Saturday Night Live is surely only funny if you’re American. Can a UK spinoff really make Britain laugh? | Emma Brockes

Saturday Night Live is surely only funny if you’re American. Can a UK spinoff really make Britain laugh? | Emma Brockes

Forget the kneejerk negativity. If the sketch show’s British talent strikes the right tone, Saturday night comedy could become a family ritual A strong contender for the most depressing four words in the English language – after “I’ve started a Substack”, obviously – is the formulation, “topical sketch comedy show”, a line that will yank many of us back to painful memories of late night Channel 4 in the 90s. British telly has never excelled at this live comedy format, or maybe, depending on y...

By Emma Brockes