{"id":17054,"date":"2019-09-20T08:44:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T12:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-one-orders-snail-whale-special\/"},"modified":"2019-09-20T08:44:09","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T12:44:09","slug":"bbc-one-orders-snail-and-the-whale-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-one-orders-snail-and-the-whale-special\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC One Orders Snail and the Whale Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC One has commissioned an animated adaptation of the children\u2019s book <em>The Snail and the Whale<\/em>, written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Snail and the Whale<\/em> tells the story of an unlikely friendship between the eponymous characters as they take a tour of the world and embark on a heroic rescue mission. From Magic Light Pictures, the adaptation is slated to air as a Christmas special on BBC One.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Max Lang and Daniel Snaddon and adapted for the screen by Max Lang and Suzanne Lang, <em>The Snail and the Whale<\/em> will feature such voice talent as Sally Hawkins (Snail), Rob Brydon (Whale) and Dame Diana Rigg (Narrator).<\/p>\n<p>Brydon said: \u201cIt\u2019s always so wonderful to work with Magic Light on these animated specials for Christmas. <em>The Snail and the Whale<\/em> is a longstanding favorite in our house. It\u2019s an epic journey across the globe, where the tiniest creature and the mightiest mammal experiences the vastness of our planet together.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC One has commissioned an animated adaptation of the children\u2019s book The Snail and the Whale, written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":17055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[4893,4189,4650],"class_list":["post-17054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-bbc-one","tag-magic-light-pictures","tag-the-snail-and-the-whale","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BBC One Orders Snail and the Whale Special - TVKIDS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-one-orders-snail-and-the-whale-special\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BBC One Orders Snail and the Whale Special - TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BBC One has commissioned an animated adaptation of the children\u2019s book The Snail and the Whale, written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-one-orders-snail-and-the-whale-special\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVKIDS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-09-20T12:44:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/07\/snail-whale-magic-light-919.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-one-orders-snail-and-the-whale-special\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-one-orders-snail-and-the-whale-special\/\",\"name\":\"BBC One Orders Snail and the Whale Special - TVKIDS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-20T12:44:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-09-20T12:44:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-one-orders-snail-and-the-whale-special\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-one-orders-snail-and-the-whale-special\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/bbc-one-orders-snail-and-the-whale-special\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BBC One Orders Snail and the Whale Special\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/\",\"name\":\"TVKIDS\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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