Animation · 2010s
The Snail and the Whale
Tiny snail, enormous whale, and a very big lesson in friendship.
- Family-safe
- Good for kids
- Animated
Content note: A whale in trouble on the beach may worry the very smallest
BBC One
2019
First shown 25 Dec 2019
- First shown
- 25 December 2019
- Channel
- BBC One
- Runtime
- 26 mins
- Genre
- Animation
Where to watch
- BBC iPlayer
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A tiny snail longs to see the world, so she hitches a lift on the tail of a humpback whale and off they go on a tour of oceans, icebergs and volcanoes. It's an unlikely friendship, but when the whale gets into serious trouble, it's the smallest passenger who has to save the day. Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's picture book makes a lovely, rhyming adventure, with Diana Rigg narrating, Sally Hawkins as the snail and Rob Brydon as the whale. It proves that size is not everything, which is handy to remember when you're the one squashed in at the end of the sofa.
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