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Saturday Live

★ 7.3 138 votes 1985–1988 3 seasons · 31 episodes Ended Channel 4
Starring
Harry EnfieldHugh LaurieStephen FryRik MayallAdrian EdmondsonJosie Lawrence
Starring
Harry EnfieldHugh LaurieStephen FryRik MayallAdrian EdmondsonJosie Lawrence
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About

Saturday Live was a British television comedy and music show broadcast by Channel 4 from 1985 to 1987, and in 1988 as Friday Night Live. Influenced by the American show Saturday Night Live, it was produced by Paul Jackson. The series made stars of Ben Elton, Harry Enfield, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, and featured appearances by Patrick Marber, Morwenna Banks, Chris Barrie, Emo Philips, Craig Ferguson, Craig Charles and many others. The show featured comic duo Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall in their act The Dangerous Brothers. All episodes were transmitted live, although some material was pre-recorded. Recordings of shows were edited into compilation repeats, retitled Saturday Almost Live. The show was succeeded by Friday Night Live, a shorter and slightly more tightly-formatted show with Elton as the permanent host, which ran for a single series in 1988. The show's titles consisted of reforming clay animations, highly comparable to early MTV idents.

All Seasons

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Series 21987
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Friday Night Live1988
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The third series, Friday Night Live, renamed to reflect its scheduling move to the titular day, is the last of the programme's original iteration. Shorter and slightly more tightly formatted show, it retained Ben Elton as permanent host.

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Ben Elton Self - Host, Self
Harry Enfield Stavros, Loadsamoney, Buggerallmoney
Hugh Laurie Jimmy Swaggart, Stuart
Stephen Fry Gordon, Self
Rik Mayall Richard Dangerous, 20th Century Coyote (Using Raw Sex)
Adrian Edmondson Sir Adrian Dangerous, 20th Century Coyote
Stephen Frost Self
Mark Arden Self
Josie Lawrence Florence from Cradley, Self
Moray Hunter Donald

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