Every Host and Musical Guest of Saturday Night Live UK
The eight-episode season is already off to a fantastic start, with exciting lineups ahead.
Eleven months after news first dropped that Saturday Night Live UK was in development with England's Comcast-owned Sky network, the March 21 first episode premiered amid much speculation. Both in the UK and stateside, people had wondered whether the 51-season-old format would translate across the pond.
The verdict? British newspaper The Telegraph deemed the new show's inaugural night "shockingly competent." When Sky's Instagram account quoted the review over an image of cast member Jack Shep's well-received Princess Diana impression from the "The Last Supper" sketch, the caption dryly noted, "For Britain, this is the highest of praise." UK tabled Metro, meanwhile, deemed it "unexpectedly brilliant," and fan reception loudly echoed the praise across social media.
But with SNL creator Lorne Michaels executive-producing and a cast that boasts a deep and diverse range of talents, the spinoff's out-of-the-gate excellence shouldn't be a surprise. This season will consist of eight episodes in total, meaning there's still a healthy handful of hosts and musical guests yet to be revealed.
Learn more about Saturday Night Live UK's hosts and musical guests below.
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March 21, 2026: Host Tina Fey and Musical Guest Wet Leg
Tina Fey was a Saturday Night Live head writer and a cast member for six seasons, after which she returned to host six times. She went on to create and star in 30 Rock, a seven-season sitcom that fictionalized what it's like to run a late-night sketch show, which co-starred her former SNL cast mate Tracy Morgan. All of this made Fey a fitting choice to host the very first run of SNL UK. Plus, as she said in her March 21 monologue featuring Graham Norton, Nicola Coughlan, Michael Cera, "none of you f---ers would do it."
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Wet Leg is an English band from the Isle of Wight, originally founded by lead vocalist Rhian Teasdale and guitarist Hester Chambers. They performed the songs "mangetout" and "catch these fists" from their 2025 sophomore studio album, Moisturizer.
March 28, 2026: Host Jamie Dornan and Musical Guest Wolf Alice
Jamie Dornan is an Irish actor best known for playing Christian Grey in the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, as well as a terrifying serial killer in Irish drama The Fall. He was hilarious opposite SNL icon Kristen Wiig in the 2021 film Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, in which he also showcased his singing talent. Dornan also starred in two seasons of the series The Tourist and the Academy Award-nominated film Belfast.
Wolf Alice is a London rock band led by singer and guitarist Ellie Rowsell. In 2026, they're touring off the success of their fourth studio album, The Clearing.
April 4, 2026: Riz Ahmed and Musical Guest Kasabian
Riz Ahmed is a British-Pakistani actor, rapper, and writer. He earned a 2021 Academy Award nomination for his lead role in the film Sound of Metal, and won an Oscar in 2022 for The Long Goodbye, which took home the Best Live Action Short Film award. He also won a 2017 Emmy for his role as a falsely-accused murder convict in The Night Of, also nominated that same year for his guest role on Girls (his character impregnated Lena Dunham's, Hannah Horvath). He created and currently stars in the series Bait, a semi-autobiographical satire about an actor angling for the role of James Bond. Ahmed also performs under the rap alias Riz MC.
Kasabian is a BRIT Award-winning English rock band first formed in the 1990s. They are currently on tour.
