TFI Friday (1996)
TFI Friday was an entertainment show broadcast on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2000. The show was produced by Ginger Productions, written by Danny Baker and hosted by Chris Evans, for the first 5 series. The final 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 title officially stood for "Thank Four It's Friday", but was widely understood to mean "Thank Fuck It's Friday" and was a reference to the popular phrase "Thank God it's Friday". 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.
Season 1 Episode List
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Episode 1 - Dawn French, Ocean Colour Scene, Kula Shaker, Kathy Lloyd
Release Date: 1996-02-09 -
Episode 2 - Damon Albarn, Mick Hucknall, Kylie Mingogue, Blur, Happy Mondays, Simply Red
Release Date: 1996-02-16 -
Episode 3 - Patsy Kensit, Ewan McGregor, Jarvis Cocker, Lenny Kravitz
Release Date: 1996-02-23 -
Episode 4 - Sean Bean, Hughie Green, Dean Sullivan, Jon Bon Jovi, James Brown
Release Date: 1996-03-01 -
Episode 5 - Catherine Zeta Jones, Eva Herzigova, Pete Townsend
Release Date: 1996-03-08 -
Episode 6 - Jo Brand, Cher, Martin Brundle, Amanda Donohoe, Ian McKellen
Release Date: 1996-03-15 -
Episode 7 - Amanda Donohoe, Anna Friel, Shaun Ryder, Richard Wilson
Release Date: 1996-03-22 -
Episode 8 - Richard Whiteley, Jarvis Cocker, Julia Carling, Pulp, Garbage
Release Date: 1996-03-29 -
Episode 9 - Noel Gallagher, Bob Mortimer, Gaby Roslin
Release Date: 1996-04-05 -
Episode 10 - Yasmin LeBon, Nigel Havers, Sarah White, Robbie Williams
Release Date: 1996-04-12 -
Episode 11 - Des Lynam, Andy Cole, Cranberries, Blur, Björk, Elvis Costello
Release Date: 1996-04-19 -
Episode 12 - Jools Holland, Cher, The Cure, Richard E. Grant
Release Date: 1996-04-26 -
Episode 13 - Season 1, Episode 13
Release Date: 1996-05-24 -
Episode 14 - Hugh Laurie, Jack Dee
Release Date: 1996-05-31 -
Episode 15 - Jack Charlton, George Best, Space, Sting
Release Date: 1996-06-07 -
Episode 16 - George Best, Louise Wener, Tim Booth, Bad Angel
Release Date: 1996-06-14 -
Episode 17 - Divine Brown, Keith Floyd, Bob Hoskins
Release Date: 1996-06-21 -
Episode 18 - Michael Caine, David Seaman, Supergrass
Release Date: 1996-06-28 -
Episode 19 - Don Henderson, Cleo Rocos, Greta Scacchi
Release Date: 1996-09-13 -
Episode 20 - Ben Elton, Terry Venables, The Cardigans
Release Date: 1996-09-20 -
Episode 22 - Dani Behr, Ruud Gullit, Terry Wogan
Release Date: 1996-10-04 -
Episode 23 - Jools Holland, Peter O'Toole, Mark Morrison
Release Date: 1996-10-11 -
Episode 24 - Keith Allen, Jason Donovan, East 17, Gabrielle
Release Date: 1996-10-18 -
Episode 25 - Vic Reeves, Tom Jones, Lightning Seeds
Release Date: 1996-10-25 -
Episode 26 - Björk, Helen Mirren, Shawn Ryder
Release Date: 1996-11-01 -
Episode 27 - Harry Enfield, Barry Norman, Zoë Ball, Fine Young Cannibals
Release Date: 1996-11-08 -
Episode 28 - Bryan Adams, Melvyn Bragg, Chris Rea
Release Date: 1996-11-15 -
Episode 29 - Stephen Fry, Sting, Barry Manilow, Sheryl Crow, Suede
Release Date: 1996-11-22 -
Episode 30 - Richard Branson, Manic Street Preachers, Alan Hansen
Release Date: 1996-11-29 -
