Adjoa Andoh, Benedict Cumberbatch, Miriam Margolyes and Claire Foy star in Mog’s Christmas.
After the BBC just lately revealed the star energy behind this 12 months’s Julia Donaldson animation, Channel 4 have come again sturdy. Their festive providing, Mog’s Christmas, boasts not solely a Hollywood star, however a Queen and a nationwide treasure too!
Produced by Lupus Movies, Mog’s Christmas comes from the group who labored on The Tiger Who Got here to Tea.
In Mog’s Christmas Mr and Mrs Thomas and their youngsters Debbie and Nicky are busy making preparations for Christmas. With two Aunts and a jolly Uncle additionally staying in the home, Mog, the beloved household cat, is feeling a bit ignored. When Mr Thomas and the 2 youngsters arrive dwelling with an infinite Christmas tree, Mog takes fright and scrambles onto the roof for security. Whatever the Thomas household’s makes an attempt to rescue her, Mog doesn’t handle to come back down. Regardless of everybody’s fears, Mog has a magical night time within the snow with a cat themed Christmas dream. The subsequent morning on Christmas day, when a hungry Mog hears the point out of breakfast, she falls down the chimney and arrives within the kitchen to the shock and reduction of all of the household. Eventually Mog has everybody’s consideration, and a Completely satisfied Christmas is had by all!
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Adjoa Andoh narrates, main an ensemble which incorporates Claire Foy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Miriam Margolyes, Maggie Steed, Zawe Ashton, Charlie Higson and Gareth Berliner. Amelie Legislation and Teddy Skelton present the kids’s voices, with Tacy Kneale, Judith Kerr’s daughter, contributing Mog’s purrs and miaows.
Of her half within the programme, Tacy Kneale stated:
‘Our personal Mog was an enormous a part of my childhood. I hope I’ve achieved her justice!’
Created by the writer and illustrator Judith Kerr, the Mog collection of books began with Mog the Forgetful Cat and has by no means been out of print. The nice and cozy-hearted and humorous adventures went on to encourage an extra 17 image books within the collection, promoting over 4 million copies worldwide and translated into 21 languages.
Mog’s Christmas is directed by Robin Shaw and written by Joanna Harrison. It’s a Lupus Movies manufacturing in affiliation with Tabby Tales, HarperCollins Kids’s Books and Common Photos Content material Group for Channel 4 Tv.