The women stood on a stage underneath thirty white lights, each with a button in front of them. The objective of the show was for a single man to obtain a date with one of thirty single women. Eight couples who met on the show subsequently got married and six babies were born to contestants who met on the show. On 10 February 2020, ITV announced that the show was axed after eleven series. It did not air in 2014, but returned in 2015 with Wright joined by new co-host Laura Jackson. In 2012, the show introduced a spin-off show entitled Take Me Out: The Gossip, which aired on ITV2 and was co-hosted by Zoe Hardman and Mark Wright in 20. The first series was recorded at Granada Studios in Manchester, but all series thereafter were recorded at The Maidstone Studios in Maidstone, Kent, as it offered increased space and capacity for audience members. The show was produced by Thames (formerly Talkback Thames). An unscreened pilot episode was made for Channel 4 in 2009, but it was ITV who picked it up for a series.

Based on the Australian show Taken Out, it first aired on ITV in the United Kingdom and simulcast on TV3 in the Republic of Ireland on 2 January 2010. Take Me Out was a dating game show that was presented by comedian Paddy McGuinness.

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