Reuniting him with Matt Berry

Julian Barratt is joining the cast of Sky’s children’s show Moominvalley – reuniting him with his Mighty Boosh co-star Matt Berry.

Barratt is guest starring as a character called Mr Brisk – in the centre of the hang-gliding picture above – who travels in order to be always on the snow and eats jam, with nothing with it.

Berry voices Moominpappa in the animated show, alongside Rosamund Pike as  Moominmamma and Taron Egerton and Moomintroll.

Other guest stars in the second series, which starts on Saturday, include Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Miriam-Teak Lee  and Shalom Brune-Franklin,

Marika Makaroff, creative director of makers Gutsy Animations, said: ‘With the first series of Moominvalley, our ambition was to realise a fresh, contemporary retelling of Tove Jansson’s beautiful and adventure-filled Moomin stories, and to introduce audiences to Moomintroll and his magical world. 

‘The second series is our invitation to explore this world further. It broadens the focus from Moomintroll to the whole Moomin family – viewers will meet new characters, take on new challenges and come on exciting new journeys with our hero and his friends.’

 The first five episodes of series two will air over Christmas.

Published: 18 Dec 2019