Nicola Coughlan and Aimee Lou Wood have been confirmed to host the next two episodes of Saturday Night Live UK.
The late-night comedy sketch show is due to taking a break this weekend, before returning with four more weekly episodes, kicking off with Bridgerton and Derry Girls star Coughlan’s on Saturday 25 April. She will be joined by musical act Foo Fighters.
The following Saturday night (2 May), The White Lotus and Sex Education favourite Aimee Lou Wood will host and be joined by musical guest MEEK.
Past hosts include Tina Fey, Jamie Dornan, Riz Ahmed and, most recently, Jack Whitehall, while music has been provided by Wet Leg, Wolf Alice, Kasabian and Jorja Smith.
The series kicked off last month and drew a solid 226,000 viewers as per overnight ratings, though it has since seen a dip each episode. The second episode had a 36 per cent drop and was watched by 205,000 viewers, and the third episode garnered ratings of 130,950.
However it’s important to note, this doesn’t take into account those watching on catch-up and sketches that have been shared online, which have drawn in millions of views.
The latest episode was watched by 120,000 viewers, attaining a share of 1.6 per cent of the overall audience, according to figures obtained by Deadline.
The series has proved a big hit among UK comedy fans and fellow comedians, including Taskmaster’s Alex Horne who previously told Radio Times: “[The cast] are genuinely an exciting bunch of people who people think of as new, but they’re not, they’re so experienced. They’ve done Edinburgh for years.
“I can’t wait to see what they come up with on the Monday and put on the Saturday.”
Saturday Night Live UK continues on Saturday 25 April at 10pm on Sky One and NOW – sign up to Sky TV to watch.
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Katelyn Mensah is the Senior Entertainment Writer for Radio Times, covering all major entertainment programmes, reality TV shows and the latest hard-hitting documentaries. She previously worked at The Tab, with a focus on reality TV and showbiz news and has obtained a BA (Hons) in Journalism.
