First ‘SNL U.K.’ Weekend Update Takes Aim at Former Prince Andrew: His New Residence, Marsh Farm, Is ‘Named After the Nearby Marsh Where His Body Will Be Found’

Ania is a perfect choice for this!

Everybody "This british remake of SNL will be dull and uninspired" British SNL "The prince will be murdered and found in a swamp"

Is that Ania? Happy for her

> Hosts Ania Magliano and Paddy Young did not hold back as they took aim at the disgraced royal, who was arrested by the U.K. police in February on suspicion of misconduct in public office after the release of the Epstein files. > “Coming up on Weekend Update: pedophilia. But first, war!” Magliano said as the segment kicked off, eliciting laughter from the live audience > After several Iran War-related and Al Nash guesting as a war-hungry Captain Birdseye, the focus was back on the former prince. “Renovations to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s new home, Marsh Farm, have been taking place over the last month, including the installation of Sky TV. So, if you’re watching this Andrew, hello! You’re not gonna like this next bit. Also, I’m older than I look,” Magliano joked, adding: “Andrew’s new residence, Marsh Farm, is of course named after the nearby marsh where his body will be found.” > Next, it was Young’s turn. “It was reported this week that the police investigation into Andrew is set to widen,” he said. “The big question now is, if Andrew is charged, found guilty and put in prison, will he be able to keep his mouth shut? I hope not, said his cellmate’s p****.” > Another winning joke took on the U.K.’s other royal family: the Beckhams. “Feuding father and son David and Brooklyn Beckham narrowly missed each other whilst at the same Beverly Hills hotel,” Young began. “The feud began when Victoria was, quote, ‘inappropriately’ close with her son at his wedding, and escalated after Brooklyn accidentally yelled out his wife’s name during sex with his mum.”

Just finished watching the first episode, I really liked it - not every sketch was great obviously, but there were more hits than misses and overall it was probably at least as good as the average British sketch show (definitely better than Mitchell and Webb's latest sketch show at least, and better than American SNL which is lucky to have one good sketch per episode from what I've seen). The cast seems good but some cast members were featured *way* more than others in this episode so I hope future episodes give them all a chance to shine

I discovered Ania through Taskmaster and it is very strange seeing her with her hair straightened out.

Fouracres is going to be a star

The world needs to never again forget how funny the British are

It used to be so much better when I was younger.

Ania is excellent and I am pleased she is landing a big gig here

British comedy can go real dark at times. Pretty sure Frankie Boyle's show would be unbroadcastable in America. Mocking the royals is only shocking if you never watch British comedy. There was a whole sitcom called the Windors mocking them and plenty of British comedians got royals jokes.

A much darker gag than I thought they'd go for!

As soon as they brought out Graham Norton I was like 'oh, this might have legs'.

What channel is this on?

I can’t wait to not get the jokes.

Life is unfair. That dude is hot as hell *and* funny on top off that.

JFC that got dark fast

This stuff is generally par for the course in the UK. For one of his Promethiad specials five or six years ago, Frankie Boyle went on a long spiel about how Prince Philip was planning to project his soul into Princess Charlotte's body, transfer her soul into a regimental goat, and then serve the Royal Family a delicious goat curry. He also did a long monologue on New World Order about going on a drug fuelled bender after slaughtering a goat with a hand axe to read the future in its intestines, because he was worried about the future of the trucking industry as a big investor in human trafficking.

I found Weekend Update to be okay, but a little safe. I'm not sure either host is suited to it.

Why did they wait until 2026 to create a UK version? Edit: I see I'm mistaken, but I'm not taking my comment down. I own my stupid musings.

Imagine if they did a version of bill swerskis superfans

Why can't the US SNL be this dark and gloves off? They've practically normalized Trump and made him just this silly man we shrug at as he destroys our country. 

Can someone step through the mechanics of why it’s a funny joke?

Just what the UK needs, more shit US imports.

I first came across Ania on Taskmaster, and it feels so unusual to see her with straightened hai

Don't we in the UK have any original ideas for TV shows anymore?

Every family has a Fredo. Andrew Mountbatten is the Windsor family’s Fredo as I am the Fredo in my family.

I really wanted this to be good, quite disappointing with the hack Starmer "I'm gay btw" bit

I'm not a fan of these late night shows, they've never appealed to me. This includes SNL. On the Conan show, I did find the Jordan and Conan segments funny at first, but it went on for too long. 

Does the UK have to copy every single thing the USA does?