Episode 31 - Samuel L. Jackson, Supergrass, Gena Lee Nolin, Texas
Release Date: 1996-12-06 -
Episode 32 - Angus Deayton, Rachel Hunter, Kula Shaker
Release Date: 1996-12-13 -
Episode 33 - Neil Morrissey, James Dean Bradford
Release Date: 1996-12-20 -
Episode 34 - Jimmy Nail, Beverley Callard, Reef, Texas
Release Date: 1997-01-10 -
Episode 35 - Jools Holland, Blur, Babybird, Secret Life, Stuart Pearce
Release Date: 1997-01-17 -
Episode 36 - John Cleese, Gabrielle, Candyskins, Audioweb
Release Date: 1997-01-24 -
Episode 37 - Tara Palmer-Tompkinson, Esther Rantzen, Eels
Release Date: 1997-01-31 -
Episode 38 - Frankie Detorri, Melinda Messenger, Keef Warwick
Release Date: 1997-02-07 -
Episode 39 - Naseem Hamed, INXS, Republica, No Doubt
Release Date: 1997-02-14 -
Episode 40 - Michael Palin, John Lenahan, Bush, Mansun, Monaco
Release Date: 1997-02-21 -
Episode 41 - Ben Elton, Delia Smith, Beck, Kula Shaker, Sneaker Pimps
Release Date: 1997-02-28 -
Episode 42 - Paul Merson, Aerosmith, INXS, Fun Lovin' Criminals
Release Date: 1997-03-07 -
Episode 43 - David Baddiel, Divine Comedy, Michael Winner, Reef, Symposium
Release Date: 1997-03-14 -
Episode 44 - David Bailey, Charlatans, Helen Grace, Cast, The Brand New Heavies
Release Date: 1997-03-21 -
Episode 45 - Mariella Frostrup, Supergrass, Pete Postlethwaite
Release Date: 1997-04-04 -
Episode 46 - Chris Waddle, Shane Richie, Suede, Gun, Robbie Williams
Release Date: 1997-04-11 -
Episode 47 - Jon Bon Jovi, James, Lighting Seed
Release Date: 1997-04-18 -
Episode 48 - Courteney Cox, Jimmy Tarbuck, Sinead O'Connor
Release Date: 1997-04-25 -
Episode 49 - Sean Bean, Tracy Shaw, Foo Fighters
Release Date: 1997-05-02 -
Episode 50 - Caroline Aherne, Jack Dee, Billy Bragg
Release Date: 1997-05-09 -
Episode 51 - John Barnes, Sinead O'Connor, Faith No More
Release Date: 1997-05-16 -
Episode 52 - Des Lynam, INXS, Ben Folds Five, Terry Hall
Release Date: 1997-05-23 -
Episode 53 - Harry Hill, Jackie Collins, Echobelly
Release Date: 1997-05-30 -
Episode 54 - Bee Gees, Jon Bon Jovi, Charltans, U2
Release Date: 1997-06-06 -
Episode 55 - Sophie Anderton, Howard Stern, Primal Scream
Release Date: 1997-06-13 -
Episode 56 - Kylie Minogue, Griff Rhys Jones
Release Date: 1997-06-20 -
Episode 57 - Paul McCartney, Michelle Gayle, Sharleen Spiteri
Release Date: 1997-06-27 -
Episode 58 - Kylie Minogue, Elton John
Release Date: 1997-09-12 -
Episode 59 - Robbie Coltrane, Björk, M People, Third Eye Blind
Release Date: 1997-09-19 -
Episode 60 - Michael Aspel, Louise, Terry Hall
Release Date: 1997-09-26 -
Episode 61 - Ben Kingsley, Uri Geller, Mehgan Heaney-Grier
Release Date: 1997-10-03 -
Episode 62 - Jimmy Nail, Peter Beardsley, Supergrass
Release Date: 1997-10-10 -
Episode 63 - Elle Macpherson, Mark Owen, Supernaturals
Release Date: 1997-10-17 -
Episode 64 - Lennox Lewis, Bee Gees, Black Grape, Charlatans
Release Date: 1997-10-24 -
Episode 65 - Stephen Fry, Samantha Janus, Texas, Radish, Rialto
Release Date: 1997-10-31 -
Episode 66 - Dermot Morgan, Gena Lee Nolin, David McAlmont & David Arnold
Release Date: 1997-11-07 -
Episode 68 - Ben Elton, Natalie Imbruglia, Finley Quaye, Paul Weller
Release Date: 1997-11-21 -
