Following last month's cast announcement, Saturday Night Live U.K. has revealed its writing team, led by head writer Jonno Johnson. The lineup features alumni from shows like Welcome to Wrexham and The Late Late Show. The series premieres March 21 on Sky Max and NOW.
Saturday Night Live U.K., the British spin-off of the iconic American sketch comedy series, has finalized its writing staff ahead of its March 21 premiere on Sky Max and NOW.
Head writer Jonno Johnson, known for Parlement, leads the team. He shared: “The number of funny, talented writers we have got to work on ‘SNL’ U.K. is ludicrous. Some of them have been doing this for years, some of them it’s their first ever writing job. All of them make me giddy to come to work each day. Could not imaginably feel luckier that we get to make this show together.”
The writers include Celya AB (James Acaster’s Springleaf), Omar Badawy (So You Think You’re Funny winner), Gráinne Maguire (The Last Leg), Laura Claxton (Never Mind The Buzzcocks), Chris Cantrill (Alma’s Not Normal), James Farmer (8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown), Humphrey Ker (Welcome to Wrexham), Omodara Olatunji (Say! Less!), Joseph Moore (Two Hearts), Lorna Rose Treen (Chortle’s Best Sketch Act Award), Hari Kanth (Horrible Science), Louis Waymouth (The Late Late Show with James Corden), Keith Akushie (Siblings), Bella Hull (Have I Got News For You), Ayo Adenekan (ISH Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer for Black Mediocrity), Nathan Foad (Newark, Newark), Al Roberts (Stath Lets Flats), and Ellie Fulcher (Eat The Rich (but maybe not me mates x) for Soho Theatre).
Charlie Skelton (8 Out of 10 Cats) heads Weekend Update. Sky’s director of unscripted originals, Phil Edgar-Jones, noted the team's early work on sketches has produced laughs in table reads.
Produced by Universal Television Alternative Studio’s U.K. team and Broadway Video, with Lorne Michaels as executive producer, James Longman as lead producer, and Liz Clare as director.
