Mole's Christmas

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Mole's Christmas
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The VHS cover
GenreTV Special
Based on The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame
Screenplay by Marion Edwards
Sue Radley
Directed by Martin Gates
Voices of Richard Briers (Rat)
Peter Davison (Mole)
Ellie Beaven (Young Girl)
Imelda Staunton (Mother)
Theme music composer Tony Britten
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerMartin Gates
Editors Neville Donoghue (video)
Kevin Brazier (sound)
Running time30 min.
Original release
Network ITV
Release25 December 1994 (1994-12-25)

Mole's Christmas (also known as The Wind in the Willows: Mole's Christmas) is a 30-minute animated film released in 1994. [1] The voices involved are Richard Briers (Rat), Peter Davison (Mole) and Ellie Beaven (Young Girl) with Imelda Staunton (Mother). Directed by Martin Gates, it is based on Kenneth Grahame's 1908 novel The Wind in the Willows and is part of a series.

Contents

The film is light-hearted and aimed at a younger audience.

Plot

The plot involves a tired Mole and his friend Rat trudging through the snow one Christmas Eve towards Rat's home, all the while unknowingly pursued by two inept and clumsy weasels. Suddenly, Mole smells his home and wishes that he could be there instead. Once at his home, Mole and Rat decorate it for Christmas and prepare a Christmas feast which they share with a group of poor field mice who are carolers.

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