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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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. I’m having a lot of fun following the light reflecting off the balloons before Mog pops one and gets scared. While this sort of thing is perhaps not what the composer’s long-term fans wish he was doing, the fact is that movies like Independence Day don’t feature scores today as they did in 1996, and Arnold is absolutely great at doing these things. That means that with every subscription, we are supporting people in poverty to get back on their own two feet. The animation will also feature its own theme song, As long as I Belong, performed by Sophie Ellis-Bextor of Murder on the Dance Floor fame.

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? Thomas - all too busy to spend time with her, she retreats outdoors, only to be confronted by a walking, talking tree!Even from the very early days of Robin’s first rough storyboard drawings, Mog had me in stitches, with those funny things cats do. Share in fifty years of a really remarkable cat… The classic Christmas story with Mog, everyone’s favourite family cat! The new Channel 4 animated short film is based on the book of the same name by Judith Kerr, and tells the story of a family cat Mog, struggling to get used to changes at Christmas.

There's more exciting news for Judith Kerr’s legion of fans, as Mog’s purrs and miaows will be provided by her real-life daughter Tacy Kneale. With two Aunts and a jolly Uncle also staying in the house, Mog, the beloved family cat, is feeling a bit ignored. It’s a stretch, yes, but then again, it’s worth remembering that Judith Kerr was also the author of the classic children’s book about the refugee experience, When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit.They’re made with a level of care, attention and production values that would be unsustainable to produce more than once a year. She left the BBC to look after their two children, who inspired her first picture book, The Tiger Who Came to Tea . She left Nazi Germany with her family in 1933 and fled across Europe, eventually settling in England.