{"id":9201,"date":"2021-12-24T14:10:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T13:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1542753"},"modified":"2021-12-24T14:31:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T13:31:08","slug":"tom-hardy-shares-christmas-wishes-in-cbeebies-bedtime-story-teaser","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/tom-hardy-shares-christmas-wishes-in-cbeebies-bedtime-story-teaser\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hardy shares Christmas wishes in CBeebies Bedtime Story teaser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Flora Carr\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 24 December 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Tom Hardy returns to Bedtime Stories on CBeebies tonight for a Christmas Eve special, just in time to send young children off to sleep before Santa\u2019s arrival.<\/p>\n<p>The actor, known for his roles in the likes of Venom as well as prestige British television like <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/news\/on-demand\/2020-03-27\/peaky-blinders-s6\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">Peaky Blinders<\/a>, will be reading children\u2019s book An Odd Dog by Rob Biddulph.<\/p>\n<p>The episode was announced on the CBeebies Grown-Ups Twitter account, with a video featuring Hardy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s only one more sleep \u2019til Christmas Day. How exciting,\u201d he begins. \u201cHave you hung up your stockings? Left treats for Father Christmas? And his reindeer? Good! Then it\u2019s time to head to bed so that Father Christmas can work his magic for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continues: \u201cHave Christmassy dreams, and I will see you soon for another Bedtime Story. Until then, Merry Christmas, and night night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The episode will air at 6:50pm tonight, before being made available on BBC iPlayer for viewers to stream.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">NEW Tom Hardy <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CBeebiesBedtimeStories?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#CBeebiesBedtimeStories<\/a> this Christmas! ????<br\/><br\/>An Odd Dog Christmas by <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/RobBiddulph?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@RobBiddulph<\/a>, tonight at 6:50pm then on iPlayer ???? <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/jK5LHDXMzb&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/jK5LHDXMzb<\/a><\/p>\u2014 CBeebies Grown-Ups ???? (@CBeebiesHQ) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBeebiesHQ\/status\/1474273888141910019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">December 24, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Hardy joins a star-studded list of names to have read for CBeebies Bedtime Stories in recent times, with this year\u2019s previous storytellers including Tom Hiddleston, Reg\u00e9-Jean Page, Tom Hardy, Felicity Jones, Rag\u2018n\u2019Bone Man, Oti Mabuse, Chris O\u2019Dowd, Tom Ellis, and Cat Deeley.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Hardy was named the \u201cmost popular guest\u201d on the children\u2019s programme, and returned for an entire week of bedtime stories (27th April \u2013 1st May).<\/p> <p><strong>Bedtime Stories is available to stream on BBC iPlayer. If you\u2019re looking for more to watch check out our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Flora Carr Published: Friday, 24 December 2021 at 12:00 am Tom Hardy returns to Bedtime Stories on CBeebies tonight for a Christmas Eve special, just in time to send young children off to sleep before Santa\u2019s arrival. 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