American comedy institution Saturday Night Live has ventured into British comedy with Saturday Night Live UK on Sky One but did it land its comic punches?
SNL UK's first cold open was based around a sketch about Prime Minister Keir Starmer trying to pluck up the courage to talk to US President Donald Trump but was it funny enough?
Graham Norton made a cameo appearance during guest host Tina Fey's Saturday Night Live UK opening monologue.
Saturday Night Live UK cast members Ania Magliano and Paddy Young gave Weekend Update the British comedy treatment but did their delivery stick a little too rigidly to the US formula?
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