EXCLUSIVE : Saturday Night Live UK is cranking into life with the official appointment of its top creative team.

Daran Jonno Johnson, who helped pen Disney+ series Wedding Season , has joined the Sky series as head writer. Liz Clare, an experienced live TV director behind events including the BAFTA Film Awards, has been hired as series director.

They will be joined by James Longman , executive producer of The Late Late Show with James Corden , who will become SNL UK ‘s lead producer. Deadline first reported in April that Longman would effectively run the sketch series, while he was confirmed in the role by Sky entertainment boss Phil Edgar-Jones during the Edinburgh TV Festival.

SNL creator Lorne Michaels’ name will be above the door of the UK version, but Longman wi

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