Nothing says Christmas quite like a Cumbrian chocolate box cottage, surrounded by farm animals and lightly dusted with snow. Despite appearances, the quaint setting for new Sky original drama Roald & Beatrix: The Tail Of The Curious Mouse isn’t quite what it seems. Evoking childhood memories this festive season, filming for the magical tale in fact took place at a Welsh cottage in the middle of August, overcoming restrictions imposed by the current pandemic – as well as the seasonal weather. Based on the moment a six-year-old Roald Dahl meets his writing hero Beatrix Potter, the drama brings together stop-motion animation and live-action footage, with Dawn French, 63, stepping into the shoes of Beatrix Potter alongside a host of famous faces.
Although they were born 50 years apart, children’s authors Beatrix Potter and Roald Dahl have much in common. So when it was discovered they had briefly met in real life, when Roald was a child and Beatrix nearing retirement age, it was the obvious springboard for a heartwarming Christmas drama that imagines how that meeting might have gone.
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail Of The Curious Mouse – a blend of live action, animation and puppetry – stars Dawn French as Beatrix and Harry Tayler as Roald, and boasts a stellar supporting cast including Rob Brydon, Alison Steadman, Bill Bailey and Jessica Hynes, with narration by John Hannah.
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Roald Dahl has written dozens of childhood classics, from the newly remade The Witches, to The BFG and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Roald is now the subject of a new drama on Sky titled Roald & Beatrix: The Tail Of The Curious Mouse, which imagines the authors meeting.