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''The Wind in the Willows'' is a 2006 live-action television adaptation of
Kenneth Grahame
Kenneth Grahame ( ; 8 March 1859 – 6 July 1932) was a British writer born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is most famous for ''The Wind in the Willows'' (1908), a classic of children's literature, as well as '' The Reluctant Dragon''. Both books w ...
's classic 1908 novel ''
The Wind in the Willows
''The Wind in the Willows'' is a children's novel by the British novelist Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. It details the story of Mole, Ratty, and Badger as they try to help Mr. Toad, after he becomes obsessed with motorcars and get ...
''. It was a joint production of the
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and the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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and starred
Matt Lucas
Matthew Richard Lucas (born 5 March 1974) is an English actor, comedian, writer, and television presenter. He is best known for his work with David Walliams on the BBC sketch comedy series ''Little Britain'' (2003–2006, 2020) and '' Come Fl ...
(
Mr. Toad),
Bob Hoskins (Badger),
Mark Gatiss
Mark Gatiss (; born 17 October 1966) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, producer and novelist. His work includes writing for and acting in the television series ''Doctor Who'', ''Sherlock (TV series), Sherlock'', and ''Dracu ...
(Ratty), and
Lee Ingleby
Lee David Ingleby (born 28 January 1976) is an English film, television and stage actor.
He is best known for his roles as Detective Sergeant/Detective Inspector John Bacchus in the BBC drama '' Inspector George Gently'', as Stan Shunpike in ...
(Mole), with a cameo appearance from
Michael Murphy Michael, Mick, or Mike Murphy may refer to:
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as the Judge.
Rachel Talalay
Rachel Talalay (born July 16, 1958) is a British-American film and television director and producer. She is also a University of British Columbia film professor.
Early life and education
Talalay was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her father Paul ...
directed. It debuted in
Canada
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on
CBC Television on 18 December 2006 in the
United Kingdom
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on
BBC1
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on 1 January 2007, in the U.S. on PBS's ''
Masterpiece Theatre
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'' on 8 April 2007 and in
Australia on
ABC TV on 23 December 2007. It was filmed on location in Bucharest, Romania.
Though the novel is considered children's literature, critics noted that this adaptation might not be
appropriate for young children; Ginia Bellafante wrote in ''
The New York Times
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'' that it "is ultimately too jaunty to be considered 100 percent safe for someone over 10",
and David Knox thought it "may well alienate children".
However, ''Variety''
's Brian Lowry said that its appeal "should run the demographic gamut for PBS, from ''
Sesame Street
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'' to ''
Bleak House
''Bleak House'' is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a 20-episode serial between March 1852 and September 1853. The novel has many characters and several sub-plots, and is told partly by the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson, and ...
''."
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Reception
Critics praised Matt Lucas's portrayal of Mr. Toad. "In ordinary life Mr. Lucas’s frame does not suggest that he is a salad-and-pea-shoots kind of guy, and here he has fun with an exaggerated corpulence that seems to leave him channeling W. C. Fields," wrote Bellafante.[ David Knox wrote that "Lucas’ performance positively swamps this treatment of the classic story".][
Director Rachel Talalay received the 2007 ]Leo Award
The Leo Awards are the awards program for the British Columbia film and television industry. Held each May or June in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the Leo Awards were founded by the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation of British C ...
for "Best Direction in a Youth or Children's Program or Series" for the film. It was also nominated for the 2007 Satellite Award for "Best Motion Picture Made for Television"
References
External links
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Review
at Eye for Film
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