''Weekend'' is a British lifestyle show that aired on

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from 26 April 2014 to 3 September 2017 and was presented by

Aled Jones Aled Jones, (born 29 December 1970) is a Welsh singer and radio and television presenter. As a teenage chorister, he reached widespread fame during the mid-1980s. Since then he has worked in television with the BBC and ITV, and radio (for ...

Format

''Weekend'' featured a mixture of chat and musical guests.

presented the programme on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Of this appointment, Jones said "What more can I ask for than a mix of all of the things I love! It's a dream come true to present a show I've always wanted to watch and I can't wait to get started". The show also had a feature on people with strange talents or hobbies, called 'We're Talking in the Air', a pun on "

Walking in the Air "Walking in the Air" is a song written by Howard Blake for the 1982 animated film ''The Snowman'' based on Raymond Briggs's 1978 children's book of the same name. The song forms the centrepiece of ''The Snowman'', which has become a seasonal fav ...

", a song famously covered by Jones. ;Experts *Stephen Bailey * Georgie Barrat *

Lucie Cave Lucie Cave is the Editor in Chief of ''Heat'' magazine and the Heat brand (spanning heat radio, heatworld.com and heat TV). She graduated with a 2:1 in English Literature from the University of Sheffield in 1995, where she was the editor of the ...

* Tom Craine *Rhianna Dhillon *

Alison Hammond Alison Hammond (born 5 February 1975) is an English television personality and actress. She competed in the third series of the reality show '' Big Brother'' in 2002, in which she was the second housemate to be evicted. She has since become a ...

Boyd Hilton Andrew John Boyd Hilton, FBA (born 1944) is a British historian and a professor and fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. He specialises in modern British history, from the mid-18th century to the mid-19th century. Hilton was educated at Willi ...

* James King *

Patrick Monahan Patrick Monahan (born February 28, 1969) is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer and sole constant member of the band Train. He has collaborated with multiple artists and recorded a solo album, ''Last ...

* David Morgan *Rebecca Perfect * Craig Stevens * Iain Stirling *Ella Williamson

Production

Episodes of ''Weekend'' were pre-recorded at the Cactus Studios in London.

Transmissions

Regular series

Christmas specials

Episodes

Series 1

;Christmas specials

Series 2

;Christmas specials

Series 3

;Christmas specials

Series 4

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weekend 2010s British television talk shows 2014 British television series debuts 2017 British television series endings Breakfast television in the United Kingdom English-language television shows ITV Breakfast ITV talk shows Television series by All3Media