Saturday Night Live UK has announced the two hosts for the sketch show’s final episodes.
Ted Lasso star Hannah Waddingham and former Doctor Who lead Ncuti Gatwa will guest present on 9 May and 16 May. They’ll be joined by musical guests, Brit Award-winning singer Myles Smith and Holly Humberstone, respectively
They’ll follow Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan, who presented last week’s episode with musical guests Foo Fighters, and Aimee Lou Wood, best known for her roles in Sex Education and The White Lotus, who is on hosting duties this weekend.
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Musical guests so far have also included Wet Leg, Wolf Alice, Kasabian and Jorja Smith.
Wood’s appearance on the show this weekend follows a controversy involving the US version of the show, which offered the actor a rare apology after making fun of her appearance in a 2025 episode.
The SNL skit based on Wood’s The White Lotus character saw SNL cast member Sarah Sherman wearing exaggerated prosthetic teeth in an attempt to parody Wood’s appearance. She called the skit “unfunny and mean” on Instagram, saying she “hated the concept”.
“I actually love being taken the p*** out of when it’s clever and in good spirits,” Wood wrote. “But the joke was about fluoride. I have big gap teeth not bad teeth. I don’t mind caricature – I understand that’s what SNL is. But the rest of the skit was punching up and I/Chelsea was the only one punched down on.”
Last month, comedian and actor Nick Mohammed said the show was “the best thing that’s happened to British comedy since” Ricky Gervais’s sitcom The Office premiered in 2001.
He told The Independent: “I honestly believe that. To be cynical about it, it’s a shame that it’s taken Americans to come in with a format and say, ‘Just do it like that.’ When I was starting out, there were so many production companies and channels wanting to emulate Saturday Night Live, and not having the guts to do it. But I think they’ve nailed it.
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“I watched the first episode, and was literally emotional at the end when they all came out. If it was maybe 10 years ago, I would have killed for it.”
