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TV & Satellite Week
|October 15, 2022
Ben Elton is back to host a revival of the groundbreaking 1980s comedy show
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Friday Night Live
Between 1985 and 1988, C4’s comedy show Saturday Live which later became Friday Night Live was must-watch TV and made household names out of comedians such as Harry Enfield, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, as well as sparkly suit-wearing motormouth host Ben Elton.
Now, as part of C4’s 40th birthday celebrations, the show is being revived with a one-off special, compéred once again by Elton, and featuring Enfield, other comedy legends from the original series, plus some up-andcoming comedians.
Here, Elton, 63, who has gone on to write The Thin Blue Line and Upstart Crow, tells us about the show’s return...
This story is from the October 15, 2022 edition of TV & Satellite Week.
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