Something for the Weekend (game show)

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Something for the Weekend
Genre Game show
Presented by Denise van Outen
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes13 (inc. 2 specials)
Production
Running time30 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company Tiger Aspect Productions in association with Whack 'em Out Productions
Release
Original network Channel 4
Original release17 September 1999 (1999-09-17) 
21 July 2000 (2000-07-21)

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. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

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

SeriesStart dateEnd dateEpisodes
117 September 199922 October 19996
22 June 200021 July 20007

Specials

DateEntitle
24 December 1999Christmas Special
7 January 2000Denise's Naughty Bits: The Best of Something for the Weekend

Reception

The show was critically panned. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] Since then van Outen has distanced herself from the show. [10] [11]

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