TFI Friday
| TFI Friday | |
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| Genre | Entertainment |
| Written by |
Danny Baker (1996–2000) Chris Evans (2015) |
| Presented by |
Chris Evans (1996–2000, 2015) Guest presenters (2000) |
| Theme music composer | Ron Grainer |
| Opening theme | Theme from Man in a Suitcase |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 190 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) |
Riverside Studios (1996–2000) Cochrane Theatre (2015) |
| Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company(s) |
Ginger Productions (1996–2000) Monkey Kingdom (2015) Olga TV (2015) STV Productions (2015) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Picture format |
576i (4:3 SDTV) (1996–2000) 16:9 (1080i HDTV) (2015) |
| Audio format | Stereo (1996–2000) Dolby Digital 5.1 (2015) |
| Original release |
Original: 9 February 1996 – 22 December 2000 Revival: 16 October 2015 – 31 December 2015 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | OFI Sunday |
TFI Friday is an entertainment show broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom. The show was produced by Ginger Productions, written by Danny Baker and hosted by Chris Evans, for the first five series. The sixth series was hosted by a number of guest presenters. It was broadcast on Fridays at 6pm from 9 February 1996 to 22 December 2000, with a repeat later that night. The show's theme tune was Ron Grainer's theme from Man in a Suitcase, in keeping with Evans's frequent use of 1960s television themes in his work.
A one-off revival episode of the show was broadcast on Channel 4 on 12 June 2015. The episode was well received and on 23 June 2015, Channel 4 announced they had commissioned a full revived series, which began airing on 16 October 2015.
In 2016 Channel 4 announced that there were no plans for any further series.
The show regularly featured live music, mostly of the then-popular Britpop school. A snippet of "The Riverboat Song" by Ocean Colour Scene, a band particularly championed by Evans (and the very first band to play on the show, with the same song), was used as an introduction to guests, as they walked the length of a walkway up into the "bar" to be interviewed by the host.
Viewers repeatedly asked if they could have the TFI Friday Mug (or one like it) that graced Evans' table every week so the production company created a limited run of 1,000 mugs which were offered for sale at a prohibitive price and for a limited period of time, after which, the remaining stock was destroyed live on air when a washing machine was dropped on to them from the height of the television studio.
During November and December 1999, the show included a segment titled "Someone's Going to Be a Millionaire!", inspired by the ITV game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (which would not have its first million pound winner until November 2000). TFI Friday paid out the promised £1 million jackpot on 24 December 1999, becoming the first British TV show to do so. Heavily inspired by David Letterman's Late Night show it became one of Britain's breakthrough TV programmes, inspiring a genre of Friday night entertainment.
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