Superworm is a 2021 British short computer animated TV film based on the 2012 picture book of the same name written by

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and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. Directed by Jac Hamman and Sarah Scrimgeour, the film was produced by Martin Pope and Barney Goodland of Magic Light Pictures and was adapted from the book by Max Lang and Suzanne Lang, with the score composed by René Aubry. The film stars

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Kobna Holdbrook-Smith Kobna Kuttah Holdbrook-Smith (born 23 August 1977) is a Ghanaian-English actor. He has played roles in films, including Father Richard Emery in '' Ghost Stories'' (2017), Oliver in '' The Commuter'', Templeton Frye in '' Mary Poppins Returns'' ...

, Patricia Allison and

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. The film was first broadcast on

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on 25 December 2021.

Plot

Superworm is super-long and super-strong, always helping out other animals and insects. An evil wizard lizard wants Superworm to dig a tunnel and find hidden treasure. He sends his crow to capture him. It is left to the animals and insects to repay the kindness Superworm showed to them by rescuing him.

Voice cast

as the narrator *

as Superworm * Patricia Allison as Butterfly *

as Wizard Lizard *

as Crow *

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as Papa Toad & Beetle *

as Mama Toad * Felix Tandon as Baby Toad * Samara Sutariya as Skipping Beetle *

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as Spider

Reception

Helen Brown of ''

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'' gave the film a positive review.

References

{{Reflist 2020s English-language films Magic Light Pictures films