Mad Men's Jon Hamm is to star in the Black Mirror Christmas special. Hamm will link together three separate stories "binding them togther into a suitably unsettling whole."

The 90-minute special will also star Oona Chaplin and The World's End's Rafe Spall. Chaplin appeared earlier this year in the silent Inside No 9 episode, A Quiet Night In. Hamm says that he is a big fan of the series created by Charlie Brooker: “I am beyond thrilled to be a part of the Black Mirror Christmas Special. I have been a massive fan of the show since its inception”. Brooker says he is "revoltingly happy" about Hamm, Chaplin and Spall's appearance. Filming starts this week.