New series of Little Crackers for Sky1
Little Crackers, the series of short stories written and directed by comedians about their own childhood, will return to Sky1 this Christmas, it has been announced.
The strand debuted on the channel in 2010 with 12 individual episodes written by - and often directed by and starring - comedy names such as Victoria Wood, Bill Bailey, Chris O'Dowd, Meera Syal and Stephen Fry.
The 2011 series will present stories on the theme of The First Time I..., with John Bishop, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Alan Davies, Jane Horrocks and Shappi Korsandi already signed up to tell their stories. Further comedians are expected to be announced in the coming months.
Lucy Lumsden, Head of Comedy at Sky, said: "Last year Little Crackers was a fantastic success for Sky 1 HD, bringing some of the biggest and best names in British comedy to the channel. But there were always more names that I wanted to be a part of the show, and I'm delighted to have secured such brilliant comedians for the second series."