I wanted to do [Danger Mouse] because it was pure nostalgia for me. I have children now and it’s just a treat to be involved in something that you loved as a kid and be able to share it.

Lena Headey is set to provide the super-smart tones of US Secret Agent Jeopardy Mouse, while Oliver will be breathing life into mad scientist wolf Dr Augustus P Crumhorn III. Danger Mouse will be shown on CBBC in the autumn.

The news was announced at a special panel consisting of key members of the Danger Mouse production team including Chair Bob Higgins (Aquabats Supershow, The Ricky Gervais Show) and executive producer of the series for FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment with Chapman Maddox (Grojband, Max Steel), Sarah Muller (executive producer and head of CBBC acquisitions, animation and drama development Wolfblood, Strange Hill High), and lead writer Ben Ward (Horrible Histories, Tracy Beaker).

And in another exclusive reveal, the panel also announced that villainous vampire duck and original Danger Mouse spin-off character Count Duckula will appear in the new series, testing Danger Mouse’s resolve with his traditionally dark and dangerous ways.

Lena Headey said: “I wanted to do it [Danger Mouse] because it was pure nostalgia for me. I have children now and it’s just a treat to be involved in something that you loved as a kid and be able to share it. Those moments as an actor that come a long once in while are not to be missed.”

Last Week Tonight star John Oliver said: “I’ve loved Danger Mouse my whole life. Danger Mouse was a significant part of my childhood. So to get a chance to do it is like getting a chance to step into your childhood, which is both a magical and a potentially hazardous thing! It will be awesome, I can’t wait to see it, let alone hear myself in it!”