According to online reports, British thespian Stephen Fry is to join the cast of the new series of hit US TV show 24.

The mini-series, which is set for its US premiere this May, has been dubbed 24: Live Another Day; Fry will play British Prime Minister Trevor Davies who comes to blows with US President James Heller (played by William Devane) over an international crisis.

Keifer Sutherland will return as Jack Bauer as the lead character of the series, which is to be predominately set in London.