The After Life and PRU star and comic recounts her love of anarchic late night live TV, from Friday Night Live to The Word
There was a lot more live telly on when I was growing up in the 80s. It all seemed to come to an end once the likes of Shaun Ryder, Jarvis Cocker and Julian Clary had said too many swearwords on the shows.
The programme that really encapsulated the live spirit for me when I was a kid was Friday Night Live. It was this anarchic live show of sketches and comedy hosted by Ben Elton. I watched it every week – if my mum and dad had friends round for drinks or dinner, I’d have the telly on in my room – it was a portable one you could pick up and carry upstairs.
