Julia Davis latest comedian to land Sky series
January 26, 2012 12:11pm by Such Small Portions
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Julia Davis has landed a new seven-part series on Sky Atlantic, her first series since Nighty Night.
Hunderby follows Helene, a shipwreck survivor arriving at an English village in the 1800s. She is swept off her feet by widowed pastor Edmund and the two soon marry, but her history comes back to haunt her.
Davis will play housekeeper Dorothy in the show.
Baby Cow's Henry Normal, Armando Iannucci and Lindsay Hughes will be the executive directors.
The Royle Family's John Rushton will produce the series, and Tony Dow, who previously worked with Davis on Nighty Night, will direct.
Julia Davis said: “I'm so excited to be making a series for Sky Atlantic, a channel that has so many of my favourite shows from around the world. It’s great to be working with Stuart Murphy and Lucy Lumsden again.”
Lucy Lumsden commented: “The genius of Julia Davis comes to Sky Atlantic. Her sick and twisted sense of humour has found its natural home and we can’t wait to unleash it onto our customers later this year.”
The series will air in July.
Davis joins a growing army of comedy stars at Sky including Armando Iannucci, Steve Coogan, Kathy Burke and Chris O'Dowd, following Sky 1's recent summer programming announcements.
Other comedy offerings from Sky Atlantic this summer include a wry look at British culture by Supersize Me star Morgan Spurlock in April, Kathy Burke's Little Crackers-inspired series Walking and Talking, and Armando Iannucci's new political show Veep in June. American comedy House of Lies, starring Don Cheadle, will also air in July, when season four of Nurse Jackie will also air on the channel.
Read our thoughts on Sky's comedy offerings here.
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