EXCLUSIVE: Eagle-eyed Saturday Night Live UK fans may have spotted some starry consultants on the credits list last weekend.
Buried in the credits were two of the UK’s pre-eminent TV writers, Barbie star and Stath Lets Flats creator Jamie Demetriou and James Graham, the brains behind Sherwood, Dear England and Quiz.
The two are both listed as UK consultants on SNL UK, while Keri Powers and Javier Winnik, who work on the American version, are U.S. consultants. Demetriou and Graham are working across the full series, we understand.
Demetriou is plenty connected to the SNL UK team. He has worked in the past with head writer Daran Jonno Johnson and is close comedy compadres with Al Roberts, one of the writers, who plays his bestie in Stath Lets Flats, his triple-BAFTA-winning Channel 4 comedy. Roberts’ wife is Emma Sidi, one of the SNL UK cast
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