[1] The Friday evening programme was launched on Friday 8 January 1982 and presented in front of a live studio audience by Michael Aspel with co-hosts Danny Baker, Andy Price and Janet Street-Porter.
Later co-hosts included Paula Yates, Shyama Perera, former Page 3 model Samantha Fox, Chris Tarrant, Emma Freud and Mastermind champion Fred Housego.
Devised by Greg Dyke[2] and intended as a light-hearted introduction to the weekend, the programme included a 15-minute news bulletin (Thames Weekend News) produced by Thames Television alongside current affairs, features and entertainment.
There was also a short-lived Saturday edition of the programme, which ran for six weeks during May and June 1985.
[3] This in turn was replaced a year later by Six O'Clock Live,[4] presented by Frank Bough with reporters Danny Baker, Jo Sheldon and Nick Owen.