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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) Ade Adepitan, Joel Dommett, Ricky Wilson
2 21 June 2020 (2020-06-21) Maya Jama, Robert Rinder, Michelle Visage
3 28 June 2020 (2020-06-28) Ella Henderson, Scarlett Moffatt
4 5 July 2020 (2020-07-05) Beverley Knight, Jessie Ware, Laura Whitmore
5 12 July 2020 (2020-07-12) Bill Bailey, Ella Eyre, Mark Wright
6 19 July 2020 (2020-07-19) Katherine Jenkins, Anne-Marie, Myles Stephenson
7 26 July 2020 (2020-07-26) James Bay, Phyllis Logan, Mica Paris
8 2 August 2020 (2020-08-02) Ronan Keating, Claire King, Nick Knowles
9 9 August 2020 (2020-08-09) Jake Humphrey, Jessica Johnson, Ranvir Singh, Stephen Tompkinson
10 16 August 2020 (2020-08-16) Danny Jones, Brad Simpson
11 23 August 2020 (2020-08-23) Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Stephen Mulhern, Denise Van Outen
12 30 August 2020 (2020-08-30) Luke Goss, Una Healy, Melvin Odoom
13 6 September 2020 (2020-09-06) Julia Goulding, Jay McGuiness, Ore Oduba
14 13 September 2020 (2020-09-13) Frankie Bridge, Russell Howard, Billy Ocean
15 20 September 2020 (2020-09-20) Russell Kane, Harley Moon Kemp, Shirlie Kemp, Caitlin Moran, Andrew Roachford
16 27 September 2020 (2020-09-27) Ben Miller, Jenny Ryan, Chris Stark
17 4 October 2020 (2020-10-04) Kirsty Gallacher, Delta Goodrem, Rufus Hound
18 11 October 2020 (2020-10-11) Rick Edwards, Konnie Huq, Katherine Parkinson
19 18 October 2020 (2020-10-18) Guvna B, James Haskell, Alex Horne
20 25 October 2020 (2020-10-25) Ben Hardy, Tamzin Outhwaite, Sara Pascoe
21 1 November 2020 (2020-11-01) Sara Dallin, Omid Djalili, Katie Melua, Craig Revel Horwood, Keren Woodward
22 8 November 2020 (2020-11-08) Jordan Banjo, James Blunt, Noel Fitzpatrick, Perri Kiely, Piers Morgan

Series 2 (as Weekend Best!)

Episode Airdate Guests
1 17 April 2021 (2021-04-17) Rick Edwards, Vick Hope
2 18 April 2021 (2021-04-18) Ainsley Harriott, Danny Jones, Michelle Visage
3 24 April 2021 (2021-04-24) Ben Cullen, Sara Pascoe, Tom Read Wilson
4 25 April 2021 (2021-04-25) Gabrielle, Gary Kemp, Big Narstie
5 1 May 2021 (2021-05-01) Rosie Jones, Catherine Tyldesley
6 2 May 2021 (2021-05-02) Anton Du Beke, Giovanna Fletcher, Lisa Riley
7 8 May 2021 (2021-05-08) Shane Richie, Suzi Ruffell
8 9 May 2021 (2021-05-09) Oti Mabuse, Jennie McAlpine, Ricky Wilson
9 15 May 2021 (2021-05-15) Scarlett Moffatt, Jordan North
10 16 May 2021 (2021-05-16) Joel Corry, Aljaz Skorjanec, Johnny Vegas
11 22 May 2021 (2021-05-22) Vernon Kay, James Newman, Melvin Odoom
12 23 May 2021 (2021-05-23) Sarah Hadland, Wes Nelson, Stephen Tompkinson
13 29 May 2021 (2021-05-29) Shirley Ballas, Sonny Jay