Saturday Night Fry
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| Other names | Fry on Saturday |
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| Genre | comedy sketch show |
| Running time | 29 minutes |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
| TV adaptations | precursor to A Bit of Fry and Laurie |
| Hosted by | Stephen Fry |
| Starring | Jim Broadbent Emma Thompson Phyllida Law Robert Bathurst Julia Hills Alison Steadman Barry Cryer Hugh Laurie |
| Recording studio | Broadcasting House, London |
| Original release | 19 December 1987 – 4 June 1988 |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Opening theme | "Saturday Night Fish Fry" (Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five) |
Saturday Night Fry is a six-part comedy series on BBC Radio 4 that was broadcast between 30 April and 4 June 1988. The first episode had previously been broadcast as a pilot on 19 December 1987.
A different show of the same name aired on BBC Radio 4 in 1998, again hosted by Fry. This was a series of serious 45-minute debates interspersed with occasional sketches and pieces of music.