Episode 69 - Ricki Lake, Robbie Williams, Lightning Seeds, Catherine Wheel
Release Date: 1997-11-28 -
Episode 70 - Chris Eubank, Jack Dee, All Saints, Faith No More, The Seahorses
Release Date: 1997-12-05 -
Episode 71 - Alan Hansen, Martine McCutcheon, Fun Lovin' Criminals
Release Date: 1997-12-12 -
Episode 72 - Dale Winton, Denise Van Outen, Space, Sting, Morrissey
Release Date: 1997-12-19 -
Episode 73 - Richard E. Grant, Eamonn Holmes, Catalonia
Release Date: 1998-01-09 -
Episode 74 - Barbara Windsor, Neil Tennant, Paul Gascoigne
Release Date: 1998-01-16 -
Episode 75 - Kate Winslet, Prince Naseem Hamed, Carleen Anderson
Release Date: 1998-01-23 -
Episode 76 - Dawn French, All Saints, Chumbawamba, Headswim, Spacehog
Release Date: 1998-01-30 -
Episode 77 - Frankie Dettori, Ainsley Harriott, Bluetones
Release Date: 1998-02-06 -
Episode 78 - David Seaman, Finlay Quaye, Cornershop
Release Date: 1998-02-13 -
Episode 79 - David Frost, Kathy Burke, Imani Coppola, Dust Junkys, Space
Release Date: 1998-02-20 -
Episode 80 - Bruce Forsyth, Michelle Collins, James, Therapy
Release Date: 1998-02-27 -
Episode 81 - Jerry Springer, Denise Van Outen, Shed Seven, Texas
Release Date: 1998-03-06 -
Episode 82 - Jonathan Ross, Emma Noble, Montrose Avenue, Rialto
Release Date: 1998-03-13 -
Episode 83 - Jerry Sadowitz, Kylie Minogue, Ian Brown, Morcheeba
Release Date: 1998-03-20 -
Episode 84 - Gary Lineker, Paul Barber, Page & Plant, The Divine Comedy
Release Date: 1998-03-27 -
Episode 85 - Ronan Keating, Dennis Wise, Audioweb, Busta Rhymes
Release Date: 1998-04-03 -
Episode 87 - Whoopi Goldberg, Ruud Gullit, Julian Lennon
Release Date: 1998-04-24 -
Episode 88 - Spice Girls
Release Date: 1998-05-01 -
Episode 89 - Ray Winstone, Bananarama, All Saints
Release Date: 1998-05-08 -
Episode 90 - Teddy Sheringham, Rod Stewart, The Audience
Release Date: 1998-05-15 -
Episode 91 - Drew Barrymore, Ivana Trump, Silver Sun
Release Date: 1998-05-22 -
Episode 92 - Patsy Palmer, Ally McCoist, Del Amitri
Release Date: 1998-05-29 -
Episode 93 - Baddiel/Skinner/Lightning Seeds, Anthea Turner, Janet Jackson
Release Date: 1998-06-05 -
Episode 94 - George Best, Zoë Ball, Ian Brown, Bernard Butler, Hanson
Release Date: 1998-06-12 -
Episode 95 - Damon Hill, Melanie Sykes, P.P. Arnold
Release Date: 1998-06-19 -
Episode 96 - Ringo Starr, Mick Hucknall, Olivia Newton-John
Release Date: 1998-06-26 -
Episode 97 - Vinnie Jones, Robbie Williams, Manic Street Preachers
Release Date: 1998-09-04 -
Episode 98 - Ben Elton, Dannii Minogue, Roddy Frame, P.J. Harvey, Pulp
Release Date: 1998-09-11 -
Episode 99 - Dolly Parton, David Bailey, Chris Isaak, Culture Club
Release Date: 1998-09-18 -
Episode 100 - Steve Coogan, Bryan Adams, Angela Griffin, Fastball
Release Date: 1998-09-25 -
Episode 101 - Cliff Richard, Richard and Judy, Jenny McCarthy
Release Date: 1998-10-02 -
Episode 102 - Samantha Janus, Roger Taylor, The Supernaturals
Release Date: 1998-10-09 -
Episode 103 - Jimmy Nail, Tracy Shaw, B.B. King, East 17
Release Date: 1998-10-16 -
Episode 104 - Nicole and Natalie Appleton, Bryan Robson, Lennox Lewis
Release Date: 1998-10-23 -
Episode 105 - Larry Hagman, Melinda Messenger, Meatloaf
