Sunlight Friday Live

Sunlight Friday Live (also known as SFL) is a British live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Archibald Richardson and developed by Antonio Mitchell. Based on by, Richardson served as the programme's showrunner. The show premiere was recorded at Liquidstorm Films on 15 July 1985, and premiered on 19 July on Sunlight Television, with 130 episodes airing over nine series from 1985 to 2003.

Like Saturday Night Live, the show's comedy sketches, which often parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members, with most of them being American and others being British. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers the opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, with featured performances by a musical guest. An episode normally begins with a cold open sketch that ends with someone breaking character and proclaiming, "Live from London, it's Sunlight Friday!", properly beginning the show. It stands out for its use of absurd situations, mixed with risqué and innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines. Live action segments were broken up with animations by the Canadian-born Jason Stanton, often merging with the live action to form segues.