The Wind in the Willows (1983 film)
The Wind in the Willows is a 1983 British stop motion animated film produced by Cosgrove Hall Films for Thames Television and aired on the ITV network. The film is based on Kenneth Grahames classic story The Wind in the Willows. It won a BAFTA award and an international Emmy award. Subsequently the studio made a 52 episode series, The Wind in the Willows based on characters from the Wind in the Willows between 1984 and 1990. Music amp songs composed by Keith Hopwood, late of Hermans Hermits amp Malcolm Rowe. The Stone Roses guitarist John Squire worked on this series as a set artist. Voice actors on this adaptation included David Jason, Ian Carmichael and Michael Hordern.
Mole then decides to go alone to the Wild Wood to see Badger. He asks a henchman weasel for directions to Badgers house, but he tells Mole the wrong way to go and he becomes scared and lost. His cry for Rat echoed, and back at the river bank it wakes him up. Ratty soon notices Moles absence and finds a note written by Mole telling him where he has gone. Rat takes some pistols and a cudgel and hurries along to the Wild Wood to find him. After Rat finds Mole, they literally stumble across Badgers house Mole hurts his foot on Badgers door scraper buried in the snow and knocks on the door. Badger, annoyed at his relaxing night being disturbed, opens the door and gets ready to tell off whoever it is who has interrupted his rest, but on seeing that it is Rat and Mole outside, he lets them in. They warm themselves in front of the fire and Badger offers them each a hot drink. They discuss Toads careless driving. The next morning they turn up at Toad Hall and try to tell Toad that what he is doing is wrong, and attempt to make him promise that he will never go near a motor car again. But Toad wont listen to Badgers advice, so the three lock Toad in his bedroom ensuring they guard him day and night. The next day, Toad feigns fake illness and asks Ratty to fetch a lawyer. Toad then escapes and Rat, Badger and Mole chase Toad but cant find him. Toad stops a motorist Reggie who consistently mistakes him for a frog and his wife Rosemary, tricks them and steals their car, and shouts insults at a policeman who came to report them of the incident, calling him a Fat face after nearly running them over. Meanwhile, Mole becomes homesick and he and Ratty visit Mole End, and spend Christmas there. Some Caroling field mice turn up and after they have finish their song, Rat and Mole invite them inside for a Christmas feast, but they dont have very good news to share. When the field mice tells Rat and Mole that Toad has been arrested, they were consumed with guilt for their friend.Meanwhil
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