In a delightfully unhinged sketch from the third episode of Saturday Night Live UK, guest host Riz Ahmed plays a man whose growing fixation with the children’s game Operation spirals into genuine real-life tragedy. The surreal bit is exactly the kind of absurdist comedy that makes live sketch television worth watching. SNL UK, branded “Live From London,” premiered in March 2026 and airs live at 22:00 every Saturday on Sky, with six episodes in its first run. It’s the first British incarnation of the franchise Lorne Michaels launched in New York back in 1975.