God's Gift is a British dating game show that aired on ITV from 4 January 1996 to 3 April 1998. The first series was presented by Davina McCall and Claudia Winkleman hosted the second series. The show's title came from the phrase "God's gift to women", i.e. an ironic description of a would-be Casanova.
Format Each week, five male contestants would vie with each other to win the affections and votes of a female audience (or a male audience on "gay specials") by participating in a series of facetious games designed to "test" their sex appeal. The winner's prize would be to take an audience member of his choice out on a date, which was then filmed for broadcast in the following week's show.
Broadcast The series was screened overnight on ITV, the day and time of the broadcasts and repeat depended on the nighttime feed, although it was dropped by Yorkshire and Tyne Tees Television part-way through series one.
Series guide Series 1: 50 editions (including 2 best of compilations), first shown on 3 January 1996. Series 2: 25 editions, first shown from 6 February 1998.The Times 6 February 1998. TV listings: God Gifts Returns for new series The series was screened in two blocks, with the second block of episodes starting in late September 1998.
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