Big Fat Gypsy Weddings second series
The station were thrilled with the response to the first series of the programme - which averaged 9.1 million viewers over five episodes - and Firecracker Films executives have already begun meeting members of travelling communities ahead of filming the six-episode series, which will air early in 2012.
Jes Wilkins, the show's executive producer, said: "We are excited about the creative challenge of how to follow up such a successful series.
