Broadcaster Sky TV revealed on Monday that Tina Fey will host Saturday Night Live UK’s first episode on March 21. The first musical guest will be the English band Wet Leg. Fey will be followed as hosts on March 28 and April 4 by Jamie Dornan and Riz Ahmed, both from the United Kingdom. Wolf Alice, a musical guest, will accompany Dornan, and Ahmed’s show will feature Kasabian.
Fey became SNL’s first female head writer in 1999, two years after joining the show. She left the show in 2006 to work on the hit series 30 Rock, which she wrote, produced and starred in. Fey has since hosted SNL six times.
SNL UK will air at 10 p.m. local time on Sky One and streaming service Now, with next-day streaming on Peacock in the U.S. Episodes will run 75 minutes, a bitshorter than the 90-minute run time for the U.S. version.
Cast members of Saturday Night Live UK include Hammed Animashaun, Ayoade Bamgboye, Larry Dean, Celeste Dring, George Fouracres, Ania Magliano, Annabel Marlow, Al Nash, Jack Shep, Emma Sidi, and Paddy Young.
The U.S. version of the show is currently in its 51st season.