The animated adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s celebrated picture book, The Scarecrows’ Wedding, was the most popular show on Christmas Day with 4.3 million viewers (excluding The King’s Christmas broadcast). The BBC’s December 25th line-up secured 9 out of the top ten most watched programmes across the day. Despite the schedule domination, viewing […]

The BBC and Oscar nominated producers, Magic Light Pictures, have released a first look at their forthcoming Christmas animated adventure, The Scarecrows’ Wedding. The story follows two devoted scarecrows, Betty O’Barley and Harry O’Hay, who are preparing for their big day when trouble arrives in the form of smooth-talking Reginald Rake. Adapted for BBC iPlayer and BBC One from the […]

BBC and Magic Light Pictures have announced production of The Scarecrows’ Wedding. This is the latest animated adaption by Magic Light from the UK’s leading picture book creators, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. It will air on BBC iPlayer and BBC One this Christmas. The half-hour animated special features an all-star voice cast with returning favourite Rob Brydon voicing Reginald Rake, Jessie Buckley as Betty […]