Animation · 2020s
The Smeds and the Smoos
Romeo and Juliet in space, minus the tragic bit.
- Family-safe
- Good for kids
- Animated
Content note: A space chase with some mild peril
BBC One
2022
First shown 25 Dec 2022
- First shown
- 25 December 2022
- Channel
- BBC One
- Runtime
- 26 mins
- Genre
- Animation
Where to watch
- BBC iPlayer
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Two warring alien families, the red Smeds and the blue Smoos, are not meant to get on. Which is a bit awkward when young Janet and Bill fall in love and run away together, with their relatives in hot pursuit through outer space. Julia Donaldson's rhyming story gets a Christmas Day outing with Sally Hawkins narrating and Bill Bailey, Adjoa Andoh, Meera Syal and Rob Brydon as the squabbling relations. Think Romeo and Juliet in space. Perfect for families who have already had at least one argument over the Monopoly board.
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