Release Date: 1998-10-30 -
Episode 106 - Simon LeBon, The Corrs
Release Date: 1998-11-06 -
Episode 107 - Frankie Dettori, Jean Reno
Release Date: 1998-11-13 -
Episode 108 - Keith Floyd, Jackie Chan, Sheryl Crow, Space
Release Date: 1998-11-20 -
Episode 109 - Eddie Izzard, Des Lynam, Robbie Williams
Release Date: 1998-11-27 -
Episode 110 - Jack Dee, Burt Reynolds, Adriana Sklevarikova
Release Date: 1998-12-04 -
Episode 111 - Will Smith, Melanie Brown, Victoria Adams, Lily Savage
Release Date: 1998-12-11 -
Episode 112 - Nick Hancock, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Robbie Williams
Release Date: 1998-12-18 -
Episode 113 - Reeves & Mortimer, Kathy Burke, Audioweb, Straw, Gay Dad
Release Date: 1999-01-08 -
Episode 114 - Bryan Adams, Mel C, Damon Hill, Jane Horrocks, M People
Release Date: 1999-01-15 -
Episode 115 - Season 1, Episode 115
Release Date: 1999-01-22 -
Episode 116 - Season 1, Episode 116
Release Date: 1999-01-29 -
Episode 117 - Anthony Edwards, Henry Winkler
Release Date: 1999-02-05 -
Episode 118 - Season 1, Episode 118
Release Date: 1999-02-12 -
Episode 119 - Kula Shaker
Release Date: 1999-02-19 -
Episode 120 - Nick Moran
Release Date: 1999-02-26 -
Episode 121 - Jerry Springer, Eagle Eye Cherry, Alisha's Attic
Release Date: 1999-03-05 -
Episode 122 - James Nesbitt, Gena Lee Nolin, Andy Williams
Release Date: 1999-03-12 -
Episode 123 - Ben Elton, Kathy Burke, Ray Winstone, Paul Gascoigne
Release Date: 1999-03-12 -
Episode 124 - Mel Gibson, Martine McCutcheon, Darren Gough
Release Date: 1999-03-19 -
Episode 125 - Barbara Windsor, James Van Der Beek, Starsky and Hutch
Release Date: 1999-03-26 -
Episode 126 - Gail Porter, Alicia Silverstone
Release Date: 1999-04-09 -
Episode 127 - Season 1, Episode 127
Release Date: 1999-04-16 -
Episode 128 - Season 1, Episode 128
Release Date: 1999-04-23 -
Episode 129 - Geri Halliwell, Joan Collins, Kula Shaker, Cast, Terrorvision
Release Date: 1999-04-30 -
Episode 130 - Season 1, Episode 130
Release Date: 1999-05-07 -
Episode 131 - Terry Wogan
Release Date: 1999-05-14 -
Episode 132 - Nancy Cartwright, Vinnie Jones, Jennifer Lopez, Robert Palmer
Release Date: 1999-05-14 -
Episode 133 - Kelsey Grammer, George Best, Hugh Grant, Shawn Mullins
Release Date: 1999-05-21 -
Episode 134 - Jack Dee, Victoria Adams, Terry Venables, Supergrass
Release Date: 1999-05-28 -
Episode 135 - Stephen Fry, Richard Dreyfuss, Richard Driscoll, Macy Gray
Release Date: 1999-06-04 -
Episode 136 - Aerosmith, Garbage
Release Date: 1999-06-11 -
Episode 137 - Aerosmith (song cut from 11 Jun 99), Mel G, Beverly Knight
Release Date: 1999-06-18 -
Episode 138 - Season 1, Episode 138
Release Date: 1999-06-25 -
Episode 139 - George Wendt, Emma Bunton, Pet Shop Boys, Elvis Costello
Release Date: 1999-07-02 -
Episode 140 - Jamiroquai, Tom Jones, Sting, Space
Release Date: 1999-09-10 -
Episode 141 - Jason Biggs, Tara Reid, Stephen Gately, Longpigs
Release Date: 1999-09-17 -
Episode 142 - Eddie Izzard, Macy Gray, James, Mel C
Release Date: 1999-09-24 -
Episode 143 - Gianluca Vialli, Pet Shop Boys, Iggy Pop
Release Date: 1999-10-01 -
Episode 144 - Ben Elton, David Bowie, Joe Longthorne, Eurythmics, The Charlatans
