Saturday Live
TV Show| Title | Saturday Live |
| User score | 6.7 |
| Release date | Jan 25, 1986 |
| Release date of last episode | Apr 29, 1988 |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Director | Paul Jackson |
| Production country | GB |
| Production companies | LWT |
| Series status | Ended |
| Seasons count | 3 (List of episodes) |
| Episodes count | 30 |
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.
Latest episodes
List of episodesS3.E10 ∙ Episode 10
Apr 29, 1988
S3.E9 ∙ Episode 9
Apr 22, 1988
S3.E8 ∙ Episode 8
Apr 15, 1988
S3.E7 ∙ Episode 7
Apr 8, 1988
S3.E6 ∙ Episode 6
Apr 1, 1988
S3.E5 ∙ Episode 5
Mar 25, 1988
S3.E4 ∙ Episode 4
Mar 18, 1988
S3.E3 ∙ Episode 3
Mar 11, 1988
S3.E2 ∙ Episode 2
Mar 4, 1988
S3.E1 ∙ Episode 1
Feb 19, 1988
S2.E10 ∙ Episode 10
Apr 11, 1987
S2.E9 ∙ Episode 9
Apr 4, 1987
S2.E8 ∙ Episode 8
Mar 28, 1987
S2.E7 ∙ Episode 7
Mar 21, 1987
S2.E6 ∙ Episode 6
Mar 14, 1987
S2.E5 ∙ Lenny Henry
Mar 7, 1987
S2.E4 ∙ Episode 4
Feb 28, 1987
S2.E3 ∙ Episode 3
Feb 21, 1987
S2.E2 ∙ Episode 2
Feb 14, 1987
S2.E1 ∙ Episode 1
Feb 7, 1987
