Saturday Night time Reside UK has introduced its high artistic workforce forward of the collection launching subsequent 12 months.
An American popular culture establishment, SNL launched the careers of stars together with Invoice Murray, Tina Fey, Eddie Murphy, Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell – and now a “new generation” of British comedians is about to be solid within the first UK spin-off on Sky.
Whereas the present’s stars are but to be revealed, particulars of the artistic workforce behind it have now been introduced.
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Kim Kardashian hosted the present in 2021. Pic: Sky UK/NBC
Two-time Emmy winner James Longman will function lead producer, BAFTA winner and dwell broadcast specialist Liz Clare will direct the collection, whereas author, comic and composer Daran Jonno Johnson takes on the function of head author.
Longman’s credit embody The Late Late Present With James Corden, for which he produced well-known sketches with stars and notable figures together with Sir Paul McCartney, Oprah Winfrey, Tom Cruise after which president Joe Biden.
He additionally labored on the Mates reunion particular in 2021 and hit UK reveals corresponding to By no means Thoughts The Buzzcocks, Alan Carr: Chatty Man, The F Phrase and The Friday Night time Challenge.
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L-R: James Longman, Liz Clare, Daran Jonno Johnson. Pic: Sky UK
Clare’s directing credit embody An Viewers With Adele, The Brits and MTV awards ceremonies, Glastonbury, the BAFTAs and reveals corresponding to The Voice UK and Britain’s Bought Expertise, whereas Johnson, who’s a part of the acclaimed sketch group SHEEPS, has written for reveals together with Wedding ceremony Season for Disney+, Siblings for the BBC and Rose d’Or winner Parlement for France.TV.
Saturday Night time Reside UK marks the primary time the US producers have tailored the present, which celebrated 50 years on air earlier this 12 months, for a British viewers.
Channel 4 ran a number of collection of an analogous programme on Saturday and Friday nights within the Eighties, that includes comedians like Ben Elton and Harry Enfield, however it was domestically produced.
‘Quite a lot of large US comedy is stolen from the UK’
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Pete Davidson at SNL’s fiftieth anniversary celebrations. Pic: Janet Mayer/INSTARimages/Cowl Pictures/AP Feb 2025
Talking in the summertime throughout promotion for The Pickup, Davidson stated: “I think it’s a smart idea to have SNL over there because… not that it’s a different brand of comedy, but it is a little bit.
“Quite a lot of the most important stuff that is within the States is stuff that we stole from you guys, like The Workplace or actually something Ricky Gervais does… there’s simply tonnes of nice comedy over there. Jimmy Carr is a good stand-up.”
Also highlighting Jack Whitehall, he continued: “I feel something that is nice over there, we simply type of steal… and it does not appear to be the opposite method round. That is the primary time I’ve ever heard something American going to the UK, so I feel it is nice.”
Producers say the UK collection will observe the identical format as the unique, that includes “a new generation of comedy players in the core cast, alongside guest hosts and musical performances”.
The UK present will likely be overseen by US producer Lorne Michaels. Alongside along with his manufacturing firm Broadway Video, which has made The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon and 30 Rock, the present will likely be led by UK manufacturing workforce Common Tv Various Studio.
Saturday Night time Reside UK will likely be broadcast on Sky Max and streaming service NOW in 2026.
