Sky One’s 2019 Christmas Special Will Be ‘Cinderella: After Ever After’ Starring David Walliams & Sian Gibson
We might only be heading into Summer, but Sky One is already thinking about Christmas, as they turn to the classics for the festive season. Their 2019 Christmas special will turn the Cinderella story on its head, with ‘Cinderella: After Ever After’ starring David Walliams, Sian Gibson, Celia Imrie and Sir Tom Courtenay in this comedy from King Bert Productions.
All fairy tales end with “happy ever after” but what happens after ever after? The anarchic 60-minute Christmas special begins where the fairy tale ends; Cinderella (Gibson) has just married her Prince Charming (Walliams), but soon has a rude awakening when she realises married life isn’t all it’s cracked up to be when you have an image-obsessed, floss-dancing, hip-hop rapping husband. Perhaps a glass slipper fitting your foot is not sufficient grounds for a lifelong commitment after all?
This heart-warming festive show follows Cinderella as she fights to save The King (Courtenay) from the traps of her evil stepmother Madame Blackheart (Imrie) and her conspiring and moronic stepsisters Dumbella and Rubella.
“When you read a story to a child and it ends ‘they lived happily ever after’ the child often asks what happened next?,” comments Walliams. “Now, for the first time in history, we will reveal what happened next for Cinderella, Prince Charming and the Wicked Stepmother. What happened, ‘After Ever After’? We have assembled a magnificent cast and crew for this one-off family comedy film. It promises to be a real treat for TV viewers this Christmas. I want to say a huge thank you to Sky for making it possible.”
David Walliams returns to Sky One after two hugely successful adaptations, ‘The Queen and I’ and the international Emmy award-winning ‘Ratburger’, which were both ratings hits, achieving a combined audience of over 4 million over the festive period.
The special is co-written by comedy tour de force The Dawson Brothers (‘Big School’, ‘That Mitchell & Webb Look’, A’nt & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway’), commissioned by Zai Bennet and Jon Montague and executive produced for Sky by Tilusha Ghelani. ‘Cinderella: After Ever After’ will be produced by King Bert Productions and be executive produced by Jo Sargent for King Bert.
“We are delighted to bring this reincarnation of a classic fairy-tale to life for Sky One at Christmas and to finally answer the question that children have pestered their parents with for generations – ‘But what happened After Ever After?,” adds Jo Sargent, Executive Producer, King Bert Productions.
‘Cinderella: After Ever After’ is the latest string of recent commissions as Sky continues to invest in original productions. Forthcoming Sky originals include ‘Catherine The Great’ starring Helen Mirren; ‘Brassic’ with Michelle Keegan; ‘Intelligence’ fronted by David Schwimmer and Nick Mohammed; ‘Hit Men’, Mel and Sue’s first scripted comedy series, ‘Breeders’ with Martin Freeman and series 2 of ‘In The Long Run’ with Idris Elba.
‘Cinderella: After Ever After’ is currently filming and will air on Sky One and streaming service NOW TV during the 2019 festive schedule.
