Hey Hey It's Saturday

Not to be confused with the UK TV series of the same name.

Contents
1985	1986–1994	1995–1999	2009–2010	2021

Hey Hey It's Saturday was a long-running prime-time variety/slapstick program that ran on the Nine Network from 9 October 1971 to 20 November 1999.

Hey Hey It's Saturday (first era)

1971–1977, 1979–1983

Hey Hey It's Saturday premiered on GTV-9 on 9 October 1971 as a Saturday morning kids' show. It later premiered on TCN-9 on 8 September 1973.

1975

Holding slide

1977

11 June 1977

16 July 1977

Daryl's Birthday Show
(6 August 1977)

22 October 1977

26 November 1977

1979

After a brief recess in 1978 where Daryl and Ossie moved to the 0-10 Network and hosted the game show The Daryl and Ossie Show, the two went back to Nine and in February 1979, Hey Hey returned.

8th Anniversary Show
(28 July 1979)

1980

Episode 1
(16 February 1980)

Hey Hey It's Saturday Morning Fever
(10 May 1980)

Episode 40
(15 November 1980)

1981

Episode 1
(28 February 1981)

Episode 3
(14 March 1981)

Hey Hey It's a Roaring 20's Morning (20 June 1981)

Episode 32
(3 October 1981)

Hey Hey It's Super Dag Day (14 Nov. 1981)

1982

Hey Hey It's a Monster Morning (13 Feb. 1982)

Episode 5
(13 March 1982)

Episode 10
(17 April 1982)

Episode 14
(15 May 1982)

Episode 15
(22 May 1982)

Episode 16
(29 May 1982)

Dress as Your Fantasy Morning (31 July 1982)

Hey Hey It's Sandyday
(11 September 1982)

Hey Hey It's An All-Australian Morning
(4 December 1982)

1983

Hey Hey It’s a Medical Morning (26 Feb. 1983)

Hey Hey It's Pirate Day
(30 April 1983)

Hey Hey It's Saturday Night

1984

On 18 February 1984, the Nine Network moved the show to 9:30pm and renamed it Hey Hey It's Saturday Night.

Episode 1 (18 Feb. 1984)

Episode 2 and 3
(25 Feb. & 3 March 1984)

Episode 6 Part 1
(25 March 1984)

Episode 6 Part 2
(25 March 1984)

Episode 6 Part 3
(26 March 1984)

Hey Hey It's Thriller Night
(12 May 1984)

Episodes 17 & 18
(9 & 16 June 1984)

Episodes 19-26, 28-32, 34-39

Hey Hey It's Saturday (second era)

1985

BETTER LOGO NEEDED

Episodes 1-10
(9 February-13 April 1985)

Episodes 11-14
(20 April-11 May 1985)

Episodes 15-16,
18-22, 24-33, 35-39

Episode 17
(8 June 1985)

Hey Hey It's Hysterical Historical Heroes Night
(20 July 1985)

Episode 34
(5 October 1985)

On 8 June 1985, the show moved to the earlier timeslot of 6:30pm.

1986–1994

Alternate variant

Print variant

1986

Main title card

Episode 27
(9 August 1986)

Alternate variant

1986 Specials

Heavens to Halley's, We're Spaced Out (8 March 1986)

Hey Hey It's Dire Straits
(26 April 1986)

Hey Hey It's 30
Years of Television
(20 September 1986)

1987

1987 Specials

Hey Hey It's Fairyland
(4 July 1987)

Hey Hey It's Saturday on Friday (10 July 1987)

John Farnham Special
(1 August 1987)

Hey Hey It's Back to the 60's (22 August 1987)

Hey Hey It's the Roaring 20s (19 September 1987)

Grand Final Edition
(26 September 1987)

Hey Hey's 16th Birthday
(10 October 1987)

Hey Hey It's Biddleonian Fashion Design
(24 October 1987)

Hey Hey It's Christmas Day
(31 October 1987)

1988

1988 Specials

Hey Hey It's a 'P' Party
(9 April 1988)

Hey Hey We've Doubled Up! (18 June 1988)

Hey Hey It's the Codfish Ball! (1 October 1988)

1989

1990

1990 Specials

Hey Hey Hits the Seventies (21 July 1990)

1991

1991 Specials

Hey Hey it's Movie World
(1 June 1991)

Hey Hey It's Hippie Day
(13 July 1991)

Hey Hey It's Hero Day
(14 September 1991)

Hey Hey it's Hollywood
(9 November 1991)

Hey Hey it's Hollywood the Sequel (16 November 1991)

On 1 June 1991, Hey Hey It's Saturday aired the special Hey Hey it's Movie World from Warner Bros. Movie World on the Gold Coast. It would air a week later on New Zealand's TV2 as a specially pre-recorded package version titled Hey Hey Goes to the Movies.

On 9 and 16 November, Hey Hey It's Saturday celebrated its 20th anniversary with two shows beamed live from the Hollywood studios of Warner Bros.

1992

1992 Specials

The Best (and Worst) of Red Faces No. 1
(27 May 1992)

Hey Hey It’s Movie World’s Birthday (13 June 1992)

Hey Hey the Movie - Silence of the Hams
(15 June 1992)

The Best (and Worst) of Red Faces No. 3
(18 November 1992)

Hey Hey It's 21 Years
(28 November 1992)

1993

Episodes 1-8

Episodes 9-32, 34-42

1993 Specials

Hey Hey it's the Comedians
(2 November 1993)

1994

1994 Specials

Hey Hey By Request
(30 August 1994)

Hey Hey it's the Adelaide Grand Prix (12 Nov. 1994)

1995-1999

BETTER LOGO NEEDED

1995–1996

1995 Specials

Hey Hey By Request
No. 3 (1 August 1995)

1996 Specials

The Best (and Worst) of Red Faces No. 7
(12 February 1996)

Hey Hey It's Friday
(8 March 1996)

Hey Hey it's the Comedians 2
(26 August 1996)

Hey Hey it's Walt Disney World (19 & 26 Oct. 1996)

Red Faces Classics
(18 & 25 Nov. 1996)

On 19 and 26 October 1996, Hey Hey It's Saturday celebrated both it and Walt Disney World's 25th anniversary with two specials. This came about after the theme park approached Hey Hey to produce some shows commemorating the special occasion.

1997

1998

1998 Specials

Hey Hey it's the Melbourne Grand Prix (7 March 1998)

Gonged But Not Forgotten (20 July 1998-27 January 2001)

1999

LOGO MISSING

Hey Hey It's Saturday was axed in 1999 with the last episode airing on 20 November.

1999 Specials

Hey Hey It's Saturday:
Final Episode
(20 November 1999)

Hey Hey It's Saturday (third era)

2009–2010

In 2009, the show returned for two reunion specials followed in 2010 by a series of twenty episodes.

2009

The first reunion special aired on 30 September, followed by a second on 7 October.

2010

Logo used in promos

Following the success of the reunion specials, the show returned on 14 April and ran until 21 July. The second block of episodes began on 16 October and concluded on 27 November.

Hey Hey It's Saturday (fourth era)

2021

On 10 October 2021, Hey Hey It's Saturday screened a special celebrating their 50th anniversary.

Hey Hey It's 50 Years Promo (12 Sept. 2021)

Hey Hey It's 50 Years Promo 2 (25 Sept. 2021)

Hey Hey It's 50 Years
(10 October 2021)

See also

• The Daryl and Ossie Show