Release Date: 1999-10-08 -
Episode 145 - Emma Bunton, Diana Ross, Simply Red, Bernard Butler, Tin Tin Out
Release Date: 1999-10-15 -
Episode 146 - Kylie Minogue, Geri Halliwell, Tina Turner, Ian Brown, Dixie Chicks
Release Date: 1999-10-22 -
Episode 147 - Dennis Wise, Ant & Dec, Martine McCutcheon, Lighting Seeds
Release Date: 1999-10-29 -
Episode 148 - Zoë Ball, Jamie Theakston, Lawrence Dallaglio, Stereophonics
Release Date: 1999-11-05 -
Episode 149 - Jools Holland
Release Date: 1999-11-12 -
Episode 150 - Season 1, Episode 150Frankie Dettori, Pierce Brosnan, Mel C, Ocean Colour Scene
Release Date: 1999-11-19 -
Episode 151 - Season 1, Episode 151
Release Date: 1999-11-26 -
Episode 152 - Season 1, Episode 152
Release Date: 1999-12-03 -
Episode 153 - Season 1, Episode 153
Release Date: 1999-12-10 -
Episode 154 - Season 1, Episode 154
Release Date: 1999-12-17 -
Episode 155 - Season 1, Episode 155
Release Date: 1999-12-24 -
Episode 156 - Mariah Carey
Release Date: 2000-01-28 -
Episode 157 - Season 1, Episode 157
Release Date: 2000-02-04 -
Episode 158 - Richard E. Grant
Release Date: 2000-02-11 -
Episode 159 - Kenneth Branagh, Alicia Silverstone, Madness
Release Date: 2000-02-18 -
Episode 160 - Richard E. Grant, Macy Gray, Muse
Release Date: 2000-02-25 -
Episode 161 - Slipknot
Release Date: 2000-03-03 -
Episode 162 - James Belushi, Ricky Tomlinson, Natalie Imbruglia, Tom Jones
Release Date: 2000-03-10 -
Episode 163 - Season 1, Episode 163
Release Date: 2000-03-17 -
Episode 164 - Season 1, Episode 164
Release Date: 2000-03-24 -
Episode 165 - Season 1, Episode 165
Release Date: 2000-03-31 -
Episode 166 - Season 1, Episode 166
Release Date: 2000-04-07 -
Episode 167 - Kathy Burke, Rhys Ifans, Cat Deeley, Cypress Hill
Release Date: 2000-04-14 -
Episode 168 - Season 1, Episode 168
Release Date: 2000-04-21 -
Episode 169 - Season 1, Episode 169
Release Date: 2000-04-28 -
Episode 170 - Season 1, Episode 170
Release Date: 2000-05-05 -
Episode 171 - Ben Elton, Donna Air, Verne Troyer, Sia, Charlatans, Embrace
Release Date: 2000-05-12 -
Episode 172 - Bon Jovi, Caprice, Michael Greco, Ian Brown, Emiliana Terrini
Release Date: 2000-05-19 -
Episode 173 - David Duchovny, Minnie Driver
Release Date: 2000-05-26 -
Episode 174 - Ben Elton, Joely Richardson, Rachel Hunter, Travis, Jamelia, Gabrielle
Release Date: 2000-06-02 -
Episode 175 - Peter MacNicol, John Cusack, Alice Cooper
Release Date: 2000-06-09 -
Episode 176 - Alyson Hannigan, Kelly Brook, Andy Gray, David Gray
Release Date: 2000-06-16 -
Episode 178 - French & Saunders, Michael Parkinson, Jerry Hall, Ted Rogers, Moby
Release Date: 2000-11-10 -
Episode 179 - Fay Ripley, Jamie Theakston, Sharleen Spiteri, Keith Harris & Orville, Texas
Release Date: 2000-11-17 -
Episode 180 - Tamzin Outhwaite, Mel C, Ronan Keating
Release Date: 2000-11-24 -
Episode 181 - Norman Cook, Jack Dee, Wylcef Jean, Doves, Sonique
Release Date: 2000-12-01 -
Episode 182 - Kylie Minogue, Eddie Irvine, John McEnroe
Release Date: 2000-12-08 -
Episode 183 - Ben Elton, Jamie Oliver, Toploader, Sugababes
Release Date: 2000-12-15 -
Episode 184 - raham Norton, Victoria Beckham, David Beckham, Moby
Release Date: 2000-12-22