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Saturday Mash-Up!
Saturday Mash-Up! title card.png
Genre
Presented by
  • Hacker T. Dog
  • Jonny Nelson
  • Yasmin Evans
  • Stanley
  • Joe Tasker
  • Harpz Kaur
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 3
No. of episodes 43
Production
Executive producer(s) Ian France
Producer(s) Jamie Wilson
Running time 120 minutes
Production company(s) CBBC Productions
Release
Original network CBBC
CBBC HD
BBC Two
Picture format 1080i
Audio format Stereo
Original release 30 September 2017 (2017-09-30) – present
Chronology
Related shows Going Live!
Live & Kicking
Saturday Superstore
Multi-Coloured Swap Shop

Saturday Mash-Up! is a British Saturday morning children's magazine entertainment programme on CBBC and BBC Two, first broadcast on 30 September 2017. It is currently presented by Joe Tasker, Harpz Kaur and a puppet monster called Stanley performed by Dave Chapman.

History

It is CBBC's first series in this genre since TMi moved to Fridays in 2010. It is said to "continue the tradition of iconic Saturday morning programmes such as Live & Kicking, Going Live!, Saturday Superstore and Multi-Coloured Swap Shop".

A second series aired from 29 September 2018 on CBBC (with repeats on BBC Two from the previous Saturday morning). A third series started on 1 February 2020. However, due to the 2019-2020 Coronavirus pandemic, the show was presented from Tasker, Kaur, and Chapman's houses via video-link under the name Saturday Mash-Up! House Party, from 4 April until the end of the series on 30 May. The 3rd series resumed on 7 November to broadcast the remaining episodes in the series.

A new series began on 23 January 2021 although it is still listed as series 3.

Spin-off series Summer Mash-Up aired during the 2020 summer holidays in a 30-minute Thursday afternoon slot (temporarily replacing Blue Peter). In 2018 and 2019, special programmes were also produced as part of the CBBC Summer Social TV coverage.

Format

Every week, the series broadcasts live from dock10, MediaCityUK in Salford. The show includes celebrity guests, games, sketches and CBBC shows, and focuses on live chat with children across the United Kingdom, either on the phone or via the web.

Up until the COVID-19 pandemic, the show was filmed in front of a studio audience who are children. When the show resumed production after quarantine, to follow the health guidelines, the episodes were filmed without the kid audience, and all celebrity guests practiced social distancing.

Segments

"Gunging"

The viewers watching the show vote on who they want to be covered with gunge, from a selection of two or three options. In the first show, Steve Backshall was chosen.

As of Series 2, viewers' chosen celebrity had to answer questions in the space of ninety seconds, and can avoid being covered with slime by answering the question correctly. If they answer incorrectly, they have a bucket of slime poured over them. At the end of the ninety seconds, the celebrity must answer a final question, which is always outlandish and nearly impossible to answer correctly. If answered incorrectly, the celebrity is slimed heavily with multiple buckets (Commonly known as "Super Slime"). To date, no one has ever answered the final question correctly. In the Christmas episodes there is no slime vote. All guests get covered in slime and sing a Christmas song.

From Series 4 onwards, Question Slime was replaced by Slime O'Clock News, where the format was the same, but it had a different layout.

Celebrities who have been gunged/slimed include Steve Backshall, DanTDM, Vick Hope, Kimberly Wyatt, Naomi Wilkinson, Lindsey Russell (twice), New Hope Club, Road Trip, Oti Mabuse, Lewys Ball, Olivia Grace and Lovevie, Colson Smith, Mark Rhodes, Briony Williams and Cat Henstridge.

This segment is the grand finale of each live show. Afterwards, the hosts give a recap of what will happen next week and bid the viewers farewell, as the kid studio audience applauds, and the end credits roll as an off-screen announcer informs viewers of the next show on CBBC following the conclusion of the live-broadcast as a lead-out program.

How Many Things in the Thing?

A number of an object (for example, footballs) are placed into another object (for example, a phonebox). Viewers at home on the phone must guess what number of an object is in the other object.

Make Me Viral

Viewers are asked to send in a picture of themselves doing something different each week (for example, throwing away their homework).

Mash-Up Monarch

Each week, a viewer watching at home is chosen to make various decisions to make. These include choosing what episode of a programme to show and choosing who does a task like tidying up the studio or eating a gross item.

Push Off

Two celebrities must push a shopping trolley into a pyramid of 800 toilet rolls to see how many they can collect. Each toilet roll is worth a point, with the golden toilet roll being worth 10 points and the brown toilet roll causing them to lose 5 points. They can choose between 3 trollies, which change each week. While the crew count the rolls Nelson plays a game with the contestant called "Jonny's random supermarket item pricing game while we count the toilet rolls". The loser is hit in the face with two custard pies.

Stars Behind Bars

A celebrity is 'locked up in jail' and answers as many questions they can in 100 seconds.

Detention Seekers

A/two celebrity/s is put in detention and has to answer questions about themselves until the school bell rings. On one occasion, instead of a celebrity, Penfold from Danger Mouse was used.

