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UnknownChaser Mar 29, 2026 +84

I dont know all the the UK cast member name's yet, but I do like they reused the photo of the guy who dressed up as diana in the david attenborough's last supper skit as the photo for diana in the newspaper.

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godisanelectricolive Mar 29, 2026 +19

He’s called Jack Shep.

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Kylorenisbinks Mar 29, 2026 +19

And he was also Prince Andrew

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neotekz Mar 29, 2026 +122

Im happy those of us in the colonies can now see SNL on youtube.

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ChronosBlitz Mar 29, 2026 +84

F******. Brilliant. Prince William really did go from Prince Charming to Prince "he-looks-ok-for-his-age-I-guess."

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stepgib Mar 29, 2026 -18

It isn't funny in the slightest

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jackvill Mar 29, 2026 +32

Ok, that was pretty funny. The Fergie bit, lol

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spleeble Mar 29, 2026 +22

Reminds me of this Mitchell and Webb sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Irvuafg5GM

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Elbomac87 Mar 29, 2026 +30

That was really good!

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exophrine Mar 29, 2026 +31

I'm loving this UK flavor of SNL!

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jconn93 Mar 29, 2026 +108

Flavour*

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dem0nhunter Mar 29, 2026 +9

It adds its own color to the mix.

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AccomplishedMany1679 Mar 29, 2026 +32

Colour*

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worksnake Mar 29, 2026 +12

Comedy has become such a bland, gray landscape.

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dem0nhunter Mar 29, 2026 +25

Grey*

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Andrew1990M Mar 29, 2026 +5

Hadn’t realized it was spelt like that.

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cavedan12 Mar 29, 2026 +20

Realised*

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fla_john Mar 29, 2026 +1

This is fascinating. I'll have to analyze it closer when I have more time.

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ex0thermist Mar 29, 2026 -1

Something, something, aluminum.

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CrissBliss Mar 29, 2026 +14

It’s definitely got its own voice.

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AccomplishedMany1679 Mar 29, 2026 +23

Vuoice*

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seatoc Mar 29, 2026 -1

** Voiuce

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baguetteonmars Mar 29, 2026 +3

I watched the starmer one for last week and found it so funny (no actual gags at all), but this one is quite funny. Changed my opinion on a show just by two clips lol

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FosterFl1910 Mar 29, 2026 +6

Hilarious. Great timing as I just watched A Very Royal Scandal.

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Headbandallday Mar 29, 2026 +11

A well written cold open? How refreshing.

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BigMetalGuy Mar 29, 2026 +4

Feels like it could have been a normal sketch in the show, not the usual (very topical) cold opener.

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DaveShadow Mar 29, 2026 +10

I think the reality is that SNL in America can always rely on their circus to provide ample stuff for topical cold opens each week. But the circus in the UK is just rather….mundane in comparison. Which felt an issue last week. I loved last weeks show overall, but the Cold Open felt really forced. Like they felt obligated to do Starmer due to the format of the US show, but couldn’t point to a massive circus moment, so fell back on “he’s subservient to Trump”. Which doesn’t nessecarily work as the premise, as much as it’s a single line joke in what should be a bigger story. This was better cause it’s still relatively topical, though not tied to the specific week, and has an actual premise to the sketch.

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tomrichards8464 Mar 29, 2026 +1

Starmer's funniest bit recently was the prevarication over Iranian ballistic missile ranges, but that might be a bit niche.

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ObiWanKenbarlowbi Mar 29, 2026 +1

They did Starmer on Iran last week though, it’d be beating a dead horse a bit. Royal comedy is always good because they’re just a bizarre entity ripe for parody and you know it’s going to piss off some pearl clutching royalists. Hoping they get on Farage at some point.

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HappyT1984 Mar 29, 2026 +4

This was good - much better than last weeks

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chaosxq Mar 29, 2026 +3

Actually quite good!

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cjbev Mar 29, 2026 +2

Pretty good....pretttttyyyy good

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NBCMarketingTeam Mar 29, 2026 +1

So proud of these guys

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bostero2 Mar 29, 2026 +1

I’m so confused by this user, I don’t think they’re the real NBC Marketing Team…

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RickSpandex Mar 29, 2026

I hope they succeed and find the right formula. British tv comedy is pretty much non existent so this can’t harm it any further. So far it’s not doing anything for me, feels like try-hard student comedy but maybe that’s part of the charm and it’s going over my head. However seeing as sketch show/sitcom stuff is on its death bed these days, fair fucks to them for trying something “new”. I can’t sit through it but if enough others seem to be doing and it exceeds the low expectations then perhaps it’ll kickstart more tv bosses efforts into comedy again.

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Cogz45 Mar 29, 2026 +2

Loving the UK version of SNL. I was really worried it wouldn't be the same as the US version, but they have done such a good job with it. Hope everyone remembered to put their clocks forward.....

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Individual-Echo6076 Mar 29, 2026 +2

This week's episode was much better than last week's. I thought Doornan was a better person to host.

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silverbolt2000 Mar 29, 2026 -32

Another day, another SNL UK marketing push.

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PeeEssDoubleYou Mar 29, 2026 -17

I lasted 90 seconds and it didn't get funny. Absolute yankified tripe.

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dowker1 Mar 29, 2026 +18

>I lasted 90 seconds A new record for you.

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Frogad Mar 29, 2026 +1

maybe that's good, if you want the same old c*** just go watch f****** father ted and only fools and horses, or one of the 1000 seasons of taskmaster

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fla_john Mar 29, 2026 +1

Taskmaster does not deserve this stray

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NTBTSTU Mar 29, 2026 -58

F****** shit.

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ValleyFloydJam Mar 29, 2026 +4

Wow what insightful criticism.

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NTBTSTU Mar 29, 2026 -27

Tell me how insightful the morons posting “wow I love this” are.

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ValleyFloydJam Mar 29, 2026 +13

That's wound you up? It's not great but a bit of positivity doesn't hurt, it's a short clip and someone can judge for themselves if they like it. Just saying f****** shit is a tad boorish.

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NTBTSTU Mar 29, 2026 -13

If you don’t like me thinking it’s shit you can just f*** off. I’m not posting a comment for responses.

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ValleyFloydJam Mar 29, 2026 +11

So why are you posting a comment? On a forum, a place known for replies. Edit and the old Listnook coward move of a post and block, not replying is an option rather being that lame and desperate to have the last word.

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NTBTSTU Mar 29, 2026 -7

Because I saw something that was shit and had to post its shit. I didn’t say “this is shit, let me know if you agree”

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1voice92 Mar 29, 2026 +6

Yawn

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ranhalt Mar 29, 2026 +5

In 3 sentences, pitch a skit for SNL UK.

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tazzy100 Mar 29, 2026 +2

Two armed robbers in masks - starmer and Trump - rob a security van. They leave the cash and siphon the diesel. Netflix headquarters: the commision office have ran out of true crime stories. They fund serial killers in order to create new shows. Come Dine with Me style dinner party. But all the food has been supplied by Too Good to Go bags

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NTBTSTU Mar 29, 2026 -34

In 3 sentences, explain why I should. I’m not a sketch writer.

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coreoYEAH Mar 29, 2026 +32

That was only 2 sentences. You suck at this.

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NiceTrySuckaz Mar 29, 2026 -22

The British are out of ideas for comedy because they've arrested and silenced all of their talent. They decide to copy an American show as a last ditch effort. It doesn't go well.

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Next-Friendship-3542 Mar 29, 2026 +13

Can you tell us the names of those people who have allegedly been “arrested”?

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NiceTrySuckaz Mar 29, 2026 -18

Graham Linehan, arguably the greatest comedy writer from the UK of this millennium. Now let's go over the ones that have been silenced or ostracized for not being politically correct enough. That's weird, the list just says "all of them".

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irnbrumagic26 Mar 29, 2026 +11

Not from the UK though is he. Unless the last 100 years didn’t happen and Dublin is still British

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DaveShadow Mar 29, 2026 +2

No, no. As an Irishman, I insist, you guys can take him. We’re happy to let the Uk have him.

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NiceTrySuckaz Mar 29, 2026 -12

Fair enough on the technicality, he still was arrested in England and has created the best British comedy in modern history.

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bfsfan101 Mar 29, 2026 +6

How about listing just one other comedy writer who has been silenced or ostracised for not being politically correct enough? If the list is so huge.

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NiceTrySuckaz Mar 29, 2026 -1

They've all voiced problems with it. Look at how Richard Ayoade has bailed. Gervais working with the US pretty exclusively. Most of them don't even bother trying with British production these days because they know how tight restrictions are, especially when it comes to race and other touchy subjects where British comedy used to lead the way. I think the bigger challenge would be naming a really successful British comedy writer who still is making great comedy through British networks.

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FighterOfFoo Mar 29, 2026 +5

Steve Coogan.

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NiceTrySuckaz Mar 29, 2026 -1

Hey now, there's a good exception to the rule. John Oliver. The issue that's being danced around is that you guys know Britain has destroyed their own comedy scene through weird political correctness. Even the ones who have stayed are not able to produce the type of comedy that made British comedy so elite in its heyday, not by a long shot.

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Frogad Mar 29, 2026 +1

oh he's good at least, although again another old man

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bfsfan101 Mar 29, 2026 +5

If we’re talking people from the 2000s and further back: Steve Coogan, Stephen Merchant, David Mitchell, Julie Davis, the entire Ghosts crew, Tom Basden. That’s not mentioning the younger/newer comic writers stuff: Kat Sadler, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Jamie and Natasha Demetriou. There’s loads. Richard Ayoade still does loads of work in the UK so I don’t understand how he’s bailed? And Ricky Gervais didn’t go to America because he couldn’t make jokes about race, he went in the mid to late 2000s to make a Hollywood career because it paid him a lot more. He then came back and made Derek. He continues to work in America because it has made him infinitely rich.

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NiceTrySuckaz Mar 29, 2026 -1

Coogan is a good example of one who stayed, but by and large any of the others you've listed who have had global success in the last ten years didn't do it through restrictive British production, and that's no coincidence.

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HenrikLarssonist Mar 29, 2026 +2

wtf are you on about glue sniffer? You haven’t submitted one piece of evidence to back up your weird fucked up take, get off the internet and stop being brainwashed by right wing American social media. Just to remind you Trump got Steve Colbert show axed and tried to do same thing with Fallon, now both of them are already unfunny hacks however it highlights America is the one with this free speech issue.

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bfsfan101 Mar 29, 2026 +1

Who that I mentioned had more success in America? Maybe Tash Demetriou and Merchant. That isn’t because they could go make racist jokes, that’s because LA pays a shitload more than the UK.

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TheGloriousNugget Mar 29, 2026 +3

Name names beeotch, educate us .

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NiceTrySuckaz Mar 29, 2026

Already been discussed homie

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Next-Friendship-3542 Mar 29, 2026 +2

These days, if you say you’re transphobic you’ll be arrested and thrown in jail. These days. (IYKYK)

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knockingatthegate Mar 29, 2026 +1

Hi, Graham!

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ObiWanKenbarlowbi Mar 29, 2026 +1

What’s the last bit of great comedy writing he’s produced?

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ignore_me_im_high Mar 29, 2026 -33

You can push this as hard as you want but it won't stop it being shite.

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Additional_Option374 Mar 29, 2026 -6

Pedant here...would a prince be called Majesty?

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Over-Cod1289 Mar 29, 2026 -13

A British show with a cold open is wild. Didn't watch live so I don't known but is it an actual cold open like on American TV, where it just jumps straight in from the ads? Imagine it would be quite strange for British and Irish audiences if so.

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threewholefish Mar 29, 2026 +5

Doctor Who's been doing it since 2005.

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Escapedtothecountry Mar 29, 2026 +4

We’ve been watching US programmes for a long time now!

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Frogad Mar 29, 2026 +4

why would it be strange? a cold open is a common concept, also we have ads on uk tv especially things like sky. Even ITV has ads, if it was on BBC it'd cut from ads showing bbc shows before it switched over.

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bostero2 Mar 29, 2026 +2

It is, but I don’t think it’s jarring the break between your Fairy platinum ads and the start of the sketch is pretty obvious…

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