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"Little Crackers will return for a second series this Christmas, Sky1 has announced. The first series of the show featured autobiographical tales from stars such as Stephen Fry, Victoria Wood and Chris O&amp;#039;Dowd. Catherine Tate&amp;#039;s episode in the series ended up being nominated for a BAFTA for &amp;#039;Best Comedy Programme&amp;#039;. Sky1 has now revealed that a number of comedians will take part in the second series, which will have the theme, &amp;#039;The First Time I...&amp;#039; Alan Davies, Shappi Khorsandi and John Bishop have already signed up to work on the show alongside Sanjeev Bhaskar and Jane Horrocks. Further names are expected to be announced. Sky&amp;#039;s head of comedy Lucy Lumsden said: &amp;quot;Last year Little Crackers was a fantastic success for Sky1 HD, bringing some of the biggest and best names in British comedy to the channel. &amp;quot;But there were always more names that I wanted to be a part of the show, and I&amp;#039;m delighted to have secured such brilliant comedians for the second series.&amp;quot; Sky has recently increased its investment in original comedy, with new show Trollied beginning on Sky1 next week. Mount Pleasant, Spy, The Cafe, Gates, The Starlings and Sky Atlantic&amp;#039;s This Is Jinsy are among other shows in the works. Watch a showreel of some of Sky1&amp;#039;s upcoming comedy below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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