Content

Episodes

Series 1 (2017)

No. in
series
No. in
season
Star Behind Bars Music guest Original air date
1 1 "Gemma Atkinson" Yes Lad 30 September 2017 (2017-09-30)

Celebrity guests: Steve Backshall, Amelia Gething

Gunged Celebrity: Steve Backshall (voted over Jonny Nelson and Yasmin Evans)
2 2 "Jennie McAlpine" JP Cooper 7 October 2017 (2017-610-07)

Celebrity guests: Marlon Wallen, Jack P. Shepherd

Gunged Celebrity: Yasmin Evans (voted over Jonny Nelson)
3 3 "Jermaine Jenas" Nadine Coyle 14 October 2017 (2017-10-14)

Celebrity guests: Annabelle Davis, Connor Lawson, Sophia Grace

Gunged Celebrity: Davis and Lawson (voted over Nelson and Evans)
4 4 "Jim Chapman" New Hope Club 21 October 2017 (2017-10-21)

Celebrity guests: Chris Stark and Sam & Mark (Push Off segment only)

Gunged Celebrity: New Hope Club (voted over Nelson and Evans)
5 5 "Camila Cabello" The Vamps 28 October 2017 (2017-10-28)

Celebrity guests: Trevor Tordjman, Isaac Lupien

Gunged Celebrity: Isaac Lupien (Voted over Trevor Tordjman)
6 6 "Cel Spellman" Pixie Lott 4 November 2017 (2017-11-04)

Celebrity guests: Shelby Bain, Isaiah Peck, Matt Edmondson

Gunged Celebrity: Shelby Bain (Voted over Isaiah Peck)
7 7 "Dynamo" HRVY 11 November 2017 (2017-11-11)

Celebrity guests: Freddie Fox, Lisa and Lena

Gunged Celebrity: Jonny Nelson (voted over Freddie Fox)
8 8 "tbd" Max and Harvey 18 November 2017 (2017-11-18)

Celebrity guests: DanTDM, Joe Tracini

Gunged Celebrity: DanTDM (voted over Joe Tracini)
9 9 "Big E, Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods" RoadTrip 25 November 2017 (2017-11-25)

Celebrity guests: Rory Cowlam, Cheryl Lucas, Cat Henstridge, James Greenwood

Gunged Celebrity: RoadTrip (voted over the Pets Factor Vets)
10 10 "Sam Quek" Matt Terry 2 December 2017 (2017-12-02)

Celebrity guests: Chris van Tulleken, Alexander van Tulleken, Lauren Layfield

Gunged Celebrity: Alexander van Tulleken (voted over Chris van Tulleken)
11 11 "Dan Walker" Mic Lowry 9 December 2017 (2017-12-09)

Celebrity guests: Jake Mitchell, Lindsey Russell

Gunged Celebrity: Lindsey Russell (voted over Jake Mitchell)
12 12 "Rhys Stephenson, Katie Thistleton" Max and Harvey 16 December 2017 (2017-12-16)

Celebrity guests: Rhys Stephenson, Katie Thistleton, Lauren Layfield, Karim Zeroual, Naomi Wilkinson, Kia Pegg

Gunged Celebrity: All guests in a "slime sing-a-long"

Series 2 (2018–2019)

No. in
series
No. in
season
Detention Seekers Music guest Original airdate
1 13 "Max and Harvey" Houssein 29 September 2018 (2018-09-29)

Want some Saturday morning fun? Yasmin, Jonny and Hacker are here with a music performance and your Saturday Mash Up favourites like Pushing off things in the thing and Slime! This is the first series to air on the CBBC Channel only. Celebrity guests: So Awkward & Houssein

Slimed Celebrity: Cleo Demetriou (voted over Ammerah Falzon and Sophia Dall'aglio)
2 14 "Nadiya Hussain" RoadTrip 6 October 2018 (2018-10-06)

Join the presenters for a MEGA 2 hour fun Saturday morning! But watch out we have custard and Slime About! Celebrity guests: Lewys Ball, Ben Shires, RoadTrip

Slimed Celebrity: Lewys Ball (voted over Ben Shires)
3 15 "Olly Murs" RedFaces 13 October 2018 (2018-10-13)

Tune in for the funniest Saturday Morning show you have ever seen! Celebrity guests: Kia Pegg, Miles Butler-Hughton, Olivia Grace & Lovevie

Slimed Celebrity: Olivia Grace and Lovevie (voted over Kia Pegg and Miles Butler-Hughton
4 16 "Sam and Mark" New Hope Club 20 October 2018 (2018-10-20)

We are live on CBBC this morning and we have Push off along with your favourite shows plus 2 parts of CBBC Favourite Dragons: Race to the Edge. Celebrity guests: New Hope Club & Lindsey Russell

Slimed Celebrity: Reece Bibby (over his bandmates)
5 17 "Nick Bright" Four of Diamonds 27 October 2018 (2018-10-27)
Slimed Celebrity Vick Hope (voted over Lenna Gunning-Willians)
6 18 "AJ Pritchard & Lauren Steadman" 3 November 2018 (2018-11-03)

