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SNL UK mocks Ed Sheeran over Macklemore row in Charles and Diana sketch

The show poked fun at Ed Sheeran’s stance on the Middle East war.

Evening Standard · Sep 20

Saturday Night Live UK review – Jeff Goldblum will do anything for attention

3/5 As the sketch show returns for a second season, its cast is growing in confidence but it still feels a bit doomed

The Independent UK · Sep 13

‘It’s like failing your driving test every week’: SNL UK stars on returning to one of the most brutal jobs in comedy

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: Despite some early scepticism, the UK’s first series of the legendary live sketch show was a joyous success. As it returns for a second run, its cast tell Lauren Morris about the high-octane nature of putting on a fresh, punchy night of entertainment every Saturday night

The Independent UK · Sep 12

Show me the funny: essential comedy at Edinburgh fringe 2026

Elf Lyons mixes humour and heartbreak, Frank Skinner works the crowd, Kristen Schaal returns with a secret – and one man sings the same song over and over again

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30

Saturday Night Live UK’s Jack Shep: ‘Lads shouted Diana at me in the street – it was hot’

INTERVIEW: The ‘Saturday Night Live UK’ breakout comic blew up with his star turn on the Sky sketch show. He tells Lauren Morris about newfound fame, his football coaching career and his thoughts on Keir Starmer

The Independent UK · May 12

Aimee Lou Wood turns ‘mean’ SNL teeth joke on its head in promo for UK show

‘Sex Education’ star is hosting UK show, one year after US sketch series made fun of her appearance in parody skit

The Independent UK · Apr 29

People were rooting for SNL UK to fail – a huge swell of fan and comedian support might save it

Viewers had been ‘frothing at the mouth for SNL UK to fail’, show writer Bella Hull told The Independent

The Independent UK · Mar 23

Saturday Night Live UK review – Some hits, some misses, and a bang-on Princess Di impression

3/5 First ever British edition of iconic American show was hosted by Tina Fey and included gags about Starmer, Attenborough and ‘Come Dine With Me’

The Independent UK · Mar 22

SNL UK's lead producer James Longman: ‘We need comedy more than ever in this rough world’

The Sky series will air from London on Saturday at 10pm, with SNL stalwart Tina Fey hosting the opening episode

Evening Standard · Mar 21

New SNL UK Trailer Goes Viral Thanks To Tina Fey’s Brutal Epstein Files Joke While Dressed As Mary Poppins

Netizens were divided after Tina Fey appeared in a teaser sketch to promote the upcoming launch of the UK edition of “Saturday Night Live.”

Bored Panda · Mar 18