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Hey Hey It's Saturday (1971)

7.5/10 Returning Series 120 min Oct 09, 1971 29 Seasons
Comedy Family Talk

Hey Hey It's Saturday was a long-running variety television program on Australian television. It initially ran for 27 years, debuting on the Nine Network on 9 October 1971 and broadcasting its last episode on 20 November 1999. Its host throughout its entire run was Daryl Somers, who would later become executive producer of the program. The original producer, Gavin Disney, left the program in the 1980s and Somers then jointly formed his own production company, Somers Carroll Productions, with on-screen partner Ernie Carroll, the performer of Somers' puppet sidekick Ossie Ostrich.

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Show Details

Original Title Hey Hey It's Saturday
Original Language EN
Status Returning Series
Type Talk Show
Total Episodes 673
Total Seasons 29
Popularity 9.8

Networks

Nine Network
AU
Seven Network
AU

Cast

Daryl Somers
Daryl Somers
Host
673 episodes
No Photo" alt="John Blackman" class="cast-photo">
John Blackman
673 episodes
No Photo" alt="Livinia Nixon" class="cast-photo">
Livinia Nixon
61 episodes
No Photo" alt="Red Symons" class="cast-photo">
Red Symons
61 episodes
No Photo" alt="Wilbur Wilde" class="cast-photo">
Wilbur Wilde
61 episodes
No Photo" alt="Jacki MacDonald" class="cast-photo">
Jacki MacDonald
61 episodes

Key Crew

Created By Daryl Somers, Gavin Disney, Ernie Carroll
Executive Producer Daryl Somers

Seasons

No Poster" alt="Specials" class="season-poster">
Specials
6 episodes

Nine re-aired the Hey Hey By Request specials in 2005 and June 2006. Daryl and Nine agreed to a dea...

No Poster" alt="Season 1" class="season-poster">
Season 1
1 episodes 1971

Premiering on 9 October 1971, Hey Hey It's Saturday was a Saturday morning children's program in whi...

No Poster" alt="Season 2 (1972)" class="season-poster">
Season 2 (1972)
0 episodes
No Poster" alt="Season 3 (1973)" class="season-poster">
Season 3 (1973)
0 episodes
No Poster" alt="Season 4 (1974)" class="season-poster">
Season 4 (1974)
0 episodes
No Poster" alt="Season 5 (1975)" class="season-poster">
Season 5 (1975)
0 episodes
No Poster" alt="Season 6 (1976)" class="season-poster">
Season 6 (1976)
0 episodes
No Poster" alt="Season 7 (1977)" class="season-poster">
Season 7 (1977)
0 episodes

This was the final season before the show went into recess, when Daryl and Ossie took the bold step ...

No Poster" alt="Season 8 (1979)" class="season-poster">
Season 8 (1979)
0 episodes

Hey Hey It's Saturday returned to Channel Nine in 1979 after Daryl and Ossie hosted The Daryl and Oz...

No Poster" alt="Season 9 (1980)" class="season-poster">
Season 9 (1980)
0 episodes
No Poster" alt="Season 10 (1981)" class="season-poster">
Season 10 (1981)
0 episodes
No Poster" alt="Season 11 (1982)" class="season-poster">
Season 11 (1982)
0 episodes
No Poster" alt="Season 12 (1983)" class="season-poster">
Season 12 (1983)
0 episodes
No Poster" alt="Season 13 (1984)" class="season-poster">
Season 13 (1984)
39 episodes 1984

In 1984, the Nine Network moved the show from its morning timeslot to a primetime slot on Saturday n...

No Poster" alt="Season 14 (1985)" class="season-poster">
Season 14 (1985)
39 episodes
No Poster" alt="Season 15 (1986)" class="season-poster">
Season 15 (1986)
40 episodes
No Poster" alt="Season 16 (1987)" class="season-poster">
Season 16 (1987)
40 episodes
No Poster" alt="Season 17 (1988)" class="season-poster">
Season 17 (1988)
40 episodes
No Poster" alt="Season 18 (1989)" class="season-poster">
Season 18 (1989)
40 episodes
No Poster" alt="Season 19 (1990)" class="season-poster">
Season 19 (1990)
40 episodes
No Poster" alt="Season 20 (1991)" class="season-poster">
Season 20 (1991)
42 episodes
No Poster" alt="Season 21 (1992)" class="season-poster">
Season 21 (1992)
42 episodes
No Poster" alt="Season 22 (1993)" class="season-poster">
Season 22 (1993)
42 episodes
No Poster" alt="Season 23 (1994)" class="season-poster">
Season 23 (1994)
42 episodes
No Poster" alt="Season 24 (1995)" class="season-poster">
Season 24 (1995)
42 episodes
No Poster" alt="Season 25 (1996)" class="season-poster">
Season 25 (1996)
41 episodes
No Poster" alt="Season 26 (1997)" class="season-poster">
Season 26 (1997)
42 episodes
No Poster" alt="Season 27 (1998)" class="season-poster">
Season 27 (1998)
40 episodes
No Poster" alt="Season 28 (1999)" class="season-poster">
Season 28 (1999)
41 episodes

Nine Network executives decided toward the end of 1999 to cancel Hey Hey It's Saturday. Somers claim...

No Poster" alt="Season 29" class="season-poster">
Season 29
20 episodes 2010

Following the success of the 2009 reunion specials, the show returned in 2010 after a deal was signe...

Networks

Nine Network
AU
Seven Network
AU

Image Gallery

Posters
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Poster Image

Keywords

variety show

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Details
First Air Date October 9, 1971
Last Air Date November 27, 2010
Country AU
Language EN
Status Returning Series
Popularity 9.8
Links
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