TFI Friday

TFI Friday was a light entertainment show hosted by Chris Evans and broadcast on Fridays at 6pm on Channel 4 from 1996 to 2000, with a repeat later that night. Officially, the title stood for "Thank Four It's Friday", though a less innocuous interpretation of the initials, "Thank Fuck It's Friday", was clearly implied. The show's theme tune was actually Ron Grainer's theme from Man in a Suitcase.

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Light entertainment - Chris Evans - Channel 4 - 1996 - 2000 - Theme tune - Ron Grainer - Man in a Suitcase

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During November and December 1999, the show included a segment titled "Someone's Going To Be A Millionaire!", inspired by the ITV game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (which would not have its first million pound winner until November 2000). TFI Friday paid out the promised £1 million jackpot on Christmas Eve, 1999, becoming the first British TV show to do so.

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1999 - ITV - Game show - Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? - November - 2000 - Christmas Eve

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The show attracted controversy when Shaun Ryder said "fuck" several times. Following the first interview on the show in which he had used the word, he was not allowed to be interviewed live. During a Stars in Their Eyes skit, Ryder performed (as Johnny Rotten) the Sex Pistols' "Pretty Vacant". The section was transmitted live, as it was not an interview. Ryder shouted the word several times. Ryder remains barred from appearing live on any Channel 4 programme. Ewan McGregor also used the controversial word on the show. In the wake of Ryder's antics, TFI Friday was then forced to go out pre-recorded.

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Shaun Ryder - Fuck - Stars in Their Eyes - Johnny Rotten - Sex Pistols - Ewan McGregor

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