[1] It was broadcast late on a Friday night in the Central region, and debated various topics and current affairs issues – usually subjects that had been featured in the week's news.
These included Anna Soubry, Adrian Mills, Kaye Adams, Sue Jay, Andy Craig, Gregg Upwards, Eamonn Holmes, Roger Cook, Bibi Baskin, Paul Ross, John Stapleton, James Whale, Ed Doolan, Victoria Derbyshire, Patricia Mitchell and Claudia Winkleman.
[3] During the 1992 General Election campaign, Conservative MP Edwina Currie poured a glass of orange juice over Labour's Peter Snape shortly after an edition of the show had finished airing.
[4] On another occasion, during a debate on women's football in March 1998, an audience member got drunk and ran amok on set, forcing the show to be taken off the air.
[8] A national version of Central Weekend was also shown throughout the ITV Network: Late & Loud ,[9] which was produced from 1996 to 1997 and screened overnight.