Saturday Night Live U.K. has set the hosts and musical guests for the first three episodes of its second season. The British spinoff of the legendary New York-based NBC sketch show — which concluded its 51st season earlier this year — will roll out the first of six episodes beginning this weekend with host Jeff Goldblum and musical guest CMAT, according to an Instagram post announcing the lineups.
The cast of 11 somewhat unknown British stand-up comedians and social media stars who starred in the first-ever sanctioned overseas version of the show, which debuted earlier this year, will all return for season two. That means that Hammed Animashaun, Ayoade Bamgboye, Larry Dean, Celeste Dring, George Fouracres, Ania Magliano, Annabel Marlow, Al Nash, Jack Shep, Emma Sidi and Paddy Young will be back for six more shows this year, followed by more episodes in 2027.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Freddie Meredith (Such Brave Girls) will join the cast this go-round after the first season debuted to relatively positive reviews.
Following Goldblum, actor-comedian Jamie Demetriou (Fleabag) is up on Sept. 19 with rock duo Royal Blood as musical guest, followed by Chicken Soup Date host Amelia Dimoldenberg and U.K. singer Rachel Chinouriri on Sept. 26.
SNL producer/creator Lorne Michaels is executive producer of the U.K. version, with James Longman serving as lead producer. In addition, Laura Claxton has been promoted to co-head writer, with Heather MacVean signing on as costume designer. Sinead Oldnall will lead the U.K. talent team as director of on-screen talent.
The inaugural season of SNL U.K. kicked off on March 21 of this year with SNL veteran Tina Fey as host and Wet Leg as musical guest. The rest of the season featured actors Jamie Dornan (Trolls World Tour) , Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal), Nicola Coughlan (Derry Girls), Aimee Lou Wood (Sex Education), Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso), Ncuti Gatwa (Doctor Who) and comedian Jack Whitehall. The season’s musical guests also included Wolf Alice, Kasabian, Jorja Smith, Foo Fighters, MEEK, Myles Smith and Holly Humberstone.
Check out the promo for the first episode of season two starring Goldblum and newbie Meredith below.
