|||
|Most Popular Entertainment Programme|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||
|Landmark Award|||
|Most Popular Entertainment Presenter|||
|Most Popular Entertainment Programme|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||
|Most Popular Entertainment Programme|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||
|Most Popular TV Presenter|||
|Most Popular Entertainment Programme|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_||
|Most Popular TV Presenter|||
|Challenge Show|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||
|The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_||
|Most Popular TV Presenter|||
|Challenge Show|rowspan="2"|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_|
|The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award|||
|Most Popular TV Presenter|||
|The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||
|Most Popular TV Presenter|||
|The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||
|Most Popular TV Presenter|||
|The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||
|Most Popular TV Presenter|||
|Most Popular TV Presenter|||
|The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||
|Most Popular TV Presenter|||

### NTAs by number won

|Award|Won|
| --- | --- |
|Most Popular Entertainment/TV Presenter|23|
|Most Popular Entertainment Programme|11|
|The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award|6|
|Most Popular Reality Programme|3|
|Challenge Show|2|
|Special Recognition Award|1|
|Most Popular Quiz Programme||
|Landmark Award||

### NTAs by show number won

|Show|Won|
| --- | --- |
|_I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_|15|
|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_|6|
|_Pop Idol_|1|
|_SMTV Live_||
|_Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon_||

**Nominations/Awards that they didn't win**
|Year|Award|Show||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan=2 align=center|_They won all their awards in 2001_|||
|colspan=2 align=center|_They won all their awards in 2002_|||
|colspan=2 align=center|_They won all their awards in 2003_|||
|Most Popular Entertainment Programme|_Pop Idol_|||
|Most Popular Reality Programme|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_|||
|Most Popular Entertainment Programme|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_|||
|Most Popular Reality Programme|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_|||
|Most Popular Entertainment Programme|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_|||
|Most Popular Talent Show|_Britain's Got Talent_|||
|rowspan=2|Most Popular Entertainment Programme|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_||
|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||||
|Most Popular Talent Show|_Britain's Got Talent_|||
|colspan="2" align="center"|_There were no NTAs in 2009_|||
|Most Popular Entertainment Programme|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_|||
|rowspan=4|Most Popular Talent Show|rowspan=4|_Britain's Got Talent_|
|Entertainment Programme|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_|||
|Talent Show|_Britain's Got Talent_|||
|Entertainment Programme|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_|||
|Talent Show|_Britain's Got Talent_|||
|Entertainment Programme|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_|||
|Talent Show|_Britain's Got Talent_|||
|rowspan=2|Talent Show|rowspan=2|_Britain's Got Talent_|
|The Bruce Forysth Entertainment Award|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_|||
|rowspan=2|Talent Show|rowspan=2|_Britain's Got Talent_|
|The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_|||
|Talent Show|_Britain's Got Talent_|||
|The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_|||
|Talent Show|_Britain's Got Talent_|||
|rowspan=2|The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_||
|_I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!_||||
|Talent Show|Britain's Got Talent|||
|The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award|_Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway_|||
|Quiz Game Show|_Ant & Dec's Limitless Win_|||
|Talent Show|Britain's Got Talent|||

## Other websites

- Speaker's Corner article

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Ant and Dec
- **caption**: McPartlin and Donnelly in 2024
- **birth date**: Anthony McPartlin
1975
Declan Donnelly, Declan Joseph Oliver Donnelly

- **birth place**: Newcastle upon Tyne, England
- **years active**: 1987–present
- **spouse**: Dec Donnelly, Dec Donnelly’s wife

Ant McPartlin wife

- **signature size**: 100px