{"id":358097,"date":"2026-03-21T17:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T17:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/358097\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T17:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T17:10:09","slug":"jamie-dornan-among-saturday-night-live-uk-hosts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/358097\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Dornan among Saturday Night Live UK hosts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Irish actor Jamie Dornan is among the first celebrity hosts announced for the UK version of Saturday Night Live.<\/p>\n<p>The Co Down native will take the lead on 28 March alongside rock band Wolf Alice as musical performers and Riz Ahmed will host on 4 April, when 2000s indie band Kasabian will perform.<\/p>\n<p>US actress Tina Fey, known for previously being the head writer and lead cast member on the sketch show\u2019s US version, will launch tonight&#8217;s six-episode series on Sky and streaming service Now.<\/p>\n<p>The Sky Original show follows NBC\u2019s late-night comedy show and will feature 75-minute long episodes written in the week leading up to the live show featuring a number of segments including an opening monologue, topical sketches and a version of The Weekend Update.<\/p>\n<p>It is staged in front of a live studio audience and each week a different host will take to the stage and join its inaugural cast which includes actor Hammed Animashaun, and comedians Ayoade Bamgboye and Larry Dean.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 11: Tina Fey attends the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations screening and Q&amp;A for \" four=\"\" seasons=\"\" at=\"\" sag-aftra=\"\" foundation=\"\" robin=\"\" williams=\"\" center=\"\" on=\"\" june=\"\" in=\"\" new=\"\" york=\"\" city.=\"\" by=\"\" dominik=\"\" bindl=\"\" images=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/002417d2-614.jpg\"\/><br \/>\nUS comedian Tina Fey will launch tonight&#8217;s premiere of SNL UK<\/p>\n<p>The cast also stars Celeste Dring, George Fouracres, Ania Magliano, Annabel Marlow, Al Nash, Jack Shep, Emma Sidi and Paddy Young.<\/p>\n<p>Jonno Johnson was previously announced as the head writer for the series along with 8 Out of 10 Cats\u2019 Charlie Skelton, who will serve as the head writer for the satirical news segment, The Weekend Update.<\/p>\n<p>He is joined by a number of writers including Stath Lets Flats star Al Roberts, Have I Got News For You\u2019s Bella Hull and comedians Celya AB, Chris Cantrill, Grainne Maguire, Humphrey Ker and James Farmer.<\/p>\n<p>The show\u2019s US version has been running since 1975, and is responsible for launching the careers of the likes of Fey, Bill Murray and Eddie Murphy.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Press Association<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Irish actor Jamie Dornan is among the first celebrity hosts announced for the UK version of Saturday Night&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-358097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}