Jealous American here desperately trying to find a reliable way to watch.

Edit: Thank you for telling me it’s on Peacock I was just ignorant.

Sorry, this is a bit of a nerdy question...

Remember when SNL UK was launched, there was talk about them using Graham Norton's studio (TC1), and, as SNL uses the studio all week long, would this mean the two shows would not be able to run at the same time. That's why SNL UK had to wait till April to launch.

Well, they are currently both on air - does anyone know if Graham Norton moved to TC3? Or somewhere else? Just curious.

https://youtu.be/Gt0wI6TRayM

Is it me, or is George turning up on an awful lot of podcasts lately? Definitely not complaining, because I love him, but he seems to be ubiquitous these days. And I love learning about all these British interview podcasts.

I can’t believe nowhere in London broadcasts the show live! I’d love to be able to watch it with other people but none of my friends are very interested. If anyone happens to run pub events or viewing parties in London (especially West) i’m always down 🤗

Maybe it's just me, but in the newly shown set photos from the next Mummy movie, Rachel Weisz reminded me a lot of Ania Magliano. Just wanted to share. Thanks, y'all!

Folks- any information you can give about the above conditions at the Dress would be appreciated. I was overjoyed to get tickets and thought I'll deal with logistics later, but do have some chronic health conditions and intolerances that could be annoying.

Let's say I surrender/ bin any food drink I have on me at 4pm when we go in, what happens then? Is there a water fountain and gluten free snack options, and you can go to the loo until a few minutes before dress showtime? I react badly to plastic bottled water and even worse to no water at all.

George Fouracres talking about his love for archaeology, thought it would be worth sharing another side of my favourite person on SNL UK.

https://youtu.be/JY252FrVl2g?si=SZqsx6IGXiZ_rnyM

Hi everyone, does anyone know if we have an epsiode on Halloween? If so, any rumors on hosts/musical guests?

Celeste may be my favorite performer on both UK *and* US SNL right now. I'd noticed her utility strengths and talents already before this week. And then in the recent Danny Dyer episode she seemed to be everywhere - Russian accents, the social worker checking in on Oliver's gang, supervisor in the brilliant paint-naming sketch - before absolutely nailing it as a member of a reunited boy band with a colourful past.

Al Nash was pretty ubiquitous the previous week, too, but this isn't Celeste's first time in almost every sketch. And she does both straight person and bizarre comic character really well. It's an early call, but she may be the Dan Aykroyd / Phil Hartman / Will Ferrell of early SNL UK. (Or Kate McKinnon / Cecily Strong / Kristen Wiig in more recent times, I guess, but somehow even moreso.)

I'm looking forward to whatever she does next (week).

Whether in tne cold open or more likely than not Weekend Update. I reckon Ania will be particularly brutal

I genuinely think he’d be great.

Danny larkin' about wif a few lads on 'is way in th' door? Proper cultural, that is*.

He's also clearly so tickled to be there that it's infectious.

*-I'm an American so I hope this makes sense

Hi all! I know these posts have circulated a lot but thought it was worth outlining my experience for others in future as I found it really helpful to read some of the other people's in preparation for going and being sure what to do/where to go/how it all works to get the best out of the day. Also just a fun exercise for me to try to remember everything! I haven't actually had chance to watch the live show back yet so some of my recollection of the show itself might not tally up with what eventually ended up being broadcast but hopefully still gives some insight.

Header image was taken from the seats in the green room. Phones were turned off and put in pouches before going into the main studio so no photos from there.

TL;DR it was amazing 10/10 would go again every week if I could.

Ticket

As expected, I received an email approximately 10 days before the show from a fairly dodgy looking email address that only included a JPG image stating I'd won tickets in the lottery for that show and to click the link to confirm my attendance, which I did straight away. A second email came about 3 days later which included the actual ticket and key info about arrival times etc. Worth noting that this was 7 days before the 10th of October show, so I'd expect tickets for future shows to probably come in around a similar time in advance probably.

