<Li> Little Ant & Dec (Series 1 − 14) - Two young "look - alikes" of the presenters, nicknamed "Little Ant" and "Little Dec", meet with celebrities and ask them blunt questions regarding various subjects, which sometimes bamboozled the interviewee into giving some surprisingly straight answers . From its introduction in the second series to the end of the sixth series, the look - alikes were played by James Pallister and Dylan McKenna - Redshaw . When the segment was revived for the tenth series onwards, both Pallister and McKenna - Redshaw were too old to resume their roles, leading to them being replaced by Neil Overend and Haydn Reid . The segment was dropped after the fourteenth series, when the production team decided that both Overend and Reid were too old to continue in these roles and should be allowed to focus on their education . </Li> <Li> In for a Penny (Series 14 - 15) - Hosted by Stephen Mulhern and pre-recorded before an episode, this segment focuses on members of public being approached by Mulhern and taking part in a special gameshow, so long as they can provide a penny . Each contestant takes part in five rounds - four focusing on different challenges, and the final focusing on stopping at a selected number of seconds (i.e. stopping between 9 - 10 seconds) - and should they complete all five, they win £ 1,000, otherwise the game ends . At the end of Series 15, ITV confirmed that the segment would be spun - off as its own show . </Li> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Series </Th> <Th> Episodes </Th> <Th> Start Date </Th> <Th> End Date </Th> <Th> Ave . viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 8 June 2002 (2002 - 06 - 08) </Td> <Td> 13 July 2002 (2002 - 07 - 13) </Td> <Td> 4.76 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 11 January 2003 (2003 - 01 - 11) </Td> <Td> 23 March 2003 (2003 - 03 - 23) </Td> <Td> 7.91 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 13 March 2004 (2004 - 03 - 13) </Td> <Td> 17 April 2004 (2004 - 04 - 17) </Td> <Td> 7.86 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 2 October 2004 (2004 - 10 - 02) </Td> <Td> 6 November 2004 (2004 - 11 - 06) </Td> <Td> 7.97 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 12 February 2005 (2005 - 02 - 12) </Td> <Td> 16 April 2005 (2005 - 04 - 16) </Td> <Td> 7.68 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Special </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> 24 December 2005 (2005 - 12 - 24) </Td> <Td> 6.22 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 16 September 2006 (2006 - 09 - 16) </Td> <Td> 21 October 2006 (2006 - 10 - 21) </Td> <Td> 7.22 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 8 September 2007 (2007 - 09 - 08) </Td> <Td> 13 October 2007 (2007 - 10 - 13) </Td> <Td> 6.25 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 16 February 2008 (2008 - 02 - 16) </Td> <Td> 23 March 2008 (2008 - 03 - 23) </Td> <Td> 7.27 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 14 February 2009 (2009 - 02 - 14) </Td> <Td> 21 March 2009 (2009 - 03 - 21) </Td> <Td> 6.63 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 23 February 2013 (2013 - 02 - 23) </Td> <Td> 6 April 2013 (2013 - 04 - 06) </Td> <Td> 7.82 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 22 February 2014 (2014 - 02 - 22) </Td> <Td> 5 April 2014 (2014 - 04 - 05) </Td> <Td> 7.61 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 21 February 2015 (2015 - 02 - 21) </Td> <Td> 4 April 2015 (2015 - 04 - 04) </Td> <Td> 6.91 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 20 February 2016 (2016 - 02 - 20) </Td> <Td> 2 April 2016 (2016 - 04 - 02) </Td> <Td> 7.71 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> 25 February 2017 (2017 - 02 - 25) </Td> <Td> 8 April 2017 (2017 - 04 - 08) </Td> <Td> 7.94 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> 24 February 2018 (2018 - 02 - 24) </Td> <Td> 7 April 2018 (2018 - 04 - 07) </Td> <Td> 8.43 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Series </Th> <Th> Episodes </Th> <Th> Start Date </Th> <Th> End Date </Th> <Th> Ave . viewers (millions) </Th> </Tr>

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