Saturday Night Live UK has announced its next hosts ahead of the sketch show’s return from a mid-season hiatus. Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan will present the episode on 25 April, with musical guests Foo Fighters. Aimee Lou Wood, known for her roles in Sex Education and The White Lotus, will host on 2 May, joined by singer Meek.
Since the launch of SNL UK on Sky last month, Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan, Riz Ahmed and Jack Whitehall have fronted the series. Coughlan previously made a brief appearance in the debut episode. Musical guests so far include Wet Leg, Wolf Alice, Kasabian and Jorja Smith.
The show has been warmly received by viewers, though ratings have dropped from 226,000 for the launch to 130,100 in recent episodes. That figure still exceeds the average viewership for Sky One in the time slot.
Wood’s appearance follows a controversy involving the US version of SNL, which offered the actor a rare apology after a 2025 skit parodying her White Lotus character. SNL cast member Sarah Sherman wore exaggerated prosthetic teeth to mimic Wood’s appearance. Wood called the skit “unfunny and mean” on Instagram, writing: “I actually love being taken the p*** out of when it’s clever and in good spirits. But the joke was about fluoride. I have big gap teeth not bad teeth.”
Comedian Nick Mohammed praised the UK show, calling it “the best thing that’s happened to British comedy since The Office.” However, The Independent’s Nick Hilton wrote in a review that the series “plays it so safe with the formula” and “lacks its own spark of irreverence.”
