After Ever After
- TV comedy drama
- Sky One / Sky Max
- 2019 - 2022
- 4 episodes (4 series)
David Walliams looks at what happens after the classic fairy tales end.
Episode menu
Cinderella - Cinderella: After Ever After
Further details
The classic Cinderella story on its head.
All fairy tales end with 'happy ever after' but what happens after ever after? The anarchic 60-minute Christmas special begins where the fairy tale ends; Cinderella has just married her Prince Charming, but soon has a rude awakening when she realises married life isn't all it's cracked up to be when you have an image-obsessed, floss-dancing, hip-hop rapping husband.
Perhaps a glass slipper fitting your foot is not sufficient grounds for a lifelong commitment after all?
This heart-warming festive show follows Cinderella as she fights to save The King from the traps of her evil stepmother Madame Blackheart and her conspiring and moronic stepsisters Dumbella and Rubella.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 24th December 2019
- Time
- 2am
- Channel
- Sky One
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| David Walliams | Host / Presenter |
| Tom Courtenay | King |
| Sian Gibson | Cinderella |
| Celia Imrie | Madame Blackheart |
| David Walliams | Prince Charming |
| Toby Longworth | Archbishop |
| Matthew Steer | Herald |
| Daniela Petrova | Queen |
| Alexander Owen | Snorter |
| Ben Ashenden | Pongo |
| Camille Ucan | Rubella |
| Ruth Bratt | Dumbella |
| Ellen Thomas | Fairy Godmother |
| Zak Douglas | Royal Guard |
| Paul Jenkins | Fairyland Mail Online Journo |
| Matt Green | Bubonic Plague Journo 1 |
| Timothy Speyer | Turnip Journo |
| Joyce Veheary | Bubonic Plague Journo 2 |
| Frankie Fox | Peasant |
| Kevin Bishop | Buttons (Voice) |
| David Walliams | Writer |
| Andrew Dawson (as Dawson Bros.) | Writer |
| Steve Dawson (as Dawson Bros.) | Writer |
| Tim Inman (as Dawson Bros.) | Writer |
| Elliot Hegarty | Director |
| Catherine Gosling Fuller | Producer |
| Tilusha Ghelani | Executive Producer |
| Jo Sargent | Executive Producer |
| Jon Mountague | Executive Producer |
| Barry Read | Line Producer |
| Jeremy Strachan | Editor |
| Julian Fullalove | Production Designer |
| Nicky Bligh | Casting Director |
| Lucinda Wright | Costume Designer |
| John Lynch | Director of Photography |
| Greta Velikova | Make-up Designer |
| Andrew Hewitt | Composer |
| Kremena Makarieva | 1st Assistant Director |
| Olly Taylor | Puppeteer |
Videos
Newly married
Cinderella and Prince Charming have just got married. Did they rush into it?
Featuring: Sian Gibson (Cinderella), David Walliams (Prince Charming), Alexander Owen (Snorter) & Ben Ashenden (Pongo).
Prince Charming attempts a Hammer Time dance
Prince Charming and Cinderella don't have the most traditional of first dances after their wedding.
Featuring: Sian Gibson (Cinderella), David Walliams (Prince Charming), Matthew Steer (Herald), Alexander Owen (Snorter) & Ben Ashenden (Pongo).
Cinderella talks to Madame Blackheart
Cinderella meets Madame Blackheart.
Featuring: Sian Gibson (Cinderella), Celia Imrie (Madame Blackheart), David Walliams (Prince Charming), Camille Ucan (Rubella) & Ruth Bratt (Dumbella).
Press
David Walliams reimagines the classic fairytale post-wedding, replete with a self-centred Prince Charming (played by Walliams himself), meddling wicked stepmother (Celia Imrie) and bumbling king (Tom Courtenay). The tropes are gently upturned with raps and gags in this panto-fuelled hour.
Ammar Kalia, The Guardian, 24th December 2019Cinderella: After Ever After, Sky 1 review
Preposterous fairytale sequel tweaks the funny bone.
Adam Sweeting, The Arts Desk, 24th December 2019