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Genre | Lifestyle Talk show |
Presented by | Aled Jones |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 166+8 specials |
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Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 55 minutes (inc. adverts) |
Production companies | Cactus TV (for ITV Breakfast) |
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Network | ITV |
Release | 26 April 2014 – 3 September 2017 |
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Weekend is a British lifestyle show that aired on ITV from 26 April 2014 to 3 September 2017 and was presented by Aled Jones. On 22 March 2018 ITV announced that the show had been cancelled.
Weekend featured a mixture of chat and musical guests. [1]
Aled Jones presented the programme on Saturday and Sunday mornings. [2] Of this appointment, Jones said "What more can I ask for than a mix of all of the things I love! It's a dream come true to present a show I've always wanted to watch and I can't wait to get started".
The show also had a feature on people with strange talents or hobbies, called 'We're Talking in the Air', a pun on "Walking in the Air", a song famously covered by Jones.
Episodes of Weekend were pre-recorded at the Cactus Studios in London. [3]
Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
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1 | 26 April 2014 | 7 September 2014 | 40 |
2 | 18 April 2015 | 6 September 2015 | 42 |
3 | 16 April 2016 | 4 September 2016 | 42 |
4 | 15 April 2017 | 3 September 2017 | 42 |
Series | Start date | End date | Episodes |
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1 | 25 December 2014 | 28 December 2014 | 4 |
2 | 25 December 2015 | 27 December 2015 | 2 |
3 | 24 December 2016 | 25 December 2016 | 2 |
# | Date | Guests |
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1 | 25 December 2014 | Status Quo, Matt Barber and Tim Vine |
2 | 26 December 2014 | Jamie Cullum, Claire King and Ben Caplan |
3 | 27 December 2014 | Michael Ball, Mark Charnock and Professor Green |
4 | 28 December 2014 | Gino D'Acampo, Union J, Kelly Adams and Andy Burrows |
# | Date | Guests |
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1 | 25 December 2015 | Laura Fraser, James Morrison and Leona Lewis |
2 | 27 December 2015 | Alexander Armstrong, Rafe Spall and The Corrs |
# | Date | Guests |
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1 | 24 December 2016 | Katherine Parkinson, Craig Charles, Mark Benton and Pixie Geldof |
2 | 25 December 2016 | Rosemary Shrager and Vaults |
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