1/19/2024 0 Comments Mogs calamity christmas![]() It is directed by Robin Shaw (Director The Tiger Who Came to Tea, Co-Director We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, Assistant Director T he Snowman and The Snowdog) and written by Joanna Harrison (who adapted The Tiger Who Came to Tea, co-directed We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, and was Co-Writer and Art Director on The Snowman and The Snowdog). 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. (Image credit: Channel 4) Behind the scenes and more on Mog's Christmas Sophie Ellis-Bextor.will sing the theme to Mog's Christmas. “I'd have been really annoyed if they’d have asked someone else – it takes you back to the days when you were reading the book to your kids, so it's a lovely thing to be asked to do," says David Arnold while Don Black adds: “We both had such a great time doing The Tiger Who Came To Tea that it was an easy decision to come back for Mog – it's a dream project for a lyricist." "When I told my kids I’d been asked to sing Mog’s song, they couldn't really believe it because Mog has been part of our world since my eldest was small, and he's 20 next year! It feels really special," says singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Award-winning composer David Arnold, who’s worked on everything from James Bond movies to Sherlock, wrote the original score, while Oscar-winning lyricist and Radio 2 DJ Don Black penned the words. 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. The theme song to Mog’s Christmas also has a crack team behind it, with vocals from Murder on the Dancefloor singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor. (Image credit: Neal Street Productions ) Mog’s Christmas theme song Miriam Margolyes as Mother Mildred in Call the Midwife. 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 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. Mog’s Christmas voice cast - narrator Adjoa Andoh The Thomas family try everything to rescue her but Mog refuses to come down, and despite everyone’s fears for her safety, she has a magical night in the snow and a cat-themed Christmas dream. ![]() And as Mr Thomas brings a huge Christmas tree into the house, she panics and scrambles onto the roof. With two aunts and a jolly uncle joining them for the festive period, Mog, the beloved family cat is feeling a bit ignored. Mog’s Christmas follows Mr and Mrs Thomas and their children Debbie and Nicky as they excitedly prepare for Christmas. There's no trailer for Mog’s Christmas just yet, but when Channel 4 releases one in the run up to Christmas 2023, we’ll put it on here for you to enjoy. ![]()
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