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Saturday Live

  • TV Series
  • 1985–1988
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Saturday Live (1985)
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Saturday Live brought the late 1980s UK alternative comedy circuit to Channel 4. Some of comedy's most iconic characters made their debut such as Ben Elton, Harry Enfield, Rik Mayall, Adrian... Read allSaturday Live brought the late 1980s UK alternative comedy circuit to Channel 4. Some of comedy's most iconic characters made their debut such as Ben Elton, Harry Enfield, Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.Saturday Live brought the late 1980s UK alternative comedy circuit to Channel 4. Some of comedy's most iconic characters made their debut such as Ben Elton, Harry Enfield, Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.

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    • Ben Elton
    • Harry Enfield
    • Hugh Laurie
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    • Stars
      • Ben Elton
      • Harry Enfield
      • Hugh Laurie
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    • 1986–1988
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    • 1985–1986
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    • 1986
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    • 1986
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    • 1988
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    • 1988
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    • 1988
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    10Metal_Robots

    First saw this as "Friday Night Live"

    I remember as a kid watching Ben Elton in The Man From Auntie, and I vaguely remember seeing him in Friday Night Live before that but I had no idea it started as "Saturday Live" until looking it up just now.

    British comedy was fantastic back then, so many names like Rik Mayall and Harry Enfield and Chris Barrie making great shows like Bottom, The Harry Enfield Show and Red Dwarf. I miss those days a lot.

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      The show launched the careers of comedians Ben Elton, Harry Enfield, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.
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      Edited into Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger (1986)

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      • January 12, 1985 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
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      • English
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      • Friday Night Live
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      • Channel 4 Television Corporation
      • London Weekend Television (LWT)
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