Mog’s Christmas: The illustrated adventures of the nation’s favourite cat, from the author of The Tiger Who Came To Tea

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As with many of the recent picture book TV adaptations, Mog‘s makers faced a choice: expand the story, or stick with the original and take things slowly? Mog’s Christmas was commissioned by Gwawr Lloyd, Drama Commissioning Editor and Caroline Hollick, Head of Drama at Channel 4 in association with Universal Pictures Content Group and produced by Lupus Films’ founders Camilla Deakin and Ruth Fielding together with executive producers Juliet Matthews at HarperCollins Children’s Books, Judith Kerr’s children Tacy and Matthew Kneale and Ann-Janine Murtagh.

Finally, after an encounter with what appears to be a walking evergreen tree, Mog becomes scared and hides on the roof. I rough the drawings out like a blueprint for the assists and the art workers to make the final thing,” he says. But we’ve been trying out different techniques since we did Tiger, so look-wise, this will be a bit of an evolution. It provides parents with a framework to introduce children to the concept of grief in a way that is controlled, but not sanitised. She’s also starred in A Very British Scandal , White Heat, First Man, Little Dorrit, Upstairs Downstairs, Wolf Hall and The Girl in the Spider’s Web.This new animation is a gentler affair, adapted from Kerr’s picture book of the same name, which was first published in 1976. We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. Now Lupus Films and Channel 4 are bringing this charming Christmas caper to our screens with gorgeous animation and an all-star cast featuring Benedict Cumberbatch, Miriam Margolyes and music from Sophie Ellis-Bextor. The team last worked together on Emmy award-winning adaptation of Kerr’s The Tiger Who Came to Tea, which was the third highest-rating programme on the channel in the whole of 2019. When I was a smallish child (I have always been quite freakishly tall), I loved this book so much I thought my heart might burst.

Fleeing to the rooftop, from which she refuses to be rousted, Mog huddles by herself in the cold and snow, eventually curling up on one particularly high surface.Judith Kerr has the Dickens touch; she invents a whole world and invites you to share it," says star Miriam Margolyes, 82, who also voiced alien The Meep in a recent Doctor Who 60th anniversary episode. Tash* mocked me for checking out a Christmas book in February, but I had to wait for the library to get it in.

Mog, pisica simpatica a familiei Thompson se sperie de agitatia provocata in casa, toata lumea e ocupata, se plimba de colo-colo, iar ea nu intelege ce e cu atâta zarva.Judith Kerr, HarperCollins and Sainsbury’s will donate all of their profits from the sale of this book to Save the Children to improve child literacy in the UK. Channel 4 has a long-standing relationship with Lupus Films and together with their creative flair we have brought so many classic stories to the screen that have been enjoyed by generations of viewers.