Overview
- The show’s cold open, which aired Saturday, cast Peter Serafinowicz as Nigel Farage in the year 2046 with a monarch called King Trump.
- In the sketch, Farage leads a merged Reform–Conservative government with Kemi Badenoch as deputy, and they boast about mass deportations and a “straight pride” parade.
- Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner appear via time machine to warn that Labour’s poor local election results could clear the way for Farage’s rise.
- The episode nods to real headlines with gags about a Strait of Hormuz ceasefire and a hantavirus scare, using exaggerated future crises to lampoon present-day politics.
- SNL U.K. has been renewed with an extended 12‑episode order, Hannah Waddingham hosted this week, and Ncuti Gatwa is set to host next week’s season finale.