Freddie Meredith is the new addition to SNL UK's second season, and he's arriving with an Edinburgh Fringe nod already in his pocket.

Meredith, known for Such Brave Girls and Big Boys, was nominated for Best Newcomer at this year's Fringe for his solo show Need a Light? He joins the returning ensemble of Hammed Animashaun, Ayoade Bamgboye, Larry Dean, Celeste Dring, George Fouracres, Ania Magliano, Annabel Marlow, Al Nash, Jack Shep, Emma Sidi and Paddy Young, according to both Deadline and Variety.

He's a London boy, and per the bio the show put out, he lives a short walk from SNL UK's HQ in White City. Fitting, given how he's talking about the gig.

"It's a no brainer, it's the most iconic comedy show and it looks like so much fun," Meredith said. "It will undoubtedly inform everything I do for the rest of my career and I can't wait for the experience. It's 'SNL!!!'"

Season 2 launches this Saturday, September 12, on Sky and Now, with Jeff Goldblum hosting and CMAT as musical guest. That's the same rollout British telly has been building toward since Season 1 wrapped, when Tina Fey, Hannah Waddingham and Nicola Coughlan all took turns hosting.

There's a small wrinkle in the reporting on how long this run actually is. Variety says the season order sits at 12 episodes, four more than Season 1's eight. Deadline, meanwhile, describes five episodes after the premiere running weekly through October 24, followed by a midseason break and a return in "early 2027" — which reads more like six episodes before a pause than a straight 12-episode block. Neither outlet reconciles the two, so take the exact shape of the calendar with a pinch of salt until Sky spells it out.

What isn't in dispute is the political material waiting for this cast. The UK just got a new Prime Minister in Andy Burnham, and George Fouracres, who played outgoing PM Keir Starmer through Season 1, now has a fresh target if the writers' room wants one.

Sky's unscripted chief Phil Edgar-Jones has been fairly blunt about where this show sits in the network's plans. Speaking at the Edinburgh Television Festival, he said Sky was "in this for the long run" and took some satisfaction in proving wrong the online sceptics who figured the British SNL remake wouldn't survive its first season.

For now, the immediate date that matters is Saturday. Goldblum opens the season, CMAT plays the songs, and Meredith gets his first crack at a live sketch stage that's already made a habit of outlasting its doubters.