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Sir Derek Jacobi has appeared in new photos from This Is Jinsy.

The Last Tango in Halifax and Vicious actor will appear in the seventh episode of the second series of the comedy.

He will play Robunce Barnatty in the Sky Atlantic show, who is the eldest resident of Jinsy island.

This Is Jinsy returns on Wednesday, January 8 with a double bill at 10pm.

The series was created by Chris Bran and Justin Chubb and directed by Matt Lipsey. It follows Arbiter Maven (Chubb) and Sporall (Bran), the residents of an extraordinary island.

The details of the guest appearances are as follows:

Episode 1: Stephen Fry as Dr Bevelspepp, who uses his encyclopaedic knowledge of Jinsy to help save the island from an invasion of rampaging hair

Episode 2: Ben Miller as the Chief Accountant of Jinsy as well as his daughter Berpetta, a drunk, hefty, buck-toothed accountant

Episode 3: Katy Brand as Madame Astralina,...

Pictures of Katy Brand as Madame Astralina in This Is Jinsy have been unveiled.

The character appears in episode three of the second run of the show, and is described as "a flamboyant psychic who obtains her readings from a pen of rats".

The Sky Atlantic show returns on Wednesday, January 8 with a double bill at 10pm.

This Is Jinsy was created by Chris Bran and Justin Chubb and directed by Matt Lipsey. It follows Arbiter Maven (Chubb) and Sporall (Bran), the residents of an extraordinary island.

The details of the guest appearances are as follows:

Episode 1: Stephen Fry as Dr Bevelspepp, who uses his encyclopaedic knowledge of Jinsy to help save the island from an invasion of rampaging hairEpisode 2: Ben Miller as the Chief Accountant of Jinsy as well as his daughter Berpetta, a drunk, hefty, buck-toothed accountantEpisode 3: Katy Brand as Madame Astralina, a flamboyant psychic...

New pictures of Ben Miller and Stephen Fry in the second series of This Is Jinsy have been revealed.

Miller stars in the second episode of the show as the Chief Accountant of Jinsy, along with his sister - a drunk, hefty, buck-toothed accountant called Berpetta.

Fry appears in the first episode of the run as Dr Bevelspepp, a character who uses his encyclopaedic knowledge of Jinsy to help save the island from an invasion of rampaging hair.

The Sky Atlantic show returns on Wednesday, January 8 with a double bill at 10pm.

This Is Jinsy was created by Chris Bran and Justin Chubb and directed by Matt Lipsey. It follows Arbiter Maven (Chubb) and Sporall (Bran), the residents of an extraordinary island.

The first pictures of Greg Davies as "sinister figure" Jennitta Bishard were unveiled yesterday.

Other guest stars confirmed for the eight-episode second series include Katy Brand, Eilieen Atkins,...

The first images of Greg Davies as Jennitta Bishard in This Is Jinsy have been released.

The comedian will appear across several episodes of the second series of the Sky Atlantic show, which returns on Wednesday, January 8 with a double bill at 10pm.

Bishard is described as "a delightfully sinister figure who delivers punishments to residents across the island from the safety of her TV studio".

This Is Jinsy was created by Chris Bran and Justin Chubb and directed by Matt Lipsey. It follows Arbiter Maven (Chubb) and Sporall (Bran), the residents of an extraordinary island.

Other guest stars confirmed for the eight-episode second series include Stephen Fry, Ben Miller, Katy Brand, Eilieen Atkins, Rob Brydon, Stephen Mangan, Derek Jacobi, Phil Davis and Olivia Colman, who join series regulars Alice Lowe as Soosan Noop, Janine Duvitski as Mrs Goadion and Geoff McGivern as Trince.

The details of the guest appearances...

Stephen Fry and Rob Brydon are among the stars who will feature in the second series of This Is Jinsy.

The comedy series from Chris Bran and Justin Chubb will return to Sky Atlantic in January 2014.

Olivia Colman, Sir Derek Jacobi and Stephen Mangan will also make guest appearances in the show.

This Is Jinsy centres around Arbiter Maven (Chubb) and Sporall (Bran) as they attempt to handle the residents of a unique island, based on the writers' experiences of living in Guernsey.

Consisting of eight episodes, the new series will see Stephen Fry portray Dr Bevelspepp, who uses his encyclopaedic knowledge of Jinsy to help save the island from an attack.

Katy Brand, Dame Eileen Atkins, Phil Davis, KT Tunstall and Greg Davies will also guest star throughout the series.

Among the returning stars are Alice Lowe as Soosan Noop, Janine Duvitski as Mrs Goadion and Geoff McGivern as Trince.

Stephen Fry, Sir Derek Jacobi, Rob Brydon and Olivia Colman will appear in the second series of This Is Jinsy. The surreal comedy series - created by stars Chris Bran and Justin Chubb - will return to Sky Atlantic in summer 2013. The series two premiere will see Maven (Chubb) and Sporall (Bran) joined by a host of new characters, including tweedy professor Dr. Bevelspepp (Fry) and the sinister Jennitta Bishard (Greg Davies). Later episodes will introduce flamboyant psychic Madame Astralina (Katy Brand) and school-mistress Miss Penny (Dame Eileen Atkins). Ben Miller will play the dual role of the Chief Accountant of Jinsy and his buck-toothed accountant (more)...

Surreal comedy This Is Jinsy has been granted a second series by Sky Atlantic. Creators Chris Bran and Justin Chubb won critical acclaim for their show earlier this year. It was originally dropped by BBC Three after only a pilot aired. Sky's head of comedy Lucy Lumsden said: "I can't wait to travel back to the wonderful island of Jinsy for another series of insanely brilliant comedy. Chris and Justin's creation is the perfect fit for Sky Atlantic HD and its wealth of unique story-telling." Executive Producer Chris Carey added: "We are thrilled that Sky Comedy is bringing This Is Jinsy back to Sky Atlantic. (more)...

Recently underway on Sky Atlantic, This is Jinsy is one of those comedy shows set in a surreal world of madness that you either get or you don’t. Frequently hilarious and always interesting, from a costume point of view this is retro fancy dress, deliberately mismatched and performance orientated. Yet everything in Jinsy makes sense within its own world.

The island of Jinsy is populated (791 residents) by all manner of weird and wonderful people. The locale has been likened to The Wicker Man’s Summerisle but is spiritually closer to the Village from Patrick McGoohan’s sixties TV series, The Prisoner. Everyone in Jinsy seems trapped there but somehow content. Episode one entitled ‘The Wedding Lottery’ introduces a lot of faces very quickly. All the inhabitants are broadly drawn, however, so relatively easy to fathom.

Justin Chubb as Maven, David Tennant as Mr Slightlyman and Chris Bran as Sporall.

David Tennant, Catherine Tate and Jennifer Saunders have signed up to appear in Sky Atlantic's new comedy This Is Jinsy. The eight-part series stars newcomers Chris Bran and Justin Chubb as Arbiter Maven and Operative Sporall, who watch over the residents of the fictional island of Jinsy. Sky has now confirmed that Tennant, Tate and Saunders have all agreed to guest roles in the show. They will be joined by Harry Hill, Jane Horrocks, Simon Callow, Kevin Eldon, Peter Serafinowicz and Brian Murphy, who have also signed up to appear in the series. Tennant will play a corrupt wedding planner called Mr Slightlyman in the first episode, while Hill will appear as Joon Boolay, who delivers punishments from a television studio. Elsewhere, Saunders will play the Voice of Miss Reason in every episode, while Tate will (more)...