Something for the Weekend (game show)

For the BBC Two cooking show, see Something for the Weekend (TV programme).

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]

Something for the Weekend
Genre	Game show
Presented by	Denise van Outen
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	13 (inc. 2 specials)
Production
Running time	30 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company	Tiger Aspect Productions in association with Whack 'em Out Productions
Original release
Network	Channel 4
Release	17 September 1999 (1999-09-17) – 21 July 2000 (2000-07-21)

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

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	17 September 1999	22 October 1999	6
2	2 June 2000	21 July 2000	7

Specials

Date	Entitle
24 December 1999	Christmas Special
7 January 2000	Denise'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]