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Little Crackers
Little Crackers

Little Crackers

  • TV comedy drama
  • Sky One
  • 2010 - 2012
  • 35 episodes (3 series)

Festive seasons of autobiographical short films written by and starring some of Britain's top comedy stars, including Stephen Fry and Barbara Windsor. Stars Chris O'Dowd, Catherine Tate, Julian Barratt, Stephen Fry, Kathy Burke and more.

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Little Crackers 2010, Episode 12 - Meera Syal's Little Cracker

Uncle Satnam steps out from Santa's shadow in an autobiographical short written by and starring Meera Syal. Filmed in 3D.

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Little Crackers. Image shows from L to R: Young Meera (Narisa Padhiar), Meera Syal
Little Crackers. Image shows from L to R: Young Meera (Narisa Padhiar), Papa (Sanjeev Bhaskar)

Uncle Santa

1970. Seven-year-old Meera Syal wants to celebrate Christmas but Meera's parents don't do Christmas as there are enough Hindu festivals as it is.

Seeing his daughter's anguish, Meera's dad takes her to see a poor excuse for a Santa Claus at his work's Christmas party. Unimpressed, Meera begins to lose her Christmas spirit... until she arrives home and meets Uncle Satnam.

With a big white beard and a taste for sherry and mince pies Uncle Satnam brings festive cheer to the Syal household. But is he really who he says he is?

Notes

Produced by Renegade Pictures and Can Communicate.

Broadcast details

Date
Saturday 25th December 2010
Time
9pm
Channel
Sky One
Length
15 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
Meera Syal Self
Guest cast
Narisa Padhiar Young Meera
Ayesha Dharker Mama
Sanjeev Bhaskar Papa
Mark Williams Father Christmas
Madhav Sharma Uncle Satnam
Mark Roper Bill
Bethany Randswalsh Tracey
James Carcaterra Policeman
Adlyn Ross Old Woman
Writing team
Meera Syal Writer
Production team
Peter Lydon Director
Lucy Robinson Producer
Lucy Lumsden Executive Producer
Jon Rowlands Executive Producer
David Wooster Executive Producer
Adam Windmill Editor
Louise Corcoran Production Designer
Jonathan Goldstein Composer

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