They will be joined by Bill Bailey as Grandfather Smed, Meera Syal as Aunt Smed, Ashna Rabberu as Janet and Daniel Ezra as Bill, while the film will be narrated by double Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins.<\/p>\n
The official synopsis for The Smeds and The Smoos states: \u201cOn a far-off planet, two families always avoid each other. The red Smeds never mix with the Smoos, who are blue, so when a chance encounter allows young Smed Janet to become friends with Bill, a young Smoo, their families immediately try to stop it.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>It continues: \u201cBut Janet and Bill sneak out to meet up secretly and as they grow up, they fall in love. When their families find out they could not be more horrified. So the desperate Janet and Bill sneak away to escape in the Smed\u2019s red rocket to explore the universe together.<\/p>\n
\u201cRealising they\u2019ve lost their children, Grandmother Smoo and Grandpa Smed are compelled to work together to try to\u00a0\u00a0find the young couple. Can the two clans discover how to get along?\u201d<\/p>
This <\/b>Donaldson\/Scheffler adaptation follows last year\u2019s Superworm<\/a> becoming the 3rd most watched programme from Christmas Day, with 8 million viewers across 30 days.<\/p>\n The Smeds and The Smoos\u00a0<\/i>was first published in 2019 and was the UK\u2019s bestselling picture book in hardback for 2019 and in paperback for 2020. The adaptation\u00a0<\/b>is being directed by Daniel Snaddon and Samantha Cutler, from a script by Julia Smuts Louw.<\/p>\n The Smeds and The<\/b>\u00a0Smoos will air<\/b> on BBC One and BBC iPlayer<\/a> this Christmas. For more, check out our dedicated Sci-Fi<\/a>\u00a0page or our full\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/b><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By James Hibbs Published: Monday, 16 May 2022 at 12:00 am Adaptations of Julia Donaldson\u00a0and\u00a0Axel Scheffler\u2019s children\u2019s books have become staples of the Christmas season, and this year will be no different, as the cast has now been announced for the tenth adaptation of their work for BBC One. The latest film will be an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":15495,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/adjoa-andoh-and-rob-brydon-cast-in-bbcs-christmas-2022-julia-donaldson-adaptation-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/adjoa-andoh-and-rob-brydon-cast-in-bbcs-christmas-2022-julia-donaldson-adaptation-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/adjoa-andoh-and-rob-brydon-cast-in-bbcs-christmas-2022-julia-donaldson-adaptation-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/adjoa-andoh-and-rob-brydon-cast-in-bbcs-christmas-2022-julia-donaldson-adaptation-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/adjoa-andoh-and-rob-brydon-cast-in-bbcs-christmas-2022-julia-donaldson-adaptation-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/adjoa-andoh-and-rob-brydon-cast-in-bbcs-christmas-2022-julia-donaldson-adaptation-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/05\/adjoa-andoh-and-rob-brydon-cast-in-bbcs-christmas-2022-julia-donaldson-adaptation-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By James Hibbs Published: Monday, 16 May 2022 at 12:00 am Adaptations of Julia Donaldson\u00a0and\u00a0Axel Scheffler\u2019s children\u2019s books have become staples of the Christmas season, and this year will be no different, as the cast has now been announced for the tenth adaptation of their work for BBC One. The latest film will be an…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/15494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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