Saturday Live (1986 - 1988)

Scripted TV Show
Audience Score
65
Saturday Live
NR January 25th, 1986Comedy3 Seasons, 30 Episodes
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

Friday Night Live

Friday Night Live

Feb 19, 1988
Series 2

Series 2

Feb 7, 1987
Series 1

Series 1

Jan 25, 1986
Specials

Specials

Jan 12, 1985

TV Show Details

Air Date:January 25th, 1986

Last Air Date:April 29th, 1988

Network:Channel 4
Status:Ended

Genres:Comedy

Original Language:English
Production Companies:LWT