Hannah Waddingham to Lead ‘Tiddler’ Animated Christmas Special at the BBC
variety.comEllise Shafer “Ted Lasso” star Hannah Waddingham will lend her voice to “Tiddler,” an animated special from the BBC set to air this Christmas.
Alongside the BBC, the animation is being produced by the Oscar-nominated Magic Light Pictures, based on the popular children’s picture book of the same name by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
According to its official synopsis, “Tiddler” tells the story of a “small grey fish with a big imagination who gets lost in the deep wide ocean, until he’s saved by his own storytelling.” Waddingham is set to narrate the half-hour special, which will feature Lolly Adefope (“Ghosts,” “Saltburn”) as Miss Skate, Jayde Adams (“Ruby Speaking,” “Alma’s Not Normal”) as Plaice and other characters and Rob Brydon (“Gavin and Stacey,” “The Trip”) taking on the roles of the Fisherman, Whale, Starfish and Anchovy.
Child actors Reuben Kirby and Theo Fraser also star as Tiddler and Johnny Dory, respectively. “Every day, Tiddler tells a different story to his teacher and his friend Johnny Dory about why he’s late for school,” the synopsis continues. “His stories stretch from riding on seahorses or swimming around a shipwreck to being captured by a squid.
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