Sam & Mark's Big Friday Wind-Up


Sam & Mark's Big Friday Wind-Up is a British children's entertainment series aired on the CBBC Channel since 16 September 2011. It is presented by Sam & Mark. It is effectively the replacement for TMi. A fifth series started airing from 18 December 2015, and a sixth series began airing from 16 December 2016 and finished on 31 March 2017. A seventh series began airing in January 2018.

Format

Each episode begins with Sam & Mark speaking to children in the audience who are said to have an embarrassing member of their family. They happen to bring out one of the audience member's mother/father and get them to do their embarrassing feat. They allow their children to get back at them by playing a game called 'Mum/Dad on a Wheel' which has been recently changed to 'Mum/Dad Pin Bowling'.
Another segment is 'In Yer House' which involves Sam & Mark having to put on a disguise and play-act towards a certain child/victim without being seen, and once they are, they are 'rumbled'. There are four rounds to this game.

Episodes

Series 4 (2014-15)

Episode 1 was a Christmas special which aired over 1 month before the start of the main series
Episode no.AirdateCelebrity guest
115 December 2014Union J and The Vamps
223 January 2015Union J, Jedward and Harvey
330 January 2015Rough Copy, Cel Spellman, Andrew Whyment and Sam Aston
46 February 2015Ward Thomas and Rachel Riley
513 February 2015Bars and Melody and Zoella
620 February 2015Magalie Vae
727 February 2015Ed Petrie and Overload Generation
86 March 2015Jermain Jackman
913 March 2015Compilation episode
1020 March 2015Compilation episode
1127 March 2015Compilation episode

Series 5 (2015-16)

Like the last series, episode 1 was a Christmas special which aired just under 1 month before the start of the main series
Episode no.AirdateCelebrity guest
118 December 2015The Overtones, Chris Johnson, Akai Osei, Leona Vaughan and Amy-Leigh Hickman
215 January 2016The Vamps and Peter Andre
322 January 2016Joe Swash
430 January 2016Nathan Sykes
55 February 2016Jennie McAlpine, Ted Robbins and Ian Kirkby
612 February 2016Naomi Wilkinson
719 February 2016Bars and Melody and Lauren Layfield
826 February 2016Kimberly Wyatt
94 March 2016Ed Petrie and Shannon Flynn
1011 March 2016Lindsey Russell and Ben Shires
1118 March 2016Compilation episode

Series 6 (2016-17)

Like the last two series, series 6 began with a Christmas episode in December followed by the rest of the series in January.
Episode no.AirdateCelebrity guest
116 December 2016Hacker T. Dog and The Vamps
227 January 2017Tom Fletcher, Lauren Layfield, Katie Thistleton and Ward Thomas
33 February 2017Amy-Leigh Hickman, Jessica Revell and Union J
410 February 2017Daniel Brocklebank, Iain Stirling, Katharine Merry, Kelly Gallagher and The Tide
517 February 2017Matilda Ramsay and Gavin James
624 February 2017Nikki Bella, Joe and Jake and Johnny & Inel
73 March 2017Kevin Simm and Fergus Flanagan
810 March 2017Hacker T. Dog, Simeon Qsyea, Jedward, Bec Hill and Ben Haenow
917 March 2017Leona Vaughan, Dolly-Rose Campbell and Collabro
1024 March 2017Beth Tweddle, Nile Wilson and Bars and Melody
1131 March 2017Compilation show

Series 7 (2018)

This series is the first since series 3 to not feature a Christmas special, instead there is an extra regular episode.
Episode no.AirdateCelebrity guest
15 January 2018Isabel Clifton, Polly Allen and Yes Lad
212 January 2018Cel Spellman, Lindsey Russell, Karim Zeroual and Matt Terry
319 January 2018Katie Thistleton and Callum Beattie
426 January 2018Jonny Nelson, Yasmin Evans, Ed Petrie and Naomi Wilkinson
52 February 2018
69 February 2018
716 February 2018
823 February 2018
92 March 2018
109 March 2018

Series 8 (2019)

Like the last 3 series, series 8 began with a Christmas episode in December followed by the rest of the series in January.
Episode no.AirdateCelebrity guest
125 January 2019
21 February 2019
38 February 2019
415 February 2019
522 February 2019
61 March 2019
78 March 2019
815 March 2019
922 March 2019
1029 March 2019
115 April 2019

Accolades

Sam & Mark's Big Friday Wind-Up has been nominated for 6 British Academy Children's Awards and won three. It won twice for Best Presenter in 2013 and 2015 and won Best Entertainment in 2016.