Saturday Night Live UK met a sceptical crowd - but has it won them over?

Others have also picked up on the talent of the show's writers, who include 8 Out of 10 Cats writer Charlie Skelton, The Late Late Show with James Corden writer Louis Waymouth, and Have I Got News For You's Bella Hull.

Fan Olivia Goldsbury, 19, has watched SNL US for five years but says she prefers the British version.

"You can tell the cast and writers are so experienced in comedy," Olivia says, highlighting the influence of Jamie Demetriou - who is a consultant on SNL UK and the creator of Stath Lets Flats.

She says her standout star has been George Fouracres, whose "Keir Starmer impression is everything I needed it to be".

The 35-year-old comedian, who is mostly known for his work at Shakespeare's Globe, does "perfect impressions and accents", according to Olivia, who says his "What kind of Irish is your granddad?" sketch was "stuck in my head for weeks".

Cal Clayton, 20, another fan of the show, praises the production team for choosing beloved "British and Irish talent" to host.

"People thought they were just going to go for panel-show comedians," he says.

Jamieson says the nature of sketch comedy means most people won't find every element funny.

She says it would be "disingenuous" to say the entire series had been "incredibly amusing" but she didn't expect perfection "from week one".

Cal agrees, saying the sketches have been in "hit-or-miss territory" - but "we're in year 51 of the US version and it's still like that".

He thinks the pre-taped sketches have been funnier than the live ones for the most part but says Weekend Update has been consistently strong.

Jamieson agrees, noting that the two hosts of the news segment "work really well" together.

She hopes that, in series two, the cast will "take more risks", saying the show was in its element when bringing totally "unexpected" themes to the table, alongside more topical sketches.

She refers to a "ridiculous" sketch from week two set in an Industrial Revolution-era factory, in which the cast were tasked with gluing the ends of fast food restaurant wraps together.

Like its US counterpart, the UK show has a cold open - beginning immediately with a sketch before going to a title sequence, opening credits and then an opening monologue from the guest host.

Olivia and Jamieson both feel the guest-host monologues didn't work for the British version of the show.

Jamieson says there isn't the same history of comedy monologues in British TV and adds they're more commonplace in America due to a culture of late-night TV chat shows.

But Olivia makes an exception for guest host Nicola Coughlan - who walked through the set in a homage to the US SNL.

Viewing figures have not been mind-blowing - Tina Fey's opening show attracted 226,000 live viewers on Sky One, which was more than Channel 4 received at the same time, but falls behind BBC One or Two, or ITV.

Each show's viewing figures have at least doubled a week later with the inclusion of repeats and on-demand viewers.

Unlike in the US, not all SNL UK sketches have been uploaded to social media, so a subscription to Sky TV or its streaming service Now is needed for the full experience.

Olivia says her friends go to their parents' houses to watch the show on Sky or just catch the limited clips on Instagram or YouTube.

Even cast member Emma Sidi is "shocked that [people] are in on a Saturday night watching it", telling BBC Newsbeat: "I think there are quite a lot of people putting it into their diary."

Twelve new episodes means huge potential for new hosts - with Jamieson hoping for more exciting names come autumn.

Her dream hosts include actors Jodie Comer and Leo Woodall, while Olivia is hoping for Bob Mortimer. Cal wants to see Downton Abbey's Dan Stevens take to the SNL UK stage.