Saturday Night Live UK has faced backlash after making a Mark Zuckerberg suicide joke referencing 'Hitler's bunker'.
The British version of the US hit has earned mixed reviews so far, with it recently revealed by industry sources that Sky have spent approximately £2million per episode on the show.
And they shocked viewers on the latest episode with a risky joke suggesting Facebook billionaire Mark 'use his bunker in the same way Hitler did'.
The joke was referencing how Adolf Hitler died by suicide in the Führerbunker, an underground shelter in Berlin.
Comedian Ania Magliano, who co-hosts the Weekend Update, said, 'It's been revealed that Meta billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is building a bunker under his compound in California.'
'And I hope he uses that bunker in exactly the same way Hitler did,' she continued, sparking gasps from the live audience.
Saturday Night Live UK has faced backlash after making a Mark Zuckerberg suicide joke referencing 'Hitler's bunker'
SNL UK shocked viewers on the latest episode with a risky joke suggesting Facebook billionaire Mark (Pictured in November) 'use his bunker in the same way Hitler did'
'Hitler infamously took his own life in his Berlin bunker in 1945 as the end of the Second World War drew near.'
Taking to social media, shocked viewers said: 'So they want him to commit suicide?';
'That line about the bunker... yikes, but comedy's supposed to push boundaries,'; 'How is that comedy?';
'The female anchor seems to think that coyly chuckling at every joke will convince people it's funny.'
Last week, SNL UK was daring again by skewering a disgraced Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, with a cold open that fans quickly praised as the most 'genius' sketch yet.
But following on from its viral roasting of Sir Keir Starmer during the show's premiere last week, SNL UK kicked off its next run by mocking both Andrew's fall from grace, and that of former European Commissioner for Trade Peter Mandelson.
Both Andrew and Mandelson have faced increasing scrutiny over their friendships with Jeffrey Epstein.
They have both been separately arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office following the publication of files about the convicted paedophile released by the US Department of Justice.
The joke was referencing how Adolf Hitler died by suicide in the Führerbunker, an underground shelter in Berlin
Taking to social media, shocked viewers said: 'So they want him to commit suicide?'
The sketch saw Andrew taken into an office by MI5 in the wake of Princess Diana's death in 1997, before being told he was going to be at the centre of a 29-year plan to try and 'make the future King Charles look good.'
An agent told the then-young Prince: 'No one knows better than us how charming, capable, fiercely intelligent and morally upstanding you are.
'You are a credit to princes everywhere. Since the death of Diana the public have turned on Prince Charles but still one day he will be King. We need to make him look good.'
'We have deduced that the only way to increase the likability of our future king is to decrease the likability of everyone around him.'
Andrew said: 'I see. Well, I love my brother, I love my country and I'm willing to do whatever it takes,' before the agents declare they've put together a '29-year plan' with a huge dossier.
Going through the pages nervously, Andrew told the agents: 'And you actually need me to do all of this stuff? Even the part about befriending a notorious paedophile?
'Before and after he is convicted? And there is absolutely no other way to make my brother look good?'
The second episode of Saturday Night Live UK didn't hold back in skewering Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, with a cold open that fans quickly praised as the best sketch yet
Former European Commissioner for Trade Peter Mandelson received a brutal mocking after both men were arrested following their mention in the Epstein files
'This all seems very high risk. Oh god, I'm sweating. Surely you can't make everyone around Charles unlikeable. What about William? He's so handsome,' with the agents adding they were 'seeing to that.'
Questioning his nephew Prince Harry, the agent coyly said: 'He's going to marry a woman 98% of the UK public will find it impossible to have a normal conversation about.'
As Andrew noted: 'Goodness, this will kill mummy when the news comes out,' the agents told him: 'Turn to page 72, it will.'
Stepping things up a gear, the agents brought in Peter and Sarah Ferguson, telling Andrew: 'Your Highness, if you're ever in too deep, just say the code word and we'll step in to save you.'
When he asks what that is, he's told: 'Pizza Express, Woking.'