Saturday Night Fry
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Saturday Night Fry is a six-part comedy series on BBC Radio 4 that was broadcast between 30 April and 4 June 1988. The first episode had previously been broadcast as a pilot on 19 December 1987.[1]
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Other names | Fry on Saturday |
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Genre | comedy sketch show |
Running time | 29 minutes |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Language(s) | English |
Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
TV adaptations | precursor to A Bit of Fry and Laurie |
Hosted by | Stephen Fry |
Starring | Jim Broadbent Emma Thompson Phyllida Law Robert Bathurst Julia Hills Alison Steadman Barry Cryer Hugh Laurie |
Recording studio | Broadcasting House, London |
Original release | 19 December 1987 (1987-12-19) ā 4 June 1988 (1988-06-04) |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Opening theme | "Saturday Night Fish Fry" (Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five) |
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A different show of the same name aired on BBC Radio 4 in 1998, again hosted by Fry. This was a series of serious 45-minute debates interspersed with occasional sketches and pieces of music.