Saturday Live

Hosted by Lenny Henry, musical performances by Style Council and Slade. Comedy from Chris Barrie, 20th Century Coyote (Raw Sex), Robbie Coltrane, Andy De La Tour, French & Saunders, Carla Mendonca, Christopher Ryan, Mel Smith.

Before branching out into A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie brought their brand of sharply satirical, brilliantly eccentric humour to bear on a number of pressing topics on both Saturday Live and Friday Night Live. This compilation features such treasures as a mini-lecture on why ‘Size Doesn’t Count’, the pitfalls of ‘Buying a Hedge’, and why we should all ‘Carpe Diem’ before saying ‘Byeee’...

Harry Enfield unleashed a trio of comic characters on Saturday Live and Friday Night Live: Greek café-owner and Arsenal supporter Stavros, the hilariously monstrous Loadsamoney – the Cockney plasterer and millionaire-in-the-making who propelled Enfield to comedy superstar status – and, occasionally, his lesser-spotted and hardier Geordie adversary, Buggerallmoney. While Loadsamoney never missed a chance to fl ash his cash, Buggerallmoney settled for smoking tabs (sometimes three at a time, mind!). Just don’t mention Luton Town FC…

Ben Elton’s unstoppable monologues on a variety of topics delighted audiences for the classic comedy showcase throughout the later 1980s. Whatever the subject, ‘Motormouth’ Elton usually delivered a turbo-charged rant about it – be it the evils of Thatcherism, Yuppies, Clause 28 or nuclear power. This compilation features the sparkly-suited stand-up legend and Blackadder co-writer in fine form.

Series examining the work of comedians who began their careers on Channel 4. This programme looks back to the mid-eighties when the comedy showcases Saturday Live and Friday Night Live caught the public's imagination and made household names out of the compere Ben Elton, and Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Harry Enfield, and Jo Brand.

A special one-off edition of the comedy variety show, Saturday Live to celebrate its 21st Anniversary.