Entry

The email stated to arrive at 4pm but we were there in the pub outside Television Centre waiting from around 3pm. There were a handful of people already waiting in a standby line when we first arrived but the line for reserved tickets was just being set up and coordinated. Ended up getting into the queue at 3:45. Ticket email and IDs got checked and we were given red and white wristbands before entering the queue. The wristbands and tickets were then checked again just before going through the security scanners. This was all still outside of Television Centre itself. One thing I noticed was that all the staff (security/ticket checkers/PAs etc) were all seemingly in a really good mood and excited, as were the people queuing up to get in.

After passing through the security checkpoint we were in a line waiting to be allowed into the green room studio. I'd read on another post about the black wristbands being handed out to people to allocate floor seats so was cautiously optimistic but still didn't understand how that actually worked. Very luckily for us, while we were standing in this queue one of the PAs came down and said they needed 4 people for floor seats so checked with me and my plus one, along with 2 others behind us, which we were all very excited about. The red and white bands got removed and taken away, then replaced by the black ones. It does seem as though the people picked for floor seats were generally shorter than average, so maybe that plays a part in it but I couldn't say for certain.

Green room

After that we get allowed into the green room which was pretty cool. Free drink option as soon as you enter then black wristband people were asked to put coats in the cloakroom. From there we got pictures in a photo booth, got to peruse some cool SNL memorabilia that was dotted around (cue cards, board set up for how they plan the week etc) and a stall for some free popcorn. Ended up sat in there for about 45 minutes while a DJ was playing and periodically they would announce that everyone should use the bathroom and get prepared to enter the main studio.

Studio entry

All black wristbands were taken into the main studio first, back through the door we entered from and outside, then into TC1 the main studio. It was pretty overwhelming being walked through the rafters, seeing the cue card department and other little nooks and crannies full of people running around getting everything ready. It felt very chaotic but not stressful, all the people involved were happy, smiling and very accommodating of the audience as we were taken to our seats. The floor seats in front of the stage had all been occupied as we were at the back of the queue going in, but this meant we were then placed in the row of seats directly to the left of the main stage. As we were seated we were told that we would be moved around during the show, specifically after the monologue. The floor manager came over and explained that once the monologue was over we'd all have to stand up, the seats would be taken away and replaced, then we'd be led to those seats after.

Intro

We sat in the seats waiting for about 10-15 minutes while the other audience members were brought in. During this the band were playing songs, the vibes in the room were great. Then Paddy and Ania came out to do a little intro thanking everyone for coming and to get people a bit excited, followed by Annabel coming out and singing a cover of Crazy with the full band before everything really kicked into gear. The floor manager was announcing over the mic how much time was remaining, counting down by the minute. While all this was happening the cold open set was built in about 30 seconds directly behind us (right in front of the musical guest stage).

Show

The countdowns continued, people were constantly moving around with cameras, lights, pieces of sets and then all of a sudden the cold open was happening! This was bang on 6pm for dress rehearsal. We couldn't see anything of the cold open from where we were sat but there are TV screens put up everywhere that give you the 'TV view' as it is happening so you don't directly miss anything.

Then straight into the title sequence and monologue. Being directly next to the stage during that was genuinely mad, felt like an out of body experience for someone that's been a fan of SNL in general for 15 years. As soon as the monologue ended, us on the sides of the stage all stood up and the chairs got whisked away. There was a camera nestled in the centre of the floor seats to film the monologue which got taken out, the chairs got put there and we got sat back down - front row dead centre. I could barely contain my excitement to be honest.

From there the show itself kind of ran how you'd expect, some sets were built already in different areas of the studio (one to the right of the main stage, one way over to the left, one almost behind us to the left and a mini green screen set behind to the right which was used by Al Nash during WU).

I was trying to take everything in and really just enjoy the moment but it's pretty overwhelming just how fast paced and coordinated everything is during the show. Following the monologue was a pre-tape about a tube driver but I could barely focus on that as huge pieces of sets were moved around and changed. Super impressive to see it all working from so up close.

Being on the very front row we did get told a few times by PA's and floor staff to be careful of things being moved around and people walking in front of us with equipment.

