‘SNL U.K.’ Cast on Wanting ‘Bigger Swings and Some Sex Sketches’ in Season 2, Bloody Backstage Mishaps and if Jack Shep’s Princess Diana Will Return

By Alex Ritman

Alex Ritman

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“SNL U.K.” returns to screens on Sep 12 for season 2, Sky’s high-profile U.S. import splashing down into Britain’s nascent live TV sketch show waters for a second time.

But while the first season of the show was largely pre-empted by cock-eyed curiosity, not to mention a large dose of classic British skepticism, season two arrives having already largely proven the doubters wrong. “SNL U.K.,” was not, as many commentators had gleefully anticipated, a failure, landing solid reviews, some 1.9 billion social media impressions and — perhaps most importantly — a renewal.

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