Olivia Colman and Matt Smith sign up for Superworm
Olivia Colman (Ian West/PA)
Olivia Colman and Matt Smith will lead the voice cast in the BBC’s next animated Christmas production – Superworm.
The half-hour film will be the latest adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s popular books, following on from the likes of The Gruffalo, The Highway Rat and most recently, Zog And The Flying Doctors.
Oscar-winner Colman, 47, who is currently starring as the Queen in The Crown, will narrate the story.
Smith, 38, who played the Duke of Edinburgh in previous series of The Crown, will voice Superworm, the “hero with a difference”.
Once upon a time there was a little girl called Julia who had two ambitions in life. One was to be an actress and the second was to meet Mick Jagger.
She spent several hours in pursuit of the first and many, many weeks attempting the second by standing outside lots of stage doors.
Julia Donaldson does now get to act out her own stories to children and adults all over the world, and while she never met Mick, thanks to his many children, grandchildren and even great-grandchildren he’s now more likely to be a fan of hers than she is of him.