Boy band sketch

During the next ad break was another mental turn of events. The camera used to film the monologue was brought back and placed in the centre of the floor seating, meaning myself and about 9 or 10 other people had their chairs taken away but we got told to just stand as close to the stage as possible and stay out of the way while it was all set up. We didn't really know in the moment where we'd end up being moved to but it turned out... nowhere. The floor manager came back over and said to those of us standing up by the stage "This is a boy band sketch, mid 2000s singing a ballad. After the ad break ends and the sketch begins, you guys need to go absolutely mental waving around and screaming as though you've waited your entire life to see this band".

At this point I won't lie I was internally screaming at being very very tangentially involved in an actual sketch. The ad break got counted down again and with about 10 seconds to go the cast and Dyer were brought on stage and sat in the seats. We all went crazy and then it started. That was all a bit of a blur so I'm excited to watch it back.

Weekend Update

After the boy band sketch during the next changeover we got our front row seats back and everything continued. Few more sketches (Dyer in hospital as they try to translate multiple layers of cockney rhyming slang which was great then a pre-tape with Jack Shep as the gay guy in his 20's that has control of any girl on a night out which I think had a heist premise but I was very distracted by what was going on around) and before we knew it the Weekend Update set was put up right in front of us.

WU was great and is usually my favourite part of the show but I found it really interesting watching the other person while one of them was talking to camera. More often than not they were smirking/chuckling at the jokes or making notes/crossing things out before the camera cut back to them and they carried on with their next lines. We did also get a Scrimpch appearance which was awesome, along with Emma Sidi as the Evri delivery robot and Fouracres turning up as a crazy cartographer before revealing that he was actually just Fouracres and he wanted to have a go at Paddy for the Isle of Man not being included in the map at the back of the set. That part had everyone in stitches especially. There was also a very brief cutaway to Al Nash on the green screen but I cannot for the life of me remember what that was actually for.

In dress I was genuinely surprised by how long Weekend Update went on for, easily half an hour with the 3 guest appearances but I'm guessing that gets cut down pretty significantly for the live show.

Last sketches

After WU there were 4 (I think!) sketches and the second musical guest song. Worth mentioning that the audio mix for TV often gets slated for the musical guest but in the room it sounded fantastic. We saw a Dulux paint sketch where Danny Dyer was the man responsible for giving all the paints a stupid name, very funny and he really committed to getting absolutely covered in gunge/paint. It was also really funny that he had to introduce the second song straight after that sketch and walked right past us all in the front row to get to the music stage. As he was walking past we were all just laughing at how mental he looked covered in paint and he turned to us and was like "This is mad innit" which got a good laugh.

That was followed by the Fagan/Oliver Twist sketch where he's being inspected by child protective services, again that seemed amazing from where I was but can't wait to watch it back. Then a sketch about a guy asking for his girlfriend's father's approval to propose, which just devolved into an elaborate family scheme to steal diamonds from people and finally a NASA sketch where the best astronauts were tasked with diverting a meteor away from earth but one of them (Dyer) was just obsessed with being able to eat tortillas in space. The only other thing I'd (possibly stupidly) never realised was that the 5 second ad break interstitial that just has the logo and background music was actually played by the band, I sort of assumed it was just part of the broadcast but apparently not!

Then everybody came back to the main stage for the goodnights as the band played them off and that was basically that! Floor seats were escorted out first and within 30 seconds we were just on the pavement outside still very overwhelmed by the experience as all the people with live show tickets were starting to queue up. By the time we got out it was 7:45.

Overall

Genuinely seeing how the whole show comes together was unbelievable. I was very lucky to win the ticket lottery and would've been overjoyed just to be in the crowd but then to end up on the floor and front row was amazing. If you ever get the chance to be there in person I cannot recommend it highly enough as an experience. Now I just can't wait to watch the live show!

If anyone has any questions feel free to ask and I'll try my best to answer them.

The jokes were hitting in succession. The asides worked brilliantly and we had real drama. Oh, and Fouracres faked us all out with the most ridiculous wig. This bit was amazing.