Saturday Night Live UK Unveils Writing Team

SNL UK has revealed the full writing team for the upcoming series launching on March 21 on Sky and NOW.

The team consists of: Jonno Johnson; Charlie Skelton; Celya AB; Omar Badawy; Gráinne Maguire; Laura Claxton; Chris Cantrill; James Farmer; Humphrey Ker; Omodara Olatunji; Joseph Moore; Lorna Rose Treen; Hari Kanth; Louis Waymouth; Keith Akushie; Bella Hull; Ayo Adenekan; Nathan Foad; Al Roberts; and Ellie Fulcher.

Johnson, previously announced as head writer for the series, leads a team that blends seasoned professionals with emerging talent. Comedy writer and journalist, Skelton, serves as the ‘Weekend Update’ head writer.

“As SNL UK races towards launch our brilliant team of writers are already hard at work crafting some sublime and (importantly) funny sketches for our equally brilliant cast to perform,” said Phil Edgar Jones OBE, executive director of unscripted originals at Sky. “I’ve been lucky enough to attend a couple of table reads and I am delighted to report I cried laughing. We cannot wait to share the fun with a wider audience.”

“The number of funny, talented writers we have got to work on SNL UK is ludicrous,” said Johnson. “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.”