Ant and Dec have issued an apology after previously using blackface during episodes of Saturday Night Takeaway.The Geordie duo — which consists of Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, both 44 — imitated people of colour in a number of episodes of the hit ITV show in the early 2000s. In 2003, the pair dressed up as Jamaican women named Patty and Bernice as they tricked the cast of Emmerdale in one of their 'Undercover' segments.