Friday Night, Saturday Morning

Friday Night, Saturday Morning
GenreTalk show
Created byIain Johnstone
Will Wyatt
Directed byPhil Chilvers, John Burrowes
Presented byNed Sherrin
Tim Rice
Jane Walmsley
Theme music composerAndré Jacquemin
Dave Howman
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series6
No. of episodes64 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducersIain Johnstone
Frances Whitaker
Production locationsGreenwood Theatre, London
Original release
NetworkBBC2
Release28 September 1979 (1979-09-28) –
2 April 1982 (1982-04-02)
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Friday Night, Saturday Morning was a UK television chat show with a revolving guest host. It ran on BBC2 from 28 September 1979 to 2 April 1982, broadcast live from the Greenwood Theatre, a part of Guy's Hospital.[1] It was notable for being the only television show to be hosted by a former British Prime Minister (Harold Wilson), and for an argument about the blasphemy claims surrounding the film Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979).

The programme was the idea of Iain Johnstone and Will Wyatt, who insisted on a changing presenter every fortnight.[2] Another innovation was that the presenters chose the guests they were to interview.[3]

  1. ^ history of television studios in London
  2. ^ OFF THE TELLY: Features/BBC2 at 40"I Don't Want That Appearing in Private Eye" Archived 13 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "The Mausoleum Club Forum - Powered by XMB 1.8 Partagium Final SP3". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 10 September 2006.