| Room on the Broom | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children's Fantasy |
| Based on | Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson |
| Written by | Julia Donaldson Axel Scheffler |
| Story by | Julia Donaldson |
| Directed by | Max Lang Jan Lachauer |
| Voices of | Gillian Anderson Rob Brydon Timothy Spall Martin Clunes Sally Hawkins David Walliams |
| Narrated by | Simon Pegg |
| Theme music composer | René Aubry |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom Germany |
| Original languages | English German |
| Production | |
| Producers | Martin Pope Michael Rose |
| Cinematography | Pepi Lenzi |
| Editor | Robin Sales |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Orange Eyes Limited Magic Light Pictures Studio Soi BBC |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 25 December 2012 |
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Room on the Broom is a 2012 short stop motion computer animated television film based on the picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. The film was nominated for the Best Animated Short Film at the 2014 Academy Awards.[1] It also won the British Academy Children's Award for Animation in 2013.[2]
Directed by Max Lang and Jan Lachauer, the film was produced by Martin Pope and Michael Rose of Magic Light Pictures, London, in association with Orange Eyes Limited.
It was first broadcast on BBC One on Tuesday 25 December 2012[3] before being released on DVD in March 2013 by Magic Light Pictures. It then aired in the United States on PBS Kids Sprout as a Halloween special, on 30 October 2013, and then aired in the United States on PBS Kids as a Christmas special, on 1 December 2017 – 9 December 2018.