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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Mog’s first story, Mog the Forgetful Cat , was first published fifty years ago, and Mog has been delighting children all over the world with her escapades ever since. 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. Judith Kerr, you may has well have torn out my heart and ground it into the carpet tiles with your heel. We are on location at Lupus Films, where founders Camilla Deakin and Ruth Fielding, plus director Robin Shaw and the team are hard at work on Channel 4’s follow up to We’re Going On A Bear Hunt, The Snowman and The Snowdog and 2019’s The Tiger Who Came To Tea.

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. 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. As well as a cat owner, I’m a baby owner, and Heidi enjoyed Mog’s Christmas so much that she tried to “read” it to Ruby by shoving it in front of her face. Share in fifty years of a really remarkable cat… The classic Christmas story with Mog, everyone’s favourite family cat!Rough sketches to capture the movement, more precise outlines, colouring, focusing on cat’s stripes or the light reflecting off balloons. Years later she wrote about her experiences in her best-selling novel for middle-grade readers When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit. This leads to a sad Christmas morning until Mog falls down the chimney and is reunited with her family. One of the loveliest things to do at Christmas is cuddle up and enjoy a good picture book together – and these classic stories have really stood the test of time.

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. Children’s stories have their fair share of death, but usually it’s a villain’s comeuppance or a Bambi’s mother. We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. 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. 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.Every inch of wall is covered in sketches while Shaw’s original storyboards are always on display for reference. Mog’s Christmas captures the spirit of Judith Kerr’s original drawings and story, expands the world a little without ever losing the humour and joy and the sharpness of the writing. And not just because that song a blight on humanity and the worst thing Paul ever recorded (I say that as someone who has seen Rupert and the Frog Song dozens of times).