Animation · 2010s
The Highway Rat
He steals all the sweets, so basically your uncle at 3pm.
- Family-safe
- Good for kids
- Animated
Content note: A menacing robber rat and a few tense moments for the very smallest
BBC One
2017
First shown 25 Dec 2017
- First shown
- 25 December 2017
- Channel
- BBC One
- Runtime
- 25 mins
- Genre
- Animation
Where to watch
- BBC iPlayer
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Look, we've all raided the biscuit tin after the big dinner, but the Highway Rat takes it to a whole new level. He tears along the road demanding buns, biscuits and every sweet thing from a string of poor animals, until his sweet tooth lands him in a very sticky situation. David Tennant swaggers deliciously as the villain, with Rob Brydon narrating and Frances de la Tour, Tom Hollander and Nina Sosanya on the receiving end. Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's rhymes are catchy and the baddie gets what's coming to him. A smashing teatime treat for anyone still eyeing the last mince pie.
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