- Title: TFI Friday
- Date: 6th June 1996
- Summary: ONCE AGAIN HOT LIPS INTRODUCED THE SHOW AND THE WEEKEND OF THE START OF THE UEFA CHAMPIONSHIPS. TO CELEBRATE THIS TFI HAD A DECIDEDLY FOOTBALL FEEL TO IT WITH FOOTBALL SHIRTS DONNING THE BAR (AND EVEN CARDBOARD JARVIS HIMSELF). AFTER AN OPENING NUMBER FROM STING, LAST WEEK'S MYSTERY GIRL WAS FINALLY NAMED AND INTRODUCED IN THE BAR, FOLLOWED BY A VISION ON STYLE GALLERY OF POLLAROIDS IN HER SELECTED OUTFITS. TONY HART HIMSELF THEN MADE A QUICK APPEARANCE WITH USES OF GLUE AND SAWDUST. GEORGE BEST CONTINUED THE TRADITION OF APPEARING AT THE WINDOW BUT FLYING THE FLAG OF HIS TOP THREE TEAMS TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP. JACK CHARLTON THEN CAME ON TO DISCUSS, OF COURSE, FOOTBALL AND THE 1966 WORLD CUP. IN PART 2 THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE BAR HAD BEEN LOST SO CHRIS RESORTED TO ATMOSPHERE IN A CAN TO BRING IT BACK. RONNIE FRASER REINACTED THE DAY STING LEFT THE POLICE WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY MUSIC FROM SPACE. STING HIMSELF THEN CAME TO BE INTERVIEWED AND AFTER REMINISING OVER THE TRIUMPH BRA AD DID A SPECIAL ACOUSTIC VERSION OF MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GINGER GRAND PRIX CLOSED PART 2 AND OPENED PART 3. WE THEN HAD A LOOK AT CHRIS' DREAM FROM THE PREVIOUS NIGHT WHICH FEATURED ROBERT SMITH, OR WAS IT MIKE SMITH? ANOTHER APPEARANCE FROM GEORGE BEST THEN STING CLOSED THE SHOW WITH LITHIUM SUNSET.
- Collection: Channel 4
- Transmission Date:07/06/1996
- Decade: 1990s