Sky Kids announces new original commission of Jacqueline Wilson’s Little Darlings

Sky Kids announced this week its new live-action, comedy drama mini-series, Little Darlings, adapted from the bestselling book by Jacqueline Wilson.

Starring chart-topping artists, Lemar and Jamelia, with original music from Lemar, this modern-day fairytale has music at its very core, in a story that unlocks the comic and emotional fallout when two very different families are thrown together.

Little Darlings is a four-part mini-series about 11-year-old Destiny who longs to meet her dad… it just so happens that he is rock star Danny Kilman (Lemar) and doesn’t even know she exists! Home for Kate (Jamelia) and Destiny is a flat in Birmingham – light years away from the luxurious Kilman mansion – but Destiny is delighted when her mum agrees it’s time to meet her dad.

Everything changes when the two families meet in the middle of the night: sparks fly between Kate and Danny and Destiny finds a soul mate in her new sister, Sunset. Through their instant connection and mutual passion for music, the two sisters see each other in a way no one else can, bringing out each other’s hidden talent to shine for all the world to see.

The bestselling children's novel has been turned into a four-parter and will land on the broadcaster next month, as well as on streaming service NOW.