She goes to sleep on top of the chimney and then as the snow melts underneath her, she plummets down through the soot and lands in the fireplace. I'm a huge fan of television so I really have found the perfect job, as I've been writing about TV shows, films and interviewing major television, film and sports stars for over 25 years. Support our vendors this winter and beyond If you can't visit your local vendor on a regular basis, then the next best way to support them is with a subscription to the Big Issue. In Mog’s Christmas, Mr and Mrs Thomas and their children Debbie and Nicky are busy making preparations for Christmas.

Mog was upset that no one would play with him and it is a concern that our pets might not understand why they are not receiving the 'normal' amount of attention. A sparkling voice cast led by narrator Adjoa Andoh (Bridgerton, Broadchurch) brings Mog’s family and neighbours to life. But then she got used to the tree and spent the next month eating pine needles and throwing them back up. Judith Kerr was born on 14 June 1923 in Berlin but escaped from Hitler's Germany with her parents and brother in 1933 when she was nine years old.

I think Christmas is the perfect time to think about loss, grief and those we wish were still with us. My mother only had this one on her shelf so it was a tad surreal sitting on a lawn on a hot afternoon reading about christmas trees and a worried little cat.

One of the nice things with The Tiger Who Came To Tea was leaning into the humour, and we’ve been able to take it even further with this. These reactions are the flip side of the usual childlike ‘wonder of Christmas’ stuff, highlighting just how odd some of our traditions must seem to an outsider.This festive, family-friendly tale has huge cross generational appeal and is the perfect literary classic to adapt for the whole family to come together to watch. 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. 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. 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. That means that with every subscription, we are supporting people in poverty to get back on their own two feet.

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. The team producing the film 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 2019. This, I think, is evidence that the aunts are blood relatives of Mrs Thomas, who displayed a tenuous grasp on reality in Mog and the Baby. And for all that they might seem very different creations, this shares with The Quatermass Experiment a primal horror at seeing what looks like a plant walk, and a climax atop a very English building. 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.

if you have ever seen the Sainsbury's ads for Christmas, you probably have seen the film version of this book. It’s an enormous responsibility bringing Mog to the screen," says director Robin Shaw, whose team at Lupus Films also produced 2019’s hit adaptation The Tiger Who Came to Tea.

Again, using anthropomorphism, bring Mog to life and debate whether she should tell the truth or take the praise – for instance, do you think she eats the egg she is given at the end of the advert? Finally, after an encounter with what appears to be a walking evergreen tree, Mog becomes scared and hides on the roof.Animated in Kerr's signature style, the trailer shows Mog navigating her busy household, which includes two extra aunts and an uncle staying for the holidays on top of Mr and Mrs Thomas and their two children, Debbie and Nicky. This is all great until the cloud starts to melt and suddenly Mog finds herself slaloming down the chimney and into the grate. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. Despite everyone’s fears, Mog has a magical night in the snow with a cat themed Christmas dream, but will Mog arrive back home in time for Christmas Day? She is also the author and illustrator of numerous picture books, including The Tiger Who Came to Tea, which was first published in 1968 and has since sold more than one million copies worldwide.