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)
Episode 9
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)
Episodes 2-8 and 10-39 A (23 February-5 April, 19 April-8 Nov)
Episodes 2-8 and 10-39 B (23 February-5 April, 19 April-8 Nov)
Episode 9 (12 April 1980)
Hey Hey It's Saturday Morning Fever (10 May 1980)
Look Like a Famous Person Morning (7 June 1980)
Episode 40 (15 November 1980)
1981
Episode 1 (28 February 1981)
Episode 3 (14 March 1981)
Dress Like Your Hero Morning (28 March 1981)
Biddleonian Sporting Morning (18 April 1981)
Episode 9 (25 April 1981)
Roaring 20's Morning (20 June 1981)
Hey Hey It's Saturday Fairyland (1 August 1981)
Hey Hey It's Westerday (12 September 1981)
Episode 30 (19 September 1981)
Episode 32 (3 October 1981)
Hey Hey It's Super Dag Day (14 Nov. 1981)
Biddleonian Film, Song, or Book Title Morning (28 November 1981)
Episode 41 (5 December 1981)
1982
Monster Morning (13 Feb. 1982)
Episode 2 (20 February 1982)
Episode 3 (27 February 1982)
Episode 4 (6 March 1982)
Episode 5 (13 March 1982)
Episode 6 (20 March 1982)
Episode 7 (27 March 1982)
Episode 8 (3 April 1982)
Episode 9 (10 April 1982)
Episode 10 (17 April 1982)
Dress as Your Hero Morning (24 April 1982)
Episode 14 (15 May 1982)
Episode 15 (22 May 1982)
Episode 16 (29 May 1982)
Episode 18 (12 June 1982)
Episode 19 (19 June 1982)
Episode 20 (26 June 1982)
Hillbilly Morning (3 July 1982)
Episode 22 (10 July 1982)
Episode 23 (17 July 1982)
Episode 24 (24 July 1982)
Dress as Your Fantasy Morning (31 July 1982)
Episode 27 (14 August 1982)
Episode 28 (21 August 1982)
Episode 30 (4 September 1982)
Hey Hey It's Sandyday (11 September 1982)
Episode 32 (18 September 1982)
Episode 33 (25 September 1982)
Episode 34 (2 October 1982)
Rock and Roll Morning (9 October 1982)
Episode 36 (16 October 1982)
Episode 37 (23 October 1982)
Episode 38 (30 October 1982)
Episode 39 (6 November 1982)
Episode 41 (20 November 1982)
All-Australian Morning (4 December 1982)
1983
Episodes 1 and 3-5
Medical Morning (26 February 1983)
Episode 6 (26 March 1983)
Special Easter Edition (2 April 1983)
Episode 8 (9 April 1983)
Episode 9 (16 April 1983)
Hey Hey It's Logie Day (23 April 1983)
Hey Hey It's Pirate Day (30 April 1983)
Episode 13 (14 May 1983)
Episode 14 (21 May 1983)
Hey Hey It's Tootsie Day (28 May 1983)
Episode 16 (4 June 1983)
Episode 17 (11 June 1983)
Hey Hey It's Pyjama Day (25 June 1983)
Episode 20 (2 July 1983)
Episode 21 (9 July 1983)
Episode 22 (16 July 1983)
Episode 23 (23 July 1983)
Biddleonian Fancy Dress Morning (30 July 1983)
Episode 25 (6 August 1983)
Episode 26 (13 August 1983)
Episode 27 (20 August 1983)
Episode 28 (27 August 1983)
Hey Hey It's Saturday's Roman Day (3 Sept. 1983)
Episode 30 (10 September 1983)
Episode 31 (17 September 1983)
Episode 33 (1 October 1983)
Biddleonian Food Morning (8 October 1983)
Episode 35 (15 October 1983)
Episode 36 (22 October 1983)
Episode 37 (29 October 1983)
Biddleonian Beach Party (5 November 1983)
Episode 39 (12 November 1983)
Episode 40 (19 November 1983)
Hey Hey It's Gangster Day (26 November 1983)
Episode 42 (3 December 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 February 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 and 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
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)
VFL 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
1989 Specials
Hey Hey It Sphinx (25 February 1989)
Hey Hey We're Australian Made (24 June 1989)
Hey Hey It's Medical (30 September 1989)
1990
Episode 40 (17 November 1990)
1990 Specials
Hey Hey It's The Alternative Party (24 March 1990)
TV2 Promo for Hey Hey Goes to the Movies (8 June 1991)
Hey Hey It's Hippie Day (13 July 1991)
Hey Hey It's Grease Lightning (27 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
Hey Hey We're Going for a Song (18 April 1992)
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)
Hey Hey It's the Northern Territory (18 July 1992)
The Best (and Worst) of Red Faces No. 3 (18 November 1992)
Hey Hey It's 21 Years (28 November 1992)
1993
Episodes 1-4, 6-8
Episodes 9-32, 34-42
1993 Specials
Hey Hey It's Thursday (11 March 1993)
AFL Grand Final/Olympic Edition (25 Sept. 1993)
Hey Hey it's the Comedians (2 November 1993)
1994
1994 Specials
Hey Hey Goes to Rio (26 February 1994)
Hey Hey By Request (30 August 1994)
Hey Hey in Sydney (17 September 1994)
Hey Hey it's the Adelaide Grand Prix (12 Nov. 1994)
Hey Hey By Request 2 (14 November 1994)
1995-1999
1995–1996
1995 Specials
Hey Hey By Request 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 By Request 4 (3 June 1996)
Hey Hey it's the Comedians 2 (26 August 1996)
Hey Hey it's Walt Disney World Part 1 (19 Oct. 1996)
Hey Hey it's Walt Disney World Part 2 (26 Oct. 1996)
Red Faces Classics Part 2 (25 November 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
Hey Hey It's Tuesday (9 September 1997)
1998
Hey Hey it's the Melbourne Grand Prix (7 March 1998)
Gonged But Not Forgotten (20 July 1998-27 Jan. 2001)
1999
Hey Hey It's Saturday: Final Episode (20 November 1999)
Hey Hey It's Saturday was axed in 1999 with the last episode airing on 20 November.
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–present
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)
2022
In 2022, Hey Hey It's Saturday screened Hey Hey It's 100 Years. It aired in Melbourne and Adelaide on 17 April followed by the rest of Australia on 24 April.