Martin & Roman's Weekend Best!
GenreBreakfast television
Chat show
Directed byJohn Adams
Toby Baker
Presented by
Theme music composerHarley Moon Kemp
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes35
Production
Executive producerAmanda Ross
Producers
  • Juliet Bacon
  • Kelly Weekes
EditorNeil Gooding
Camera setupMultiple-camera setup
Running time55 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companiesCactus TV
(for ITV Breakfast)
Original release
NetworkITV
Release14 June 2020 (2020-06-14) 
present

Martin & Roman's Weekend Best! (formerly Martin & Roman's Sunday Best!) is a British weekend breakfast programme broadcast on ITV, presented by father and son duo Martin and Roman Kemp. The series premiered in an 8:30 a.m. timeslot on 14 June 2020.[1] The programme combines celebrity interviews (both in and out-of-studio), musical performances and games while incorporating the participation of selected home viewers via video conference.[2]

The programme returned following its successful first series on 17 April 2021, retitled as Weekend Best! to correspond with its airing on both Saturday and Sunday mornings.[3]

Format

Segments In-between the celebrity guest interviews are several games in which the hosts, celebrity guests, and families participate in:

  • act it out - A game of musical charades between Team Martin and Team Roman with their celebrity guests.
  • cover stars - Album covers are altered with Martin and Roman's faces while the guests aim to correctly name the artist and album title.
  • guess the record - Roman has guests guess the No. 1 record "on this day" from yesteryear.
  • kazoo-aoke - The two host-guest pairs attempt to perform songs on kazoos while the corresponding families guess the song title or lyrics.
  • lyric maestro - The two teams try to guess the correct song based on the spoken lyrics.
  • memories mixtape - Guests share songs that they associate with the given memory themes.
  • our best picks! - Martin, Roman, and their guests recommend their favorite shows to binge-watch on various streaming platforms, including BritBox.
Title card as Martin & Roman's Sunday Best! (2020)

Episodes

Series 1 (as Sunday Best!)

Episode Airdate Guests
114 June 2020 (2020-06-14)Ade Adepitan, Joel Dommett, Ricky Wilson
221 June 2020 (2020-06-21)Maya Jama, Robert Rinder, Michelle Visage
328 June 2020 (2020-06-28)Ella Henderson, Scarlett Moffatt
45 July 2020 (2020-07-05)Beverley Knight, Jessie Ware, Laura Whitmore
512 July 2020 (2020-07-12)Bill Bailey, Ella Eyre, Mark Wright
619 July 2020 (2020-07-19)Katherine Jenkins, Anne-Marie, Myles Stephenson
726 July 2020 (2020-07-26)James Bay, Phyllis Logan, Mica Paris
82 August 2020 (2020-08-02)Ronan Keating, Claire King, Nick Knowles
99 August 2020 (2020-08-09)Jake Humphrey, Jessica Johnson, Ranvir Singh, Stephen Tompkinson
1016 August 2020 (2020-08-16)Danny Jones, Brad Simpson
1123 August 2020 (2020-08-23)Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Stephen Mulhern, Denise Van Outen
1230 August 2020 (2020-08-30)Luke Goss, Una Healy, Melvin Odoom
136 September 2020 (2020-09-06)Julia Goulding, Jay McGuiness, Ore Oduba
1413 September 2020 (2020-09-13)Frankie Bridge, Russell Howard, Billy Ocean
1520 September 2020 (2020-09-20)Russell Kane, Harley Moon Kemp, Shirlie Kemp, Caitlin Moran, Andrew Roachford
1627 September 2020 (2020-09-27)Ben Miller, Jenny Ryan, Chris Stark
174 October 2020 (2020-10-04)Kirsty Gallacher, Delta Goodrem, Rufus Hound
1811 October 2020 (2020-10-11)Rick Edwards, Konnie Huq, Katherine Parkinson
1918 October 2020 (2020-10-18)Guvna B, James Haskell, Alex Horne
2025 October 2020 (2020-10-25)Ben Hardy, Tamzin Outhwaite, Sara Pascoe
211 November 2020 (2020-11-01)Sara Dallin, Omid Djalili, Katie Melua, Craig Revel Horwood, Keren Woodward
228 November 2020 (2020-11-08)Jordan Banjo, James Blunt, Noel Fitzpatrick, Perri Kiely, Piers Morgan

Series 2 (as Weekend Best!)

Episode Airdate Guests
117 April 2021 (2021-04-17)Rick Edwards, Vick Hope
218 April 2021 (2021-04-18)Ainsley Harriott, Danny Jones, Michelle Visage
324 April 2021 (2021-04-24)Ben Cullen, Sara Pascoe, Tom Read Wilson
425 April 2021 (2021-04-25)Gabrielle, Gary Kemp, Big Narstie
51 May 2021 (2021-05-01)Rosie Jones, Catherine Tyldesley
62 May 2021 (2021-05-02)Anton Du Beke, Giovanna Fletcher, Lisa Riley
78 May 2021 (2021-05-08)Shane Richie, Suzi Ruffell
89 May 2021 (2021-05-09)Oti Mabuse, Jennie McAlpine, Ricky Wilson
915 May 2021 (2021-05-15)Scarlett Moffatt, Jordan North
1016 May 2021 (2021-05-16)Joel Corry, Aljaz Skorjanec, Johnny Vegas
1122 May 2021 (2021-05-22)Vernon Kay, James Newman, Melvin Odoom
1223 May 2021 (2021-05-23)Sarah Hadland, Wes Nelson, Stephen Tompkinson
1329 May 2021 (2021-05-29)Shirley Ballas, Sonny Jay

See also

References

  1. "Roman Kemp's New Show 'Martin & Roman's Sunday Best' Starts On Sunday: Here's Everything We Know". Capital FM. Global. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  2. Hughes, Pascale (26 June 2020). "Martin Kemp and Roman on finding fame and their new show: 'Dad had a great time, but fame gives me anxiety'". iNews.co.uk. JPIMedia Publications Ltd. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  3. "Martin and Roman Kemp's weekend morning show to air on Saturday and Sunday". The Irish News. Irish Times Trust. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
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