Saturday Live

6.7/10 • 1986

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.

Genre

Comedy

Country

Released

Jan 25, 1986

Cast

Ben Elton Harry Enfield Stephen Fry Hugh Laurie Rik Mayall Adrian Edmondson

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Seasons & Episodes

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Saturday Live

Pilot - Lenny Henry

Season 0 • Episode 1

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Saturday Live

The Best of Saturday Live

Season 0 • Episode 2

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Saturday Live

Saturday Almost Live 1 - Episode 1

Season 0 • Episode 3

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Saturday Live

Saturday Almost Live 1 - Episode 2

Season 0 • Episode 4

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Saturday Live

Saturday Almost Live 1 - Episode 3

Season 0 • Episode 5

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Saturday Live

Saturday Almost Live 1 - Episode 4

Season 0 • Episode 6

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Saturday Live

Saturday Almost Live 1 - Episode 5

Season 0 • Episode 7

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Saturday Live

Saturday Almost Live 1 - Episode 6

Season 0 • Episode 8

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Saturday Live

Saturday Almost Live 2 - Episode 1

Season 0 • Episode 9

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Saturday Live

Saturday Almost Live 2 - Episode 2

Season 0 • Episode 10

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Saturday Live

Saturday Almost Live 2 - Episode 3

Season 0 • Episode 11

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Saturday Live

Saturday Almost Live 2 - Episode 4

Season 0 • Episode 12

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Saturday Live

Saturday Almost Live 2 - Episode 5

Season 0 • Episode 13

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Saturday Live

Saturday Almost Live 2 - Episode 6

Season 0 • Episode 14

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Saturday Live

Saturday Almost Live 2 - Episode 7

Season 0 • Episode 15

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Saturday Live

Saturday Almost Live 2 - Episode 8

Season 0 • Episode 16

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Saturday Live

Saturday Live Again

Season 0 • Episode 17

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Saturday Live

Saturday Live: The Best of Series 1 (Part 1)

Season 0 • Episode 18

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Saturday Live

Saturday Live: The Best of Series 1 (Part 2)

Season 0 • Episode 19

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Saturday Live

Saturday Live: The Best of Series 2 (Part 1)

Season 0 • Episode 20

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Saturday Live

Saturday Live: The Best of Series 2 (Part 2)

Season 0 • Episode 21

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Saturday Live

The Very Best of Friday Night Live (Part 1)

Season 0 • Episode 22

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Saturday Live

The Very Best of Friday Night Live (Part 2)

Season 0 • Episode 23

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Saturday Live

Saturday Live: Fry and Laurie, Harry Enfield and Ben Elton (Part 1)

Season 0 • Episode 24

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Saturday Live

Saturday Live: Fry and Laurie, Harry Enfield and Ben Elton (Part 2)

Season 0 • Episode 25

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Saturday Live

Saturday Live: Fry and Laurie, Harry Enfield and Ben Elton (Part 3)

Season 0 • Episode 26

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Saturday Live

Friday Night Live (Channel 4's 40th anniversary show)

Season 0 • Episode 27

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