Saturday Live (1985)

Genre

comedy

Country

United Kingdom

Length

3 seasons, 30 episodes

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a British comedy and music sketch show from the 1980s that brought together a rotating cast of stand-up comedians and musical guests. It was modeled on the American Saturday Night Live and helped launch the careers of several well-known British comedians.

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What happens

Saturday Live (retitled Friday Night Live for the 1988 series and 2022 one-off special) is a British television comedy and music show, made by LWT and initially broadcast on Channel 4 from 1985 to 1988, with a brief revival on ITV in 1996. A few one-off editions have also been screened sporadically, including a contribution to the BBC's 1993 Comic Relief telethon. It was based on the American sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live but otherwise had no direct connection to the show. The series made stars of Ben Elton and Harry Enfield, and featured appearances (in some cases first television appearances) by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, Patrick Marber, Morwenna Banks, Chris Barrie, Julian Clary, Emo Philips, Tracey Ullman, Craig Ferguson, Sam Kinison, Craig Charles, Josie Lawrence and many others. The pilot show and first series featured comic duo Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall in their act The Dangerous Brothers each week. The introductory theme was an original composition by Paul Hardcastle. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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