Before the launch of SNL UK at 10pm, read this history of the US original https://www.chortle.co.uk/features/2026/03/20/60154/the_troubled_history_of_saturday_night_live?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Saturday catch-up: The troubled history of Saturday Night Live https://www.chortle.co.uk/features/2026/03/20/60154/the_troubled_history_of_saturday_night_live?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Weekend catch-up: How to fix the Oscars monologue, according to Ray Nielsen https://www.chortle.co.uk/correspondents/2026/03/19/60143/how_to_fix_the_oscars_monologue?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Weekend catch-up: Matt Berry and Richard Ayoade have joined the Sonic The Hedgehog universe. https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2026/03/19/60146/matt_berry%C2%A0and%C2%A0richard_ayoade_join_sonic_the_hedgehog_4?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Weekend catch-up: Last One Laughing is to return for a third series and a Halloween special. https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2026/03/19/60149/third_series_%E2%80%93_and_a_halloween_special_%E2%80%93%C2%A0for_last_one_laughing?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Weekend catch-up: SNL UK faces an uphill battle, says William Garbett https://www.chortle.co.uk/correspondents/2026/03/19/60145/saturday_night_live_uk_faces_an_uphill_battle?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Weekend catch-up: 'I didn't care if people didn't like me as long as they were looking at me' – Sara Pascoe on her childhood determination to be famous https://www.chortle.co.uk/features/2026/03/18/60138/i_didnt_care_if_people_didnt_like_me_as_long_as_they_were_looking_at_me?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Weekend catch-up: Comedian and performance artist Kim Noble has written a memoir in graphic novel form https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2026/03/17/60124/kim_noble_writes_autobiographical_graphic_novel?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Weekend catch-up: Three homes owned by Sean Hughes have been given to a homeless charity after more than eight years in legal limbo. https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2026/03/18/60130/sean_hughess_homes_given_to_shelter?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Weekend catch-up: Sky has released the first still from the set of the TV adaptation of Frankie Boyle’s novel Meantime – confirming that James McAvoy will be taking the lead role. https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2026/03/18/60135/filming_starts_on_frankie_boyles_meantime?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon