Sarah Spina-MatthewsNorth West
Vishal Sharma/A Greater Manchester town has provided the backdrop for a new comedy starring Mackenzie Crook and Sir Michael Palin.
The six-part series Small Prophets, which was filmed in Urmston, centres around eccentric DIY shop worker Michael Sleep as he tries to use a magic potion to create homunculi – mythical prophesying spirits that can predict the future.
Pearce Quigley, who appeared in Crook’s previous comedy Detectorists, Bafta award-winning writer and actress Sophie Willan, and Games Of Thrones star Paul Kaye also feature in the show.
It is set to be released on 2 and iPlayer early next year.
Matt Squire/The series is produced by Bafta award-winning Gill Isles, and also stars Jon Pointing of Plebs and Big Boys, and Lauren Patel of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
Crook said: “Like all my best ideas, this one has been percolating for nearly a decade and is finally ready to see the light of day.
“It’s wonderful to be working again with my friends Gill Isles and Pearce Quigley and to realise a long-term ambition of collaborating with animators Ainslie Henderson and Will Anderson.”
Matt Squire/director of comedy Jon Petrie said the show “brims with wit and wonder”.
“It’s British comedy at its finest,” he said.
