Saturday Night Live UK has made three major creative appointments, naming Pauli Lovejoy as Musical Director, Annie Hardinge as Costume Designer, and Kevin Fortune as Head of Wigs, Hair & Make-Up.

Lorne Michaels, creator and Executive Producer of the original NBC series, leads as Executive Producer on “Saturday Night Live UK”.

The announcement follows recent news that James Longman (Lead Producer), Liz Clare (Director) and Daran Jonno Johnson (Head Writer) will lead the show’s production, direction and writing teams.

Pauli Lovejoy was touring musical director and percussionist for Harry Styles’ global Love On Tour for over two years. As a Musical Director, his credits span Jamie xx, FKA twigs, Maggie Rogers, Charlie Puth, Lizzo and currently Florence + The Machine. He has also toured as drummer for Damon Albarn, Robyn, Sampha and Bobby Womack. he was the first artist to perform at The Sphere, serving as Atomic MC/DJ for U2’s 40-night inaugural residency.

Annie Hardinge’s film credits include “Shaun Of The Dead” and “Hot Fuzz” and she has designed the costumes for cult comedy shows, such as the “Blackadder” series and “The Mighty Boosh”, as well as numerous Television Drama series, and she worked closely with Lesley Manville in creating her iconic looks in Anthony Horowitz’s series “Magpie Murders” and “Moonflower Murders”. She has won five Royal Television Society awards, an American ACE award and is a two-time BAFTA nominee. Her work has been featured in British Vogue and in 2019 her costume illustrations were included in the ECA’75 Exhibition at the Dundas Street Gallery in Edinburgh.

Kevin Fortune is co-founder of the Kevin Fortune Hairstyling Academy and his credits include Hair & Make-Up Designer for Netflix series “Master of None: Moments in Love” and acting as Head Hair Designer for SAULT’s “Acts of Faith” 2023 live event, where he led, and directed a creative team of more than 100 stylists. In 2023, he made his Opera-design debut, credited as Wigs, Hair & Make-up designer for English National Opera’s all-black cast production “Blue”. English National Ballet commissions Kevin to design wigs for principal dancers across major productions, such as “Cinderella” and “The Nutcracker”.

“SNL UK” will be produced by Universal Television Alternative Studio’s UK production team and Broadway Video for Sky and NOW. UTAS UK Productions is overseen by Managing Director Helen Kruger Bratt. Shanna Baynard is the Executive in Charge of Production; Andy Charles Smith is the Lead Producer for UTAS UK Productions alongside Sam Salter, Production Executive. SNL UK is commissioned by Phil Edgar-Jones, Executive Director of Unscripted Originals and Lisa Clark is Commissioning Executive at Sky, for Cecile Frot-Coutaz, CEO of Sky Studios & Chief Content Officer for Sky.