The Wind in the Willows (1995 film)

The Wind in the Willows
GenreAnimation
Based onThe Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame
Screenplay byTed Walker
Directed byDave Unwin
StarringAlan Bennett
Michael Palin
Michael Gambon
Rik Mayall
ComposerColin Towns
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerJonathan Peel
ProducerJohn Coates
Running time73 minutes
Production companiesTVC London
Carlton UK Productions
HIT Entertainment[1]
The Family Channel
Original release
NetworkITV
Release25 December 1995 (1995-12-25)
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The Wind in the Willows is a 1995 British animated television film directed by Dave Unwin and written by Ted Walker, and based on the 1908 novel of the same name, a classic of children's literature by Kenneth Grahame. It was produced by the TVC (Television Cartoons) in London.

The film includes live action bookending segments with Vanessa Redgrave as a grandmother narrating the story to her grandchildren: the action morphs into an animated setting as she opens the book.[2]

  1. ^ "HiT Entertainment Program Catalogue". 2010. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Toonhound - The Wind in the Willows (TVC - 1995)". www.toonhound.com.