‘The Gruffalo’ Creator Julia Donaldson Says New BBC Adaptation ‘Tiddler’ Marked the ‘Best Moment in My Whole Writing Career’

A film about a fantasist fish isn’t the most obvious subject for Christmas Day – except when it’s based on a children’s story by prolific British author Julia Donaldson and her longtime illustrator Axel Scheffler.

“Tiddler” is the twelfth of Donaldson and Scheffler’s collaborations to be adapted by U.K. production company Magic Light Pictures and, in keeping with previous adaptations, boasts an all-star voice cast, including “Ted Lasso’s” Hannah Waddingham as the narrator. (Last month Waddingham was in attendance at a special screening of the film, held at an aquarium in London).

Speaking at a press event in November, Donaldson said the book, which is also called “Tiddler,”

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