Celebrity guests: HRVY & The Pets Factor Vets

Slimed Celebrity: Cat Henstridge (voted over the Pets Factor vets, now a presenter of the rebooted game show Double Dare)
7 19 "Jonas Blue" Donel Mangena 10 November 2018 (2018-11-10)

Joe, Tiana and Donel are in the studio whilst Yasmin and Jonny Broadcast live from CBBC HQ Celebrity guests: Tiana, Joe Tracini, Donel Mangena & Benedict Cumberbatch

Slimed Celebrity: Sammy (Voted over partner Niki)
8 20 "The Vamps" Sapphire 17 November 2018 (2018-11-17)

Celebrity guests: The Next Step cast & Sapphire

Slimed Celebrity: Shelby Bain and Sage Linder (voted over Isaiah Peck and Noah Zulfiker)
9 21 "Penfold" Rae Morris 24 November 2018 (2018-11-24)

Celebrity guests: Briony & John Farnworth

Slimed Celebrity: Briony Williams (voted over John Farnworth)
10 22 "Ben Miller" Kidz Bop UK 1 December 2018 (2018-12-01)

A music cover for the first time on Mash Up. Celebrity guests: Colson Smith & Joe Duttine from Coronation Street, Kidz Bop UK & Ruby Rube

Slimed Celebrity: Colson Smith (voted over Joe Duttine)
11 23 "Tom Grennan" Rosie McClelland 8 December 2018 (2018-12-08)

Celebrity guests: Sam and Mark, Acacia & Aaliyah & Rosie McClelland

Slimed Celebrity: Sam Nixon (voted over Mark)
12 24 "Dara O'Briain" Ronan Parke 15 December 2018 (2018-12-15)

Celebrity guests: Kimberly Wyatt, Dominic Brunt & Ronan Parke

Slimed Celebrity: Kimberly Wyatt (voted over Dominic Brunt)
13 25 "Olly Alexander" Roy Wood 22 December 2018 (2018-12-22)

It's time For the last Mash Up of 2018 so join Yasmin, Johnny and Hacker For 2 hours of fun. There is also a special Things in the thing, a Christmas Music performance & a Christmas Slime Singalong! Celebrity guests: Katie Thistleton, Karim Zeroual, Stacy Liu & Connor Lawson

Slimed Celebrity: All guests in a "slime sing-a-long"
14 26 "Jack and Jack" Ward Thomas 5 January 2019 (2019-01-05)

Its 2019 on Mash up! Celebrity guests: Bella Ramsey, Jenny Richardson, Malique Thompson-Dwyer & Ward Thomas

Slimed Celebrity: Jenny Richardson (voted over Bella Ramsey)
15 27 "Zara Larsson" Marcus & Martinus 12 January 2019 (2019-01-12)

Celebrity guests: Oti Mabuse, Ricky Martin & Marcus & Martinus

Slimed Celebrity: Oti Mabuse (voted over Art Ninja)
16 28 "Mabel" Max and Harvey 19 January 2019 (2019-01-19)

Hacker meets Dr Chris and Dr Xand.

Celebrity guests: Max and Harvey & Mark Ferris
17 29 "Secret Life of Boys" The Wonderland 26 January 2019 (2019-01-26)

Hacker visits Dancing On Ice. This was the last episode to use Question Slime until it returned in January 2020

Celebrity guests: 4 O'Clock Club Cast & The Wonderland
18 30 "All" Jade Bird 2 February 2019 (2019-02-02)

A look back at the best bits of the series, including the Mashy Awards. Celebrity guests: Jade Bird, Naomi Wilkinson & Lauren Layfield.

Slimed Presenters Jonny Nelson and Yasmin Evans.

Series 3 (2020)

No. in
series
No. in
season
Star Behind Bars Music guest Original air date
1 31 TBA Yes Lad 1 February 2020 (2020-02-01)

Celebrity guests:

Gunged Celebrity:
2 32 TBA Unknown 8 February 2020 (2020-02-08)

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Gunged Celebrity:
3 33 TBA Unknown 15 February 2020 (2020-02-15)

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Gunged Celebrity:
4 34 TBA Unknown 22 February 2020 (2020-02-22)

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Gunged Celebrity:
5 35 TBA Unknown 29 February 2020 (2020-02-29)

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Gunged Celebrity:
6 36 TBA Unknown 7 March 2020 (2020-03-07)

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Gunged Celebrity:
7 37 TBA Unknown 14 March 2020 (2020-03-14)

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Gunged Celebrity:
8 38 "tbd" Unknown 21 March 2020 (2020-03-21)

Celebrity guests:

Gunged Celebrity:
9 39 TBA Unknown 28 March 2020 (2020-03-28)

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Gunged Celebrity:
10 40 TBA Unknown 4 April 2020 (2020-04-04)

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Gunged Celebrity:
11 41 TBA Unknown 14 November 2020 (2020-11-14)

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Gunged Celebrity:
12 42 TBA Unknown 21 November 2020 (2020-11-21)

Celebrity guests:

Gunged Celebrity:
13 43 TBA Unknown 28 November 2020 (2020-11-28)

Celebrity guests:

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Series 4 (2021)

The fourth series started on 24 April 2021

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