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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Judith went to eleven different schools, worked in the Red Cross during the war, and won a scholarship to the Central School of Arts and Crafts in 1945. Meanwhile, Mog’s purrs and miaows will be provided by Tacy Kneale, Judith Kerr’s daughter, who said, “Our own Mog was a huge part of my childhood. Judith Kerr, you may has well have torn out my heart and ground it into the carpet tiles with your heel. The ballad has been written by the men behind the music for the film adaptation of Judith Kerr’s The Tiger Who Came to Tea. Rambert’s hit stage show Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby was captured for TV by North South Productions and will air on BBC4 on New Year’s Day.

Maybe I’m annoyed because there’s a dearth of quality children’s animation that encourages them to read, and is made with the kind of care and attention that allows an adult to watch it dozens of times. Lupus Films and 4creative celebrate the 40th anniversary of the much-loved animation's debut on Channel 4 with a festive animated ident. The narrator if Mog's Christmas is Adjoa Andoh, who is best known for playing Lady Agatha Danbury in Bridgerton and has also starred in Invictus, Broadchurch, Fractured, Liar, Doctor Who, EastEnders, Casualty and Thunderbirds Are Go. She made her way through a panoply of babies, bunnies, and vet visits across the 30-plus years Judith Kerr was writing them. Benedict has previously starred as gay code-breaker Alan Turing in The Imitation Game and in Doctor Strange, The Power of the Dog , The Mauritanian, Brexit: The Uncivil War, Sherlock and Patrick Melrose.We see an early, unfinished black and white version of the film, in which Mog, Judith Kerr’s famous forgetful cat, feels left out at Christmas when gaudy decorations, two aunts on tiptoe and a jolly uncle, plus a walking, talking living tree disrupt her regular routine.

As a cat lover I came upon this book many years ago and bought it for my two young grandchildren , every Christmas Eve it came out and we read it knowing the words almost off by heart . For more details, please consult the latest information provided by Royal Mail's International Incident Bulletin.Even sneaking into the kids section of Waterstones to read this can still melt my iced up old heart which is glacier thick in the hoare frost of adulthood and cynicism. Yoto Says: We love how Kerr captures the cosy chaos of the holiday season, and the need to escape now and again for a bit of peace and quiet. We are thrilled that the beloved Mog will now be introduced to a whole new generation of children through this delightful animation”. The team last worked together on Channel 4’s Emmy award-winning seasonal hit – an 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. That's what I really like about it, it reminds me of the domesticity of Christmases when I was small, and I think that will chime with a lot of kids when they watch it.

Last year she lent her voice to Grandmother Smoo in anther Christmas animation The Smeds and The Smoos and she narrated the TV series Serengeti and Kenya – au rythme des pluies. The house is full of strangers, everything is noisy – and when she sees a spiky tree walking around and talking, it’s the last straw! If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance. Gwawr Lloyd, Drama Commissioning Editor at Channel 4 says: “We are utterly delighted to be bringing Mog to screen with our partners.

In the end she’s showered with gifts by the delighted Debbie and Nicky and even has her own Christmas dinner of turkey and three hard boiled eggs. Suddenly stopping to lick their leg, reversing bum first into your face, walking on exactly the thing that you’re trying to do. Judith died in May 2019 at the age of 95, and her stories continue to entertain and delight generations of children. Channel 4 and Universal Pictures Content Group have released the trailer for the animated Christmas special adaptation of Judith Kerr’s classic children’s book Mog’s Christmas, from Lupus Films.

We are thrilled to once again bring Judith Kerr’s delightful illustrations to life in animation and to do so in the 100th anniversary of her birth feels very special”. When she spots the huge Christmas tree, she freaks out and climbs to the roof, where she refuses to .When you know so many people have done this scene beforehand and then you’re there to put it together and pass it on to someone else – it’s a very lovely pipeline. The starry voice cast includes Benedict Cumberbatch and Claire Foy as Mr and Mrs Thomas, but you wouldn’t know it because everyone is so unshowy. Then, when Mr Thomas brings home an enormous tree, a startled Mog clambers onto the roof and refuses to budge. This half-hour film stays faithful to the gorgeously illustrated world that Kerr created, and a timeless quality rooted in the 1970s: the milk float, the quiet streets, the fashions (Mr Thomas and the jolly uncle wearing shirts and ties even though they’re not at work).