"This is not a story where you'll have car chases and people wanting to kill each other," he told BBC Radio 4's Today. "There's a warmth in the way [Crook] writes about people. "Every single character in this series, gets their moment, however small it might be, it might be two lines or one line, and that line is thought out, careful, and is given to the actor as something special," he continued."
"'They are called homunculi,' explained Sir Michael, 'which I don't think anybody knows anything about, apart from Mackenzie. '[He] found them in a book somewhere that there was proof that many many years ago, a man had found a recipe to create little people in jars - a magical alchemist.' Sleep hopes he can help him find his wife. 'So what seems a very strange thing, becomes magical and quite helpful and improving, and helps him in his quest for his lost partner,' Sir Michael explained."
Small Prophets follows Michael Sleep, whose partner Clea vanished seven years earlier, as he uses an ancient recipe of rain water, horse manure and alchemy to create tiny folkloric creatures that can predict the future. The creatures, called homunculi, originate from a purported historical recipe discovered by the show's creator. Sir Michael Palin appears as Sleep's elderly father and praises Mackenzie Crook's empathetic, character-focused writing that gives every role considered moments of value. The series blends gentle humour and magic, centres on human warmth and character detail, and has drawn critical praise.
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