Hannah Waddingham was on hosting duties for Saturday Night Live UK ‘s penultimate episode of the season, helping boost the show’s ratings.

The Sky comedy series, based on the iconic NBC original, was watched by a live audience of 197,200 on Saturday evening, according to official BARB figures supplied by overnights.tv.

The audience of nearly 200,000 was the show’s best performance in five weeks and the third-largest viewing figure of the season to date.

Only the season premiere, hosted by Tina Fey, and the Jamie Dornan-fronted second episode have performed better, generating ratings of 226,000 and 205,000, respectively.

The live viewing figures are only part of the picture.…