Saturday Night Live UK To Go Out On A High As Final Guest Hosts Are Announced

The final two guest hosts for the inaugural series of Saturday Night Live UK have been unveiled.

On Friday afternoon, it was announced that all-round national treasure and HuffPost UK fave Hannah Waddingham will front next week’s live episode.

After that, another all-round national treasure and HuffPost UK fave, Ncuti Gatwa, will take centre stage for the last episode of the season.

Hannah will be joined by Brit Award winner Myles Smith as her musical guest, while the series finale will feature performances from Holly Humberstone.

Before all that, though, there’s the matter of this week’s episode, which will see Ncuti’s former Sex Education co-star Aimee Lou Wood hosting SNL for the first time, just over a year after calling out the US version of the show over its depiction of her in a comedy sketch.

Addressing the elephant in the room head-on, the Bafta winner proved she was game for poking fun at the drama in the first teaser spot for her episode.

The White Lotus actor will be joined in the studio by guest performer Meek, best known for her viral hit Fabulous.

After Aimee, Hannah and Ncuti’s episodes, it will then be decided whether or not SNL UK is given a second outing.

Despite some scepticism before it began airing, SNL UK was met with mostly positive reviews upon its debut, and has managed to pull in steady viewing figures.

Guest hosts so far have included Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan, Riz Ahmed, Jack Whitehall and Nicola Coughlan.

Like its US counterpart, the British sketch comedy has managed to cause a stir with some of its political humour, most notably scenes starring cast member George Fouracres as prime minister Keir Starmer (which have even caught the attention of Donald Trump).

Saturday Night Live UK continues on Saturday night (obviously) at 10pm on Sky and Now.