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Martin & Roman's Weekend Best!
Martin & Roman's Weekend Best! Title card.png
Genre Breakfast television
Chat show
Directed by John Adams
Toby Baker
Presented by
Theme music composer Harley Moon Kemp
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 2
No. of episodes 35
Production
Executive producer(s) Amanda Ross
Producer(s)
  • Juliet Bacon
  • Kelly Weekes
Editor(s) Neil Gooding
Camera setup Multiple-camera setup
Running time 55 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production company(s) Cactus TV
(for ITV Breakfast)
Release
Original network ITV
Picture format 1080i (HDTV)
Original release 14 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. 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.

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.

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.
Martin & Roman's Sunday Best! title card
Title card as Martin & Roman's Sunday Best! (2020)

Episodes

Series 1 (as Sunday Best!)

Episode Airdate Guests
1 14 June 2020 (2020-06-14)
2 21 June 2020 (2020-06-21)
3 28 June 2020 (2020-06-28)
4 5 July 2020 (2020-07-05)
5 12 July 2020 (2020-07-12)
6 19 July 2020 (2020-07-19)
7 26 July 2020 (2020-07-26)
8 2 August 2020 (2020-08-02)
9 9 August 2020 (2020-08-09)
10 16 August 2020 (2020-08-16)
11 23 August 2020 (2020-08-23)
12 30 August 2020 (2020-08-30)
13 6 September 2020 (2020-09-06)
14 13 September 2020 (2020-09-13)
15 20 September 2020 (2020-09-20)
16 27 September 2020 (2020-09-27)
17 4 October 2020 (2020-10-04)
18 11 October 2020 (2020-10-11)
19 18 October 2020 (2020-10-18)
20 25 October 2020 (2020-10-25)
21 1 November 2020 (2020-11-01)
22 8 November 2020 (2020-11-08)

Series 2 (as Weekend Best!)

Episode Airdate Guests
1 17 April 2021 (2021-04-17)
2 18 April 2021 (2021-04-18)
3 24 April 2021 (2021-04-24)
4 25 April 2021 (2021-04-25)
5 1 May 2021 (2021-05-01)
6 2 May 2021 (2021-05-02)
7 8 May 2021 (2021-05-08)
8 9 May 2021 (2021-05-09)
9 15 May 2021 (2021-05-15)
10 16 May 2021 (2021-05-16)
11 22 May 2021 (2021-05-22)
12 23 May 2021 (2021-05-23)
13 29 May 2021 (2021-05-29)