Something for the Weekend (game show)
{{about||the BBC Two cooking show|Something for the Weekend (TV programme)}}
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{{Infobox television
| image =
| genre = Game show
| presenter = Denise van Outen
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| num_series = 2
| num_episodes = 13 (inc. 2 specials)
| runtime = 30 minutes (inc. adverts)
| company = Tiger Aspect Productions in association with Whack 'em Out Productions
| channel = Channel 4
| first_aired = {{Start date|1999|9|17|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2000|7|21|df=y}}
}}
Something for the Weekend is a British game show presented by Denise van Outen. It was broadcast on Channel 4 from 17 September 1999 to 21 July 2000.{{cite news|title= Channel 4 documentary to show 'posed' shots of child beggars |work= The Independent|date=23 August 1999|url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/channel-4-documentary-to-show-posed-shots-of-child-beggars-1114489.html|access-date=2012-11-14|location=London|first=Terri|last=Judd}}{{cite news|title= Ooh, you are awful|work=The Guardian|url= https://www.theguardian.com/Columnists/Column/0,5673,266645,00.html|access-date=2012-11-14|location=London}}{{cite magazine|title= VAN OUTEN TO OFFER C4 SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND|magazine= Broadcast Now|url= http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/van-outen-to-offer-c4-something-for-the-weekend/1215727.article|access-date=2012-11-14}}
Well-remembered items on the show included a game called Private Dicks and van Outen revealing she used the pet name Godzilla for then-partner Jay Kay's privates, because he "takes [her] deeper underground".
Transmissions
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| Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 September 1999 | 22 October 1999 | 6 |
| 2 | 2 June 2000 | 21 July 2000 | 7 |
=Specials=
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| Date | Entitle |
|---|---|
| 24 December 1999 | Christmas Special |
| 7 January 2000 | Denise's Naughty Bits: The Best of Something for the Weekend |
Reception
The show was critically panned.{{cite news|title= Dumb and dumber|work=The Guardian|date=2 June 2000|url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/jun/02/tvandradio.television4|access-date=2012-11-14|location=London}}{{cite news|title= Dumb Watch: Sex? Make sure it's in front of the kids |newspaper= The Independent|date=19 September 1999|url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/dumb-watch-sex-make-sure-its-in-front-of-the-kids-1120460.html|access-date=2012-11-14|location=London}}{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/Columnists/Column/0,5673,331509,00.html|title= The opposite of sexy|work=The Guardian|access-date=2012-11-14|location=London}}{{cite news|title= Sex on TV is corrupting our children|newspaper= The Independent|date=13 May 2007|url= http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/features/sex-on-tv-is-corrupting-our-children-521044.html|access-date=2012-11-14}}{{cite news|title= Why do we let our children watch this vile, sexist and explicit nonsense?|newspaper= The Independent|date=26 July 2000|url= https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/yasmin-alibhai-brown/why-do-we-let-our-children-watch-this-vile-sexist-and-explicit-nonsense-709870.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140728063546/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/yasmin-alibhai-brown/why-do-we-let-our-children-watch-this-vile-sexist-and-explicit-nonsense-709870.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= 28 July 2014|access-date=2012-11-14|location=London|first=Yasmin|last=Alibhai-Brown}}{{cite news|title= Getting it all off|newspaper= The Guardian|url= https://www.theguardian.com/Columnists/Column/0,5673,219198,00.html|access-date=2012-11-14|location=London}} Since then van Outen has distanced herself from the show.{{cite news|title= Blonde justice|newspaper= The Guardian|date=30 April 2007|url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/apr/29/broadcasting.observerreview|access-date=2012-11-14|location=London|first=Carole|last=Cadwalladr}}{{cite news|title=Denise's ladette regret|newspaper=London Evening Standard|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/denises-ladette-regret-6968170.html|access-date=2012-11-14}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{UKGameshow|Something_for_the_Weekend}}
Category:1999 British television series debuts
Category:2000 British television series endings
Category:1990s British game shows
Category:2000s British game shows
Category:Television series by Banijay
Category:Television series by Tiger Aspect Productions
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