Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway started in hilarious fashion this evening as Alan Partridge cracked a cheeky joke about Cressida Dick. The comedy character, played by Steve Coogan, is this week's star guest announcer.
And he didn't take long to get the fun started on this week's episode, as he came out with a one-liner which saw the studio audience burst into laughter.
Pitching the Geordie double act an idea for a 'TV detective series set in the north east', he said: "Two TV tough guy detectives played by you guys, Alf and Dan. It's a little bit like The Wire, except it's called the Why Aye.
"I see you guys sliding over the bonnet of a car, probably something like a Vauxhall Nova. I'm playing the chief police commissioner. It's a little bit like Cressida Dick - a combination of Big Daddy and Cressida Dick - you could call me... Cressida Daddy."
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The joke, about Met Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick who resigned in February, had audience members and TV viewers in fits of laughter while Ant and Dec looked relieved that Partridge didn't get the names the wrong way around.
Later in the show, the Saturday Night Takeaway hosts also nervously chuckled as notoriously maverick Partridge cracked a funny at the end of the Kiddeoke segment.
The TV funnyman questioned about much the children in the segment were being paid - before making a reference to "that ferry company ITV guidelines" say he can't mention.
In this week's show, George Ezra will be the star 'end of the show show' act this evening.
In a very rare occurrence, Ant and Dec were forced to stop Saturday Night Takeaway last week after being hit by a series of technical issues. You can read more about that by clicking here.
One of the mistakes happened in the Happiest Minute of the Week (HMOTW) segment which celebrates people who have gone above and beyond to do special things. Their efforts are rewarded by Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly gifting them free holidays. The camera cut to the wrong household. The mix-up saw a family looked baffled and not celebrating, before cutting to another living room where the family was jumping up and down with excitement.
