Friday Night, Saturday Morning
1979 · 2 seasons · 21 episodes · Ended · BBC Two
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Friday Night, Saturday Morning was a 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. It was most notable for being the only television show to be hosted by a former British Prime Minister and for an argument about the blasphemy claims surrounding the movie Monty Python's Life of Brian. The programme was the idea of Iain Johnstone and Will Wyatt, who insisted on a changing presenter every fortnight. Another innovation was that the presenters chose the guests they were to interview.
Episodes
- S01E01Episode 11979-09-28
- S01E02Episode 21979-10-05
- S01E03Episode 31979-10-12
- S01E04Episode 41979-10-19
- S01E05Episode 51979-10-26
- S01E06Episode 61979-11-02
- S01E07Episode 71979-11-09
Discussion of the then-new movie Monty Python's Life of Brian, which been banned by many local councils and caused protests throughout the world with accusations that it was blasphemous. To argue in favour of this accusation were broadcaster and noted Christian Malcolm Muggeridge and Mervyn Stockwood (the then Bishop of Southwark). In its defence were two members of the Monty Python team, John Cleese and Michael Palin.
- S01E08Episode 81979-11-16
- S01E09Episode 91979-12-07
- S01E10Episode 101979-12-14
- S01E11Episode